Proton-K/D-2

In-active

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (KhSC)

July 7, 1988

Description

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.

Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
    57.0 m
  • Diameter
    4.15 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    4.15 m
  • Launch Mass
    710.0 T
  • Thrust
    8847.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Proton-K/D-2
  • Family
  • Variant
    D-2
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Proton-K/D-2
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    6220.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Government
Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
KhSC 1916

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.

Proton-K/D-2 | Mars-96

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 16, 1996, 8:48 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Mars 96 spacecraft was launched into Earth orbit, but failed to achieve insertion into Mars cruise trajectory and re-entered the Earth's atmosphere at about 00:45 to 01:30 UT on 17 November 1996 and crashed within a presumed 320 km by 80 km area which includes parts of the Pacific Ocean, Chile, and Bolivia. The cause of the crash is not known.

Heliocentric N/A
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Proton-K/D-2 | Fobos-2

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 12, 1988, 5:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mars orbiter and Phobos lander mission

Mars Orbit
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Proton-K/D-2 | Fobos-1

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 7, 1988, 5:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mars orbiter and Phobos lander mission

Mars Orbit
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