Proton-K
Sign in to saveThe Proton-K, also designated Proton 8K82K after its GRAU index or SL-12 after its model number, was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81/23, 81/24, 200/39 and 200/40 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Key facts
- Rocket.image
- Proton Zvezda crop.jpg
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- Launch of a Proton-K carrying the Zvezda module of the International Space Station
- Rocket.manufacturer
- Khrunichev
- Rocket.function
- Heavy-lift launch vehicle
- Rocket.country origin
- Soviet UnionRussia
- Rocket.launches
- 310
- Rocket.success
- 275 ()
- Rocket.fail
- 24
- Rocket.partial
- 11
- Rocket.status
- Retired
- Rocket.sites
- Baikonur, Sites 81/23, 81/24, 200/39 & 200/40
- Rocket.stages
- 3 or 4
- Rocket.first
- 10 March 1967
- Rocket.last
- 30 March 2012
- Rocket.family
- Universal Rocket
- Rocket.derived_from
- Proton
- Rocket.derivatives
- Proton-M
- Rocket/Payload.location
- LEO
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Vehicle description
- List of launches
- Launch failures
- See also
- References
The Proton-K, also designated Proton 8K82K after its GRAU index or SL-12 after its model number, was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81/23, 81/24, 200/39 and 200/40 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The maiden flight on 10 March 1967 carried a Soyuz 7K-L1 as part of the Zond program. During the so-called Moon Race these Proton/Soyuz/Zond flights consisted of several uncrewed test flights of Soyuz spacecraft to highly elliptical or circumlunar orbits with the unrealized aim of landing Soviet cosmonauts on the Moon.