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  2. Proton-M - Wikipedia

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    This was the 326th launch of a Proton, the 16th Proton-M/Briz-M launch, and the 41st Proton launch to be conducted by ILS. [13] It features more efficient first stage engines, updated avionics, lighter fuel tanks and more powerful vernier engines on the Briz-M upper stage, and mass reduction throughout the rocket, including thinner fuel tank ...

  3. Proton (rocket family) - Wikipedia

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    The Proton-M/Briz-M phase III configuration provides 6150 kg of GTO performance, an increase of 1150 kg over the original Proton-M Briz-M, while maintaining the fundamental design configuration. On 6 August 2012, the Russian Federal Space Agency lost a Russian and an Indonesian communications satellite in an attempt to launch them into orbit on ...

  4. RD-253 - Wikipedia

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    RD-254 (GRAU Index 11D44): Project for UR-700 third stage and for Proton and N-1 second stages, it was a RD-253 high-altitude version. RD-275 (GRAU Index 14D14): Serial production for Proton-M first stage. RD-253 with increased thrust by 8%. [9] RD-276 (GRAU Index 14D14М): Serial production for Proton-M first stage. Sometimes previously called ...

  5. Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

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    Proton rocket manufactured by Khrunichev. Khrunichev's main product is the Proton rocket, which has been launched more than 350 times since its creation in 1968. Latest version of the venerable rocket, which has been subject to several incremental upgrades, is Proton-M Enhanced; it has a lifting capability of 6,150 kg to geostationary transfer ...

  6. RD-0210 - Wikipedia

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    On 19 April 1971 a Proton orbited Salyut 1 the first space station to orbit the Earth. [11] On 19 May 1971 a Proton launched the Mars 2 probe to Mars. The orbiter was identical to the Venera 9 bus, and the lander was the first man made object to reach the surface of Mars. [11] On 8 June 1975 a Proton launched the Venera 9 to Venus.

  7. List of Proton launches - Wikipedia

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    As of 13 March 2023, rockets of the UR-500 / Proton family have accumulated 430 launches since 1965, 382 of which were successful, yielding an 88.8% success rate. For launches in a specific decade, see: List of Proton launches (1965–1969) List of Proton launches (1970–1979) List of Proton launches (1980–1989)

  8. Comparison of orbital launch systems - Wikipedia

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    Solid-propellant rockets or solid-fuel rockets have a motor that uses solid propellants, typically a mix of powdered fuel and oxidizer held together by a polymer binder and molded into the shape of a hollow cylinder. The cylinder is ignited from the inside and burns radially outward, with the resulting expanding gases and aerosols escaping out ...

  9. List of Proton launches (2010–2019) - Wikipedia

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    Proton-M/DM-03 8K82KM/11S861-03 Site 81/24 Ekspress AM8: Geosynchronous Success Communications 935-56 16 October 2015 20:40:11 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 Site 200/39 Türksat 4B: Geosynchronous transfer Success [49] Communications, Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services 535-44 13 December 2015 00:19:00 Proton-M/Briz-M ...