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Proton / UR-500 · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Proton-M Briz-M

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Specifications

Status
active
Height
53 m
Diameter
7.4 m
Mass
712,000 kg
Stages
4
Payload to LEO
21,000 kg
Payload to GTO
4,500 kg
First flight
2001-04-07
Total launches
68
Success / Fail
62 / 6

The Proton-M, (Протон-М) GRAU index 8K82M or 8K82KM, is an expendable Russian heavy-lift launch vehicle derived from the Soviet-developed Proton. It is built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81/24 and 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Commercial launches are marketed by International Launch Services (ILS), and generally use Site 200/39. The first Proton-M launch occurred on 7 April 2001.

Payloads it launched · 72

LUCH-5X (OLYMP-K 2)
GEO
EXPRESS AMU-3
GEO
EXPRESS AMU-7
GEO
EXPRESS 80
GEO
EXPRESS 103
GEO
MEV-1
GEO
EUTELSAT 5 WEST B
GEO
COSMOS 2539
GEO
YAMAL 601
GEO
COSMOS 2533
GEO
COSMOS 2526
GEO
ASIASAT 9
GEO
AMAZONAS 5
GEO
COSMOS 2520
GEO
ECHOSTAR 21
GEO
INTELSAT 31 (IS-31)
GEO
EXOMARS
Heliocentric
EUTELSAT 9B
GEO
EXPRESS-AMU1
GEO
COSMOS 2513
GEO
TURKSAT 4B
GEO
INMARSAT 5-F3
GEO
EXPRESS-AM7
GEO
INMARSAT 5-F2
GEO

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