Proton / UR-500 family

Proton-K/DM

The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Flights flown66

Success rate92.4%61/66

Maiden flight1982-10-12

Peak year19828 flights

Proton-K/DM is built by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center of Russia. It first flew on 26 March 1974 and last flew on 20 June 1990.

Flight record

66 records

92.4% success rate61 of 66 flown · 5 failed

1974peak 1982 · 8 flights1990

First flight1974-03-26

Latest flight1990-06-20

Failures5

Consecutive successes31

Fastest turnaround12d 15h

Payload

Per mission profile

Geostationary orbit	1,880kg

Vehicle

DM spec

Stages	4
Length	59m
Diameter	4.15m
Launch mass	711t
Liftoff thrust	8,847kN
Maiden flight	1982-10-12
Reusable	No

Pads used

4 pads

200/4035 200/39 (200L)25 81/24 (81P)4 81/23 (81L)2

Orbits delivered

1 orbit

Geostationary Orbit66

Launch history

66 launches

Date	Mission	Pad	Orbit	Outcome
1990-06-20	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 20	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1988-05-06	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1988-03-31	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 15	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1987-09-03	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1987-05-11	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 14	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1987-03-19	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 20	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1986-11-18	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 13	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1986-10-25	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 19	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1986-06-10	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 12	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1986-05-24	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1986-04-04	Proton-K/DM \| Potok 3	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1986-01-17	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 18	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1985-11-15	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 17	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1985-08-08	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 16	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1985-03-22	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1985-02-21	Proton-K/DM \| US-KS 3	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1985-01-18	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 11	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1984-08-24	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1984-08-01	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 10	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1984-06-22	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 15	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1984-04-22	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 9	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1984-03-29	Proton-K/DM \| US-KS 2	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1984-03-16	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1984-03-02	Proton-K/DM \| Potok 2	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1984-02-15	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 14	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1983-11-30	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 8	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1983-09-29	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1983-08-25	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 13	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1983-06-30	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 7	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1983-04-08	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 12	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1983-03-12	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1982-12-24	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 22L	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Failure
1982-11-26	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 11	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1982-10-20	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 6	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1982-09-16	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1982-07-22	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Failure
1982-05-17	Proton-K/DM \| Potok 1	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1982-03-15	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 5	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1982-02-05	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1981-10-09	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 10	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1981-07-30	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 9	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1981-06-25	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1981-03-18	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 8	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1980-12-26	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1980-10-05	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 7	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1980-07-14	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1980-06-14	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 4	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1980-02-20	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 6	200/39 (200L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1979-12-28	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 3	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1979-10-03	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1979-07-05	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 2	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1979-04-25	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 5	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1979-02-21	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1978-12-19	Proton-K/DM \| Gorizont 1	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1978-10-17	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Failure
1978-08-17	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Failure
1978-07-18	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 4	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1978-05-27	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Failure
1977-09-20	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1977-07-23	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 3	200/40	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1976-10-26	Proton-K/DM \| Ekran	81/24 (81P)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1976-09-11	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 2	81/24 (81P)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1975-12-22	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga 1	81/24 (81P)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1975-10-08	Proton-K/DM \| US-KS 1	81/23 (81L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1974-07-29	Proton-K/DM \| Molniya-1S	81/24 (81P)	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1974-03-26	Proton-K/DM \| Raduga-GVM	81/23 (81L)	Geostationary Orbit	Success

Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.