ActiveKhrunichev / RoscosmosFirst Launch: 2001-04-07
Proton-M
Russia's long-serving heavy-lift launcher using toxic hypergolic propellants, historically the workhorse for GEO commercial and Russian government payloads.
SpaceStats Reliability & Flight Record
TOTAL LAUNCHES
116
Orbital missions
SUCCESSFUL
105
9 failures
SUCCESS RATE
90.5%
LANDINGS
0
Expendable Vehicle
Khrunichev / RoscosmosFeatured Photography
Proton-M Launch with Nauka Space Station Module
Roscosmos
Technical & Propulsion Specifications
Operator: Khrunichev / RoscosmosVehicle Dimensions & Mass
- Overall Height
- 58.2 m
- Body Diameter
- 7.4 m
- Gross Lift-off Mass
- 705 t
- Stages Count
- 4
- Fairing Diameter
- 4.35 m
Stage 1 (Booster)
- Recovery Mode
- Expendable
Stage 2 & Capacities
- LEO Capacity
- 23 t
- GTO Capacity
- 6.9 t
- Cost per Launch
- $65,000,000
- LEO Price / kg
- ~$2,826 / kg
Fleet Deployment & Economics Suite
Model Satellite Constellations or Payload Charters with Proton-M
Calculate multi-plane Walker Delta fleet costs, fairing dispenser limits, launch cadence timelines, and single-mission rideshare economics.
High-Resolution Photo Gallery & Media
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Liftoff2021-07-21Proton-M Launch with Nauka Space Station Module
Proton-M heavy launch vehicle launching the 20-tonne Nauka multipurpose laboratory module to the ISS from Baikonur.
Roscosmos
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Pad2016-03-14Proton-M on Launch Pad Site 200/39
Proton-M on the massive launch table at Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200/39 with flame trench.
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Rollout2015-08-24Proton-M Rail Transport Rollout at Baikonur
Horizontal rail transport of the assembled Proton-M rocket from MIK-92A50 across the Kazakh steppe.
Roscosmos / ILS
Source SpaceStats Launch Manifest & Database
0 mission records cataloged in database
No individual manifest entries logged in database for Proton-M.
Summary stats and flight achievements are detailed in the overview above.