Proton-K/DM
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
- 711 t
- Stages
- 4
- GEO capacity
- 1,880 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
66flightswith a definitive outcome
92.4%success rate61 of 66
5failuresincluding partial failures
31success streakcurrent
First flight March 26, 1974 · latest June 20, 1990
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 flights per year
| Year | Successful | Failed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1975 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1976 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1978 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1982 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 |