List of Proton launches (1965–69)
This is a list of launches made by the Proton rocket between 1965 and 1969. All launches were conducted from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The list includes the first five launches, which were conducted under the designations UR-500 and UR-500K, before the selection of the name Proton.
| List of Proton launches |
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| 1965–1969 · 1970–1979 · 1980–1989 · 1990–1999 · 2000–2009 · 2010–2019 |
Launches
| Date/Time (UTC) | Configuration | Serial number | Launch pad | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Separation orbit | Operator | Function | ||
| Remarks | |||||
1965Main article: 1965 in spaceflight | |||||
| 16 July 1965 11:16 |
UR-500 8K82 | 107207-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Proton 1 (N-4 #1) | Low Earth | Particle research | |||
| Maiden flight of UR-500 8K82 | |||||
| 2 November 1965 12:28 |
UR-500 8K82 | UR500-209 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Proton 2 (N-4 #2) | Low Earth | Particle research | |||
1966Main article: 1966 in spaceflight | |||||
| 24 March 1966 21:00 |
UR-500 8K82 | UR500-211 | Site 81/23 | Failure | |
| N-4 #3 | Low Earth (intended) | Particle research | |||
| Malfunction during second stage burn, failed to achieve orbit | |||||
| 6 July 1966 12:57 |
UR-500 8K82 | UR500-212 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Proton 3 (N-4 #4) | Low Earth | Particle research | |||
| Final flight of UR-500 8K82 | |||||
1967Main article: 1967 in spaceflight | |||||
| 10 March 1967 11:30 |
UR-500K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 107227-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Kosmos 146 (Soyuz 7K-L1 #2P) | Highly elliptical | Spacecraft test | |||
| Maiden flight of UR-500K 8K82K (later Proton-K), first Proton launch with an upper stage | |||||
| 8 April 1967 09:00 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 228-01 | Site 81/23 | Failure | |
| Kosmos 154 (Soyuz 7K-L1 #3P) | Highly elliptical (intended) Low Earth (achieved) |
Spacecraft test | |||
| Premature separation of fourth stage ullage motors | |||||
| 27 September 1967 22:11 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 229-01 | Site 81/23 | Failure | |
| Soyuz 7K-L1 #4L | Highly elliptical (intended) | Spacecraft test | |||
| First stage engine failure, failed to orbit | |||||
| 22 November 1967 19:07 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 230-01 | Site 81/24 | Failure | |
| Soyuz 7K-L1 #5L | Highly elliptical (intended) | Spacecraft test | |||
| First launch from Site 81/24, second stage engine failure, failed to orbit | |||||
1968Main article: 1968 in spaceflight | |||||
| 2 March 1968 22:11 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 231-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Zond 4 (Soyuz 7K-L1 #6L) | Highly elliptical | Spacecraft test | |||
| Spacecraft later failed | |||||
| 22 April 1968 23:01 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 232-01 | Site 81/24 | Failure | |
| Soyuz 7K-L1 #7L | Highly elliptical (intended) | Spacecraft test | |||
| Premature cutoff of second stage due to short circuit | |||||
| 14 September 1968 21:42 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 234-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Zond 5 (Soyuz 7K-L1 #9L) | Highly elliptical | Spacecraft test | |||
| 10 November 1968 19:11 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 235-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Zond 6 (Soyuz 7K-L1 #12L) | Highly elliptical | Spacecraft test | |||
| Spacecraft later failed | |||||
| 16 November 1968 11:40 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 236-01 | Site 81/24 | Successful | |
| Proton 4 (N-6 #1) | Low Earth | Cosmic ray research | |||
| First Proton-K launch without an upper stage | |||||
1969Main article: 1969 in spaceflight | |||||
| 20 January 1969 04:14 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 237-01 | Site 81/23 | Failure | |
| Soyuz 7K-L1 #13L | Highly elliptical (intended) | Spacecraft test | |||
| Second stage engine failure, spacecraft recovered using launch abort system | |||||
| 19 February 1969 06:48 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 239-01 | Site 81/24 | Failure | |
| Luna E-8 #201 | Highly elliptical (intended) | Lunar lander | |||
| First stage engine failure, spacecraft was to have deployed a Lunokhod rover | |||||
| 27 March 1969 10:40 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 240-01 | Site 81/23 | Failure | |
| Mars-2M #521 | Heliocentric (intended) | Mars orbiter | |||
| Third stage failed to ignite | |||||
| 2 April 1969 10:33 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 233-01 | Site 81/24 | Failure | |
| Mars-2M #522 | Heliocentric (intended) | Mars orbiter | |||
| First stage engine failure | |||||
| 14 June 1969 04:00 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 238-01 | Site 81/24 | Failure | |
| Luna E-8-5 #402 | Highly elliptical (intended) | Lunar sample return | |||
| Upper stage failed to ignite | |||||
| 13 July 1969 02:54 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 242-01 | Site 81/24 | Successful | |
| Luna 15 (Luna E-8-5 #401) | Highly elliptical | Lunar sample return | |||
| Spacecraft later failed | |||||
| 7 August 1969 23:48 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 243-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Zond 7 (Soyuz 7K-L1 #11) | Highly elliptical | Spacecraft test | |||
| 23 September 1969 14:07 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 244-01 | Site 81/24 | Failure | |
| Kosmos 300 (Luna E-8-5 #403) | Highly elliptical (intended) Low Earth (achieved) |
Lunar sample return | |||
| Upper stage oxidiser leak due to faulty valve | |||||
| 22 October 1969 14:09 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 241-01 | Site 81/24 | Failure | |
| Kosmos 305 (Luna E-8-5 #404) | Highly elliptical (intended) Low Earth (achieved) |
Lunar sample return | |||
| Upper control system malfunctioned | |||||
| 28 November 1969 09:00 |
Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824 | 245-01 | Site 81/23 | Failure | |
| Soyuz 7K-L1E #1 | Medium Earth (intended) | Test flight | |||
| Test of Block D upper stage, first stage failed[1] | |||||
References
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- Wade, Mark. "Proton". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Wade, Mark. "Soyuz 7K-L1E". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
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