List of Proton launches (2010–present)

This is a list of launches made by the Proton rocket between 2010 and 2019. All launches were conducted from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

List of Proton launches
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Launches

Date/Time (UTC) Configuration Serial number Launch pad Outcome
Payload Separation orbit Operator Function
Remarks

2010

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28 January 2010
00:18:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 535-35 Site 81/24 Successful
Raduga 1M #2 Geosynchronous Communications
12 February 2010
00:39:40		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 535-32 Site 200/39 Successful[1]
Intelsat 16 Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
1 March 2010
21:19:44		 Proton-M/DM-2 8K82KM/11S861 535-40 Site 81/24 Successful[2]
Kosmos 2459 (Uragan-M #731) Medium Earth Navigation
Kosmos 2460 (Uragan-M #732) Medium Earth Navigation
Kosmos 2461 (Uragan-M #735) Medium Earth Navigation
20 March 2010
18:26:57		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-14 Site 200/39 Successful[3]
EchoStar XIV Geosynchronous transfer Communications
24 April 2010
11:19:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-11 Site 200/39 Successful
SES-1[4] Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
3 June 2010
22:00:08		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-12 Site 200/39 Successful[5]
Badr-5 Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
10 July 2010
18:40:36		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-15 Site 200/39 Successful[6]
EchoStar XV Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
2 September 2010
00:53:50		 Proton-M/DM-2 8K82KM/11S861 535-30 Site 81/24 Successful[7]
Kosmos 2464 (Uragan-M #736) Medium Earth Navigation
Kosmos 2465 (Uragan-M #737) Medium Earth Navigation
Kosmos 2466 (Uragan-M #738) Medium Earth Navigation
14 October 2010
18:53:21		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-16 Site 81/24 Successful[8]
XM-5 Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
14 November 2010
17:29:20		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-13 Site 200/39 Successful[9]
SkyTerra-1 Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
5 December 2010
10:25:19		 Proton-M/DM-03 8K82KM/11S861-03 535-37 Site 81/24 Failure
Uragan-M #739 Medium Earth (intended) Navigation
Uragan-M #740 Medium Earth (intended) Navigation
Uragan-M #741 Medium Earth (intended) Navigation
First flight of the Blok-DM-03 upper stage. The upper stage and payloads failed to reach orbital velocity due to overloading of the upper stage with 1.5 tonnes of liquid oxygen, which was caused by communication error between engineers.[10]
26 December 2010
21:51:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-17 Site 200/39 Successful[11]
KA-SAT Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services

2011

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20 May 2011
19:15:19		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-19 Site 200/39 Successful[12]
Telstar-14R (Estrela do Sul 2) Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
15 July 2011
23:16:10		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-18 Site 200/39 Successful[13]
SES-3 Geosynchronous transfer Communication
KazSat-2 Geosynchronous Communication
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services (for SES-3)
17 August 2011
21:25:01		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-21 Site 200/39 Failure[14]
Ekspress AM4 Geosynchronous transfer (intended) Communications
Briz-M upper stage suffered a failure of attitude control due to a too short programmed time interval for gyro platform manipulation while the operation timeline was being formalized.[15]
20 September 2011
22:46:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 535-42 Site 81/24 Successful
Kosmos 2473 (Garpun #1) Geosynchronous Communications
29 September 2011
18:32:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-22 Site 200/39 Successful[16]
QuetzSat-1 Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
19 October 2011
18:48:57		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-20 Site 200/39 Successful[17]
ViaSat-1 Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
4 November 2011
12:51:41		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 535-39 Site 81/24 Successful
Kosmos 2475 (Uragan-M #743) Medium Earth Navigation
Kosmos 2476 (Uragan-M #744) Medium Earth Navigation
Kosmos 2477 (Uragan-M #745) Medium Earth Navigation
25 November 2011
19:10:34		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-25 Site 200/39 Successful[18]
AsiaSat 7 Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
11 December 2011
11:17:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-23 Site 81/24 Successful
Luch-5A Geosynchronous transfer Communication / Data Relay
Amos-5 Geosynchronous Communication

2012

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14 February 2012
19:36:37		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-24 Site 200/39 Successful[19]
SES-4 Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
25 March 2012
12:10:32		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-28 Site 200/39 Successful[20]
Intelsat 22 Super-synchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
30 March 2012
05:49:32		 Proton-K/Blok-DM-2 8K82K/11S861 410-18 Site 81/24 Successful
Kosmos 2479 (US-KMO) Geosynchronous Missile warning
Final flight of the Proton-K.
23 April 2012
22:18:13		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-27 Site 200/39 Successful[21]
Yahsat 1B Geosynchronous transfer orbit Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
17 May 2012
19:12:14		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-29 Site 81/24 Successful[22]
Nimiq 6 Geosynchronous transfer orbit Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
9 July 2012
18:38:30		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-30 Site 81/24 Successful[23]
SES-5 Geosynchronous transfer orbit Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
6 August 2012
19:31:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-31 Site 81/24 Failure[24]
Telkom 3 Geosynchronous (intended) Communication
Ekspress MD2 Geosynchronous (intended) Communication
Briz-M upper stage failure 7 seconds into its third burn.
14 October 2012
08:37:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-26 Site 81/24 Successful[25]
Intelsat 23 Geosynchronous Communication
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
2 November 2012
21:04:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-32 Site 81/24 Successful
Luch-5B Geosynchronous Communication / Data Relay
Yamal-300K Geosynchronous Communication
20 November 2012
18:31:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-33 Site 200/39 Successful[26]
EchoStar XVI Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
8 December 2012
13:13:43		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-34 Site 200/39 Partial failure[27]
Yamal-402 Geosynchronous transfer (intended) (achieved) Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services. Briz-M upper stage shut down 4 minutes earlier than planned on its fourth burn. On 15 December 2012 the satellite was placed into its designated orbit with the help of its internal engine.[28]

2013

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26 March 2013
19:06:48		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-36 Site 200/39 Successful[29]
Satmex 8 Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
15 April 2013
18:36:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-37 Site 200/39 Successful[30]
Anik G1 Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
14 May 2013
16:02:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-38 Site 200/39 Successful[31]
Eutelsat 3D Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
3 June 2013
09:18:31		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-40 Site 200/39 Successful[32]
SES-6 Super-synchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
2 July 2013
02:38:22		 Proton-M/DM-03 8K82KM/11S861-03 535-43 Site 81/24 Failure
Uragan-M #748 Medium Earth (intended) Navigation
Uragan-M #749 Medium Earth (intended) Navigation
Uragan-M #750 Medium Earth (intended) Navigation
First stage control failure, rocket crashed near launch pad. Accident caused by angular velocity sensors of the rocket's control system wrongly installed backwards.
29 September 2013
21:38:10		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-39 Site 200/39 Successful[33]
Astra 2E Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
25 October 2013
18:08:54		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-35 Site 200/39 Successful[34]
Sirius FM-6 Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
11 November 2013
23:46:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 535-41 Site 81/24 Successful
Raduga 1M #3 Geosynchronous Communications
8 December 2013
12:12:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-44 Site 200/39 Successful[35]
Inmarsat 5-F1 Super-synchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
26 December 2013
10:49:56		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-41 Site 81/24 Successful
Ekspress AM5 Geosynchronous transfer Communications

2014

Main article: 2014 in spaceflight
14 February 2014
21:09:03		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-43 Site 81/24 Successful[36]
Türksat 4A Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
15 March 2014
23:08:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-42 Site 81/24 Successful
Ekspress AT1 Geosynchronous Communications
Ekspress AT2 Geosynchronous Communications
28 April 2014
04:25:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-46 Site 81/24 Successful
Luch-5V Geosynchronous transfer Communication / Data Relay
KazSat-3 Geosynchronous Communication
15 May 2014
21:42:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-45 Site 200/39 Failure
Ekspress AM4R Geosynchronous transfer (intended) Communications
Proton third stage vernier engine failure at T+542 seconds due to turbo-pump pipe leak.[37]
27 September 2014
20:23:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-47 Site 81/24 Successful
Luch (Olimp-K) Geosynchronous Communications
21 October 2014
15:09:32		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-48 Site 81/24 Successful
Ekspress AM6 Geosynchronous Communications
15 December 2014
00:16:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-50 Site 81/24 Successful[38]
Yamal-401 Geosynchronous Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
27 December 2014
21:37:49		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-49 Site 200/39 Successful[39]
Astra 2G Geosynchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services

2015

Main article: 2015 in spaceflight
1 February 2015
12:31:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-51 Site 200/39 Successful[40]
Inmarsat 5-F2 Super-synchronous transfer Communications
Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services
18 March 2015
22:05:00		 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 935-52 Site 200/39 Successful
Ekspress AM7 Geosynchronous transfer Communications

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  1. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches the Intelsat 16 Satellite for Intelsat; First ILS Proton Launch of 2010" (Press release). ILS. February 12, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Third Proton Launch of 2010 Successful: Trio of GLONASS Satellites in Orbit" (Press release). Khrunichev. March 2, 2010.
  3. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches EchoStar XIV for DISH Network; 2nd ILS Proton Mission of 2010; 4th Proton in 3 Months" (Press release). ILS. March 21, 2010.
  4. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches SES-1 for SES 3rd ILS Proton Mission of 2010; 5th Proton in 4 Months" (Press release). International Launch Services. April 24, 2010.
  5. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches Badr-5 for ARABSAT 4th ILS Proton Mission of 2010; 6th Proton in 6 Months" (Press release). International Launch Services. June 3, 2010.
  6. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches EchoStar XV for Echostar 5th ILS Proton Mission of 2010; 7th Proton in 7 Months" (Press release). International Launch Services. July 10, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Proton Successfully Launches Three GLONASS Satellites" (Press release). Khrunichev. September 2, 2010.
  8. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches XM-5 Satellite" (Press release). International Launch Services. July 10, 2010.
  9. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches LightSquared Satellite" (Press release). International Launch Services. November 14, 2010.
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  11. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches The KA-SAT Satellite for Eutelsat" (Press release). International Launch Services. December 27, 2010.
  12. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches Telstar 14R/ Estrela do Sul 2 for Telesat" (Press release). International Launch Services. May 21, 2011.
  13. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches the SES-3 Satellite for SES/ First ILS Proton Shared Launch with the KazSat-2 Satellite" (Press release). International Launch Services. July 16, 2011.
  14. ↑ "Concerning Express-AM4 SC Launch" (Press release). Khrunichev. August 18, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Express-AM4 Launch Failure Inter-Agency Commission Concludes Investigations" (Press release). Khrunichev. August 30, 2011.
  16. ↑ "ILS PROTON SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES QUETZSAT-1 FOR SES" (Press release). International Launch Services. September 30, 2011.
  17. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches ViaSat-1 for ViaSat Heaviest Satellite Launched on ILS Proton" (Press release). International Launch Services. October 20, 2011.
  18. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches the AsiaSat 7 Satellite for AsiaSat" (Press release). International Launch Services. November 26, 2011.
  19. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches SES-4 for SES" (Press release). International Launch Services. February 15, 2012.
  20. ↑ "Intelsat’s Global Broadband Maritime and Aeronautical Infrastructure Continues to Advance with ILS Proton Launch Success of Intelsat 22" (Press release). International Launch Services. March 26, 2012.
  21. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches Y1B Satellite for Yahsat" (Press release). International Launch Services. April 24, 2012.
  22. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches Telesat's Nimiq 6 Satellite" (Press release). International Launch Services. May 18, 2012.
  23. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches SES-5 for SES" (Press release). International Launch Services. July 10, 2012.
  24. ↑ "Russian Federal Mission with TELKOM 3 and EXPRESS MD2 Satellites Anomaly" (Press release). International Launch Services. August 7, 2012.
  25. ↑ "ILS Proton Launch Success of Intelsat 23" (Press release). International Launch Services. October 14, 2012.
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  30. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches Anik G1 for Telesat" (Press release). ILS. April 16, 2013.
  31. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches Eutelsat 3D for Eutelsat" (Press release). ILS. May 15, 2013.
  32. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches SES-6 for SES" (Press release). ILS. June 4, 2013.
  33. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches ASTRA 2E for SES" (Press release). ILS. September 30, 2013.
  34. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches the Sirius FM-6 Satellite for Sirius XM Radio" (Press release). ILS. October 26, 2013.
  35. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches Inmarsat-5 F1" (Press release). ILS. December 9, 2013.
  36. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches TURKSAT-4A for TURKSAT" (Press release). ILS. February 15, 2014.
  37. ↑ Another Disaster for Russia’s Space Workhorse, Popular Mechanics, 16 May 2014, accessed 16 May 2014.
  38. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches the Yamal-401 Satellite Marking the 400th Proton Mission" (Press release). ILS. December 15, 2014.
  39. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches the ASTRA 2G Satellite for SES" (Press release). ILS. December 28, 2014.
  40. ↑ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches the Inmarsat-5 F2 Satellite For Inmarsat; Second Global Xpress®Satellite Launch in 3-constellation Series" (Press release). ILS. February 1, 2015.