LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Tue Nov 02 1965
Soviet Space Program

Proton 2

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

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Rocket Details

Name:

UR-500

Description:

Proton is an expendable launch system used for both commercial and Russian government space launches. The first Proton rocket was launched in 1965.

UR-500 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Astrophysics
  • The N-4 series of satellites, a.k.a. Proton-1, carried instruments to study super-high energy cosmic particles.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

81/23 (81L)