A heavy-lift Soviet launch vehicle originally designed as an intercontinental ballistic missile before being repurposed for space use, launching every Soviet and early Russian space station module, from Salyut through the first Mir and International Space Station components (Zarya, Zvezda). It flew for over four decades.
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Vehicle ClassHeavy-lift expendable launch vehicle 1 ManufacturerKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 2 First Flight Date StatusRetired in 2012, succeeded by the modernized Proton-M variant. 1 Status
Status (category) Proton-K
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Source Orbit Codex: Proton-K record
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Source Wikipedia: Soviet space program
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Sources
1. Encyclopedia Astronautica
http://astronautix.com/p/proton.html
Development of a three-stage version of the UR-500 was authorized in the decree of 3 August 1964.
- Includes: Proton-M
2. Wikipedia: Soviet space program
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Orbit Codex: Proton-K record
Orbit CodexHas Vehicle Class: Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle, BackgroundQuote, Has Vehicle Class: Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle, Background
The Proton-K was the primary heavy-lift launch vehicle for the Soviet Union and later Russia for 45 years
Proton-K (Wikipedia)
In Group: Soviet Launch Vehicles, Lead sentenceQuote, In Group: Soviet Launch Vehicles, Lead sentence
Proton-K (Протон-К, GRAU: 8K82K, Sheldon: D-1, D-1-e, D-1-h, DoD: SL-12, SL-13), was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton.
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