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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
Thrust
10,000 kN
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.

Propulsion

First stage

6×RD-275M1,746 kN
UDMH / N2O4 · staged-combustion
NPO EnergomashIsp 316s (vac)since 2007

Payloads it launched

60 loaded
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
ASTRA 2G
GEO
YAMAL 401
GEO
EUTELSAT 53A
GEO
LUCH (OLYMP-K 1)
GEO
LUCH-5V
GEO
KAZSAT-3
GEO
EXPRESS-AT2
GEO
EXPRESS-AT1
GEO
TURKSAT 4A
GEO
EXPRESS-AM5
GEO
INMARSAT 5-F1
GEO
RADUGA-1M 3
GEO
FM-6
GEO
ASTRA 2E
GEO
SES-6
GEO
EUTELSAT 7B
GEO
ANIK G1
GEO
EUTELSAT 117 WEST A
GEO
NIMIQ 6
GEO
SES-4
GEO
COSMOS 2477 (745)
GLONASS · MEO
COSMOS 2475 (743)
GLONASS · MEO
COSMOS 2476 (744)
GLONASS · MEO
COSMOS 2473
GEO
XM-5
GEO
SES-7 (PROTOSTAR 2)
GEO
ASTRA 1M
GEO
NIMIQ 4
GEO
INMARSAT 4-F3
GEO
AMC-14
GEO
THOR 5
GEO
EXPRESS-AM33
GEO
RADUGA-1M 1
GEO
ASTRA 4A
GEO
ANIK F3
GEO
MEASAT-3
GEO

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