Proton (rocket family)
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Proton is a Soviet and Russian hypergolic expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle family. Developed by the Soviet space program, its first launch was in 1965. The Proton-K flew 310 missions from 1967 to
Launch of a Proton-K rocket carrying the Zvezda module to the ISS.
Proton-M, part being rotated to vertical. In the background, the mobile service tower can be observed.
Proton-K
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Proton-K, was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81/23, 81/24, 200/39 and 200/40 at the Baikonur Cosmodro
Proton (rocket family)
…a Soviet and Russian hypergolic expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle family. Developed by the Soviet space program, its first launch was in 1965. The Proton-K flew 310 missions from 1967 to 2012; the modernized Proton-M, operational since 2001, is flown by Roscosmos for commercial and state payloads, scheduled…
The early Proton-K launch configurations from 1965 to 1971