Proton rocket

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expendable launch vehicle heavy-lift launch vehicle

The Proton rocket is a heavy-lift Russian expendable launch vehicle widely used to place large payloads, including space station modules and communications satellites, into orbit.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Proton-K	13
Proton-K rocket	13
Proton-M	9
Proton rocket canonical	5
Proton launch vehicle	2
Proton launch vehicle family	2
Proton rocket family	2
Proton launch vehicle program	1
Proton-K Blok D	1
Proton-K launch vehicle	1
Proton-K/D	1
Proton-M launch vehicle	1
Proton-M rocket	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	expendable launch vehicle ⓘ heavy-lift launch vehicle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Russia ⓘ
designFeature	three-stage core with optional upper stage ⓘ uses toxic propellants ⓘ
developedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
enteredService	1960s ⓘ
family	Proton rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Proton-K Proton rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Proton-M
fuel	unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine ⓘ
launchAzimuth	primarily prograde orbits ⓘ
launchConfiguration	core stage with strap-on tanks ⓘ
launchRecord	hundreds of launches ⓘ
launchServiceEntry	commercial market in the 1990s ⓘ
launchSite	Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ
launchType	expendable ⓘ
manufacturer	Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center ⓘ
market	commercial launch services ⓘ
massClass	heavy-lift ⓘ
notableCustomer	Eutelsat ⓘ Inmarsat ⓘ Intelsat ⓘ
notableUse	launching GLONASS navigation satellites ⓘ launching International Space Station modules ⓘ launching Mir space station modules ⓘ launching Salyut space station modules ⓘ
operator	International Launch Services ⓘ Roscosmos ⓘ
orbitTypesServed	geostationary transfer orbit ⓘ highly elliptical orbit ⓘ low Earth orbit ⓘ
originPeriod	Cold War era ⓘ
oxidizer	nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ
propellantType	hypergolic propellants ⓘ
stages	3 ⓘ 4 ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
successorConsidered	Angara rocket family ⓘ
typicalPayload	large communications satellites ⓘ space station modules ⓘ
upperStageOptions	Blok DM ⓘ Briz-M ⓘ
usedFor	geostationary transfer orbit missions ⓘ interplanetary missions ⓘ launching communications satellites ⓘ launching space station modules ⓘ placing payloads into orbit ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Space Station program → usesLaunchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

Roscosmos → usesLaunchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton rocket family

Baikonur Cosmodrome → rocketLaunched → Proton rocket ⓘ

Luna program launch vehicles → includesVariant → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K

Luna program launch vehicles → includesVariant → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K/D

Mir program → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K

Proton rocket → family → Proton rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K

Proton rocket → family → Proton rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-M

ExoMars programme → launchVehicleUsed → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-M

Angara rocket family → intendedToReplace → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-M

Mir space station → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K rocket

Venera missions → launchVehicleUsed → Proton rocket ⓘ

Mir → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K

Luna programme → launchVehicleUsed → Proton rocket ⓘ

GLONASS → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K

GLONASS → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-M

Zarya → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K rocket

Functional Cargo Block → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K rocket

FGB Zarya → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K rocket

Spektr-RG observatory → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

subject surface form: Spektr-RG

this entity surface form: Proton-M

Venera 9 → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K rocket

Mars 3 → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K rocket

Salyut 1 → launchRocket → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K

Salyut 1 → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K rocket

Luna spacecraft → launchVehicleUsed → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton rocket family

Luna 17 → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K rocket

Luna 17 → propulsionStage → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K Blok D

Rosalind Franklin rover → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-M

Luna 16 → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K rocket

Luna 20 → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K rocket

Mir core module → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K rocket

Kvant-1 → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K

Kristall → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K

Spektr → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K

Priroda → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K

Luna 24 → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K rocket

Kvant-2 → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K

Soviet missile program → hasPart → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton launch vehicle program

Salyut space stations → launchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

subject surface form: Salyut 1

this entity surface form: Proton-K rocket

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center → product → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton launch vehicle

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center → product → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K launch vehicle

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center → product → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-M launch vehicle

International Launch Services → launchVehicleUsed → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-M rocket

International Launch Services → historicallyAssociatedWith → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton launch vehicle family

Blok DM → developedFor → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton launch vehicle

Briz-M → usedWithLaunchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-M

Briz-M → usedWithLaunchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K

Briz-M → launchVehicleFamily → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton launch vehicle family

Briz-M → firstFlightLaunchVehicle → Proton rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proton-K