Proton-K/DM-2M
Proton / UR-500 familyKhrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterRetired
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
- Thrust
- 8,847 kN
- Height
- 59 m
- Diameter
- 4.15 m
- Launch mass
- 712 t
- Stages
- 4
- GEO capacity
- 1,880 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
41flightswith a definitive outcome
95.1%success rate39 of 41
2failuresincluding partial failures
7success streakcurrent
First flight January 20, 1994 · latest June 17, 2006
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.
Flights per year
- Successful
- Failed
Show the numbers for Proton-K/DM-2M flights per year
| Year | Successful | Failed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |