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Proton-K

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center · Proton / UR-500 · RETIRED

Proton-K is an expendable launch vehicle built by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center. It first flew on 16 November 1968. It has flown 29 times with 26 successes, a success rate of 89.7%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
HeightNOT ON FILE
DiameterNOT ON FILE
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight16 November 1968
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights29
Successful26
Failed3
Success rate89.7%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantK

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Proton is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Web
WebNASA / JSC · public domainNASA ↗
Proton-K-Zarya
Proton-K-ZaryaNASA · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Proton Zvezda
Proton ZvezdaNASA · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Proton-K flown?
29 times, with 26 successes and 3 failures.
What is Proton-K's success rate?
89.7%. That's 26 successful flights out of 29 attempts.
How much can Proton-K lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Proton-K.
Is Proton-K reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Proton-K as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.