Proton-K/DM

In-active

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (KhSC)

Oct. 12, 1982

Description

The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Specifications

Stages
4
Length
59.0 m
Diameter
4.15 m
Fairing Diameter
4.15 m
Launch Mass
711.0 T
Thrust
8847.0 kN

Family

Name
Proton-K/DM
Family
―
Variant
DM
Alias
―
Full Name
Proton-K/DM

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
―
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
1880.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Government

Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy

KhSC 1916

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.

Flight Record

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