Proton rocket
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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.
Aliases (4)
- Proton-K ×3
- Proton-M ×3
- Proton rocket family ×1
- Proton-K/D ×1
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expendable launch vehicle
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heavy-lift launch vehicle → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Russia
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| designFeature |
three-stage core with optional upper stage
→
uses toxic propellants → |
| developedBy |
Soviet Union
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| enteredService |
1960s
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| family |
Proton-K
→
Proton-M → |
| fuel |
unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine
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| launchAzimuth |
primarily prograde orbits
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| launchConfiguration |
core stage with strap-on tanks
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| launchRecord |
hundreds of launches
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| launchServiceEntry |
commercial market in the 1990s
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| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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| launchType |
expendable
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| manufacturer |
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
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| market |
commercial launch services
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| massClass |
heavy-lift
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| 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
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| oxidizer |
nitrogen tetroxide
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| propellantType |
hypergolic propellants
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| stages |
3
→
4 → |
| status |
operational
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| successorConsidered |
Angara rocket family
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| typicalPayload |
large communications satellites
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space station modules → |
| upperStageOptions |
Blok DM
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Briz-M → |
| usedFor |
geostationary transfer orbit missions
→
interplanetary missions → launching communications satellites → launching space station modules → placing payloads into orbit → |
Referenced by (10)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Proton rocket
("Proton-K")
→
Proton rocket ("Proton-M") → |
family |
|
Luna program launch vehicles
("Proton-K")
→
Luna program launch vehicles ("Proton-K/D") → |
includesVariant |
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International Space Station program
→
Roscosmos ("Proton rocket family") → |
usesLaunchVehicle |
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Angara rocket family
("Proton-M")
→
|
intendedToReplace |
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Mir program
("Proton-K")
→
|
launchVehicle |
|
ExoMars programme
("Proton-M")
→
|
launchVehicleUsed |
|
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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|
rocketLaunched |