Proton
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Proton is a family of heavy-lift Russian expendable launch vehicles widely used to place large satellites and payloads into orbit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proton canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family of expendable launch vehicles
ⓘ
heavy-lift launch vehicle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Russia
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| designFeature |
storable propellants
ⓘ
three-stage core with optional upper stage ⓘ |
| developedBy |
OKB-52
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vladimir Chelomey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyMember |
Proton-K
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proton-M NERFINISHED ⓘ Proton-M Enhanced NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1965-07-16 ⓘ |
| firstFlightVehicle | Proton-K NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fuel | unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine ⓘ |
| launchCapability | heavy-lift ⓘ |
| launchConfiguration | Proton-M/Briz-M NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchPad |
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchServiceProvider | International Launch Services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | one of the most frequently used heavy-lift launchers in history ⓘ |
| notablePayload |
ExoMars 2016 mission
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Express communications satellites ⓘ GLONASS navigation satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ Inmarsat communications satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ Mir space station modules NERFINISHED ⓘ Salyut space station modules NERFINISHED ⓘ Spektr-R space observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ Zarya module of the International Space Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Zvezda service module of the International Space Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roscosmos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitTypes |
geostationary transfer orbit
ⓘ
highly elliptical orbit ⓘ low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| originatedAs | ICBM design proposal UR-500 ⓘ |
| oxidizer | dinitrogen tetroxide ⓘ |
| propellantType | hypergolic ⓘ |
| stages | 3 ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| successorPlanned | Angara family of launch vehicles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalUpperStage |
Blok DM
GENERATED
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Briz-M GENERATED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
geostationary transfer orbit launches
ⓘ
interplanetary missions ⓘ launching space station modules ⓘ placing large satellites into orbit ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.