List of Proton launches (1990–1999)
This is a list of launches made by the Proton rocket between 1990 and 1999. All launches were conducted from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
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Launches[]
| Date/Time (UTC) | Configuration | Serial number | Launch pad | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Separation orbit | Operator | Function | ||
| Remarks | |||||
1990[] | |||||
| 15 February 1990 07:52:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 363-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| () | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||
| 19 May 1990 08:32:33 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 350-01 | Site 200/40 | Successful | |
| (Uragan #46L) | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||
| (Uragan #51L) | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||
| (Uragan #52L) | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||
| 31 May 1990 10:33:20 |
Proton-K 8K82K | 360-01 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| Kristall | Low Earth | Space Station module | |||
| Fourth module of Mir | |||||
| 20 June 1990 23:36:00 |
Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86 | 342-02 | Site 200/40 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Communications | ||||
| Final Proton-K launch with original Block DM upper stage | |||||
| 18 July 1990 21:46:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 340-01 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| (Geizer #17L) | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||
| 9 August 1990 20:18:59 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 345-02 | Site 200/39 | Failure | |
| Geosynchronous | Communications | ||||
| Third stage lost thrust due to a cleaning rag accidentally left inside the propellant feed system, preventing the flow of oxidizer to the engine. Automatic shutdown T+349 seconds. | |||||
| 3 November 1990 14:39:59 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 370-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Communications | ||||
| 23 November 1990 13:21:59 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 348-02 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Communications | ||||
| 8 December 1990 02:43:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 366-02 | Site 200/40 | Successful | |
| (Uragan #47L) | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||
| (Uragan #48L) | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||
| (Uragan #49L) | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||
| 20 December 1990 11:35:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 361-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Raduga) | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||
| 27 December 1990 11:08:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 342-01 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| (Raduga-1) | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||
1991[] | |||||
| 14 February 1991 08:31:56 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 344-02 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| Kosmos 2133 (Prognoz) | Geosynchronous | Missile defence | |||
| 28 February 1991 05:30:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 360-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Raduga) | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||
| 31 March 1991 15:12:00 |
Proton-K 8K82K | 365-01 | Site 200/40 | Successful | |
| (Mech-KU #305) | Low Earth | Radar imaging | |||
| 4 April 1991 10:47:12 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 354-02 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| (Uragan #50L) | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||
| (Uragan #53L) | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||
| (Uragan #54L) | Medium Earth | Navigation | |||
| 1 July 1991 21:53:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 373-01 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Communications | ||||
| 13 September 1991 17:51:02 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 353-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Kosmos 2155 (Prognoz) | Geosynchronous | Missile defence | |||
| 23 October 1991 15:24:59 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 362-02 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Communications | ||||
| 22 November 1991 13:27:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 353-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Geizer #18L) | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||
| 19 December 1991 11:41:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 355-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Raduga) | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||
1992[] | |||||
| 29 January 1992 22:19:12 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 372-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Uragan #68L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #69L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #71L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| 2 April 1992 01:50:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 369-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Communications | ||||
| 14 July 1992 22:02:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 371-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Informkosmos | Communications | |||
| 30 July 1992 01:59:01 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 376-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Uragan #56L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #72L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #74L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| 10 September 1992 18:01:18 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 363-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Kosmos 2209 (Prognoz) | Geosynchronous | VKS | Missile defence | ||
| 30 October 1992 14:59:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 372-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Informkosmos | Communications | |||
| 27 November 1992 13:09:59 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 364-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Informkosmos | Communications | |||
| 17 December 1992 12:45:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 357-02 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| Kosmos 2224 (Prognoz) | Geosynchronous | VKS | Missile defence | ||
1993[] | |||||
| 17 February 1993 20:09:47 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 362-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Uragan #73L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #59L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #57L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| 25 March 1993 02:28:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 358-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Raduga) | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||
| 27 May 1993 01:22:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 364-02 | Site 81/23 | Failure | |
| Geosynchronous | Informkosmos | Communications (intended) | |||
| Second stage underperformed due to contaminated propellant | |||||
| 30 September 1993 17:05:59 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 359-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Raduga) | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||
| 28 October 1993 15:17:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 368-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Informkosmos | Communications | |||
| 18 November 1993 13:54:58 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 367-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Rimsat | Communications | |||
1994[] | |||||
| 20 January 1994 09:49:00 |
Proton-K/ 8K82K/11S861-01 | 358-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Communications | ||||
| First Proton-K launch with Block DM-2M upper stage | |||||
| 5 February 1994 08:46:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 375-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Raduga-1) | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||
| 18 February 1994 07:56:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 376-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Raduga) | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||
| 11 April 1994 07:49:22 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 377-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Uragan #58L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #60L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #61L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| 20 May 1994 02:01:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 357-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Rimsat | Communications | |||
| 6 July 1994 23:58:51 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 365-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Kosmos 2282 (Prognoz) | Geosynchronous | VKS | Missile defence | ||
| 11 August 1994 15:27:46 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 367-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Uragan #67L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #70L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #75L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| 21 September 1994 17:53:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 381-02 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| (Geizer #19L) | Geosynchronous | VKS | Communications | ||
| 13 October 1994 16:19:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2M 8K82K/11S861-01 | 377-02 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Informkosmos | Communications | |||
| 31 October 1994 14:30:56 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 361-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Weather | ||||
| 20 November 1994 00:39:37 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 371-01 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| (Uragan #62L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #63L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #64L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| 16 December 1994 12:00:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 373-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Luch) | Geosynchronous | Rosaviakosmos | Communications | ||
| 28 December 1994 11:31:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 366-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Raduga) | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||
1995[] | |||||
| 7 March 1995 09:23:44 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 370-02 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| (Uragan #65L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #66L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #67L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| 20 May 1995 03:33:22 |
Proton-K 8K82K | 378-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Spektr | Low Earth | Rosaviakosmos/NASA | Space Station module | ||
| Fifth module of Mir | |||||
| 24 July 1995 15:52:10 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 374-01 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| (Uragan #80L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #81L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #85L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| 30 August 1995 19:33:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 369-02 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| (Geizer #20L) | Geosynchronous | VKS | Communications | ||
| 11 October 1995 16:26:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 386-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Gelios) | Geosynchronous | Rosaviakosmos | Communications | ||
| 17 November 1995 14:25:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 384-01 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Communications | ||||
| 14 December 1995 06:10:31 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 378-01 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| (Uragan #82L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #78L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #76L) | Medium Earth | VKS | Navigation | ||
1996[] | |||||
| 25 January 1996 09:56:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 374-02 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Informkosmos | Communications | |||
| 19 February 1996 08:19:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 383-02 | Site 200/39 | Failure | |
| (Raduga) | Geosynchronous (intended) Geosynchronous transfer (achieved) |
Communications | |||
| Upper stage failed to restart | |||||
| 8 April 1996 23:09:01 |
Proton-K/ 8K82K/11S861-01 | 390-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Astra 1F | Geosynchronous transfer | SES | Communications | ||
| First commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services, first launch of Proton-K with Block DM3 upper stage | |||||
| 23 April 1996 11:48:50 |
Proton-K 8K82K | 385-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Priroda | Low Earth | Rosaviakosmos | Space Station module | ||
| Seventh module of Mir | |||||
| 25 May 1996 02:04:59 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 379-01 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Informkosmos | Communications | |||
| 6 September 1996 17:37:38 |
Proton-K/ 8K82K/11S861 | 375-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Inmarsat | Communications | |||
| Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services, only flight of Proton-K with Block DM1 upper stage | |||||
| 26 September 1996 17:50:53 |
Proton-K/DM-2M 8K82K/11S861-01 | 379-02 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | Informkosmos | Communications | |||
| 16 November 1996 20:48:52 |
Proton-K/ 8K82K/11S824F | 392-02 | Site 200/39 | Failure | |
| Mars 96 ( #520) | Heliocentric (intended) Low Earth (achieved) |
Rosaviakosmos | Mars probe | ||
| Final flight of Proton-K with Block D-2 upper stage, upper stage failed to restart, reentered atmosphere over Bolivia | |||||
1997[] | |||||
| 24 May 1997 17:00:00 |
Proton-K/ 8K82K/11S861-01 | 380-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Telstar 5 | Geosynchronous transfer | Loral Skynet | Communications | ||
| Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services, only flight of Proton-K with Block DM4 upper stage. | |||||
| 6 June 1997 16:56:54 |
Proton-K/ 8K82K/17S40 | 380-01 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| ( #1) | Medium Earth | VKS | Optical reconnaissance | ||
| First Proton-K launch with Block DM-5 upper stage | |||||
| 18 June 1997 14:02:45 |
Proton-K/ 8K82K/17S40 | 390-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Commercial launch conducted by Khrunichev, first Proton-K launch with Block DM2 upper stage | |||||
| 14 August 1997 20:49:14 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 381-01 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| Kosmos 2345 (Prognoz) | Geosynchronous | RVSN | Missile defence | ||
| 28 August 1997 00:33:30 |
Proton-K/DM3 8K82K/11S861-01 | 387-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| PAS-5 | Geosynchronous transfer | PanAmSat | Communications | ||
| Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services | |||||
| 14 September 1997 01:36:54 |
Proton-K/DM2 8K82K/17S40 | 391-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Iridium 33 | Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | ||
| Commercial launch conducted by Khrunichev | |||||
| 12 November 1997 17:00:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2M 8K82K/11S861-01 | 382-01 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous | CBRF | Communications | |||
| 2 December 1997 23:10:37 |
Proton-K/DM3 8K82K/11S861-01 | 382-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Astra 1G | Geosynchronous transfer | SES | Communications | ||
| Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services | |||||
| 24 December 1997 23:19 |
Proton-K/DM3 8K82K/11S861-01 | 394-01 | Site 81/23 | Partial failure | |
| AsiaSat 3 | Geosynchronous transfer | AsiaSat | Communications | ||
| Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services, upper stage failed one second into second burn resulting in lower perigee than expected, spacecraft corrected its orbit at significant cost to operational life | |||||
1998[] | |||||
| 7 April 1998 02:13:03 |
Proton-K/DM2 8K82K/17S40 | 391-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Low Earth | Iridium | Communications | |||
| Commercial launch conducted by Khrunichev | |||||
| 29 April 1998 04:36:54 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 384-02 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| Kosmos 2350 (Prognoz) | Geosynchronous | RVSN | Missile defence | ||
| 7 May 1998 23:45:00 |
Proton-K/DM3 8K82K/11S861-01 | 393-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| EchoStar IV | Geosynchronous transfer | Echostar | Communications | ||
| Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services | |||||
| 30 August 1998 00:31:00 |
Proton-K/DM3 8K82K/11S861-01 | 383-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Astra 2A | Geosynchronous transfer | SES | Communications | ||
| Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services | |||||
| 4 November 1998 05:12:00 |
Proton-K/DM3 8K82K/11S861-01 | 395-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| PAS-8 | Geosynchronous transfer | PanAmSat | Communications | ||
| Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services | |||||
| 20 November 1998 06:40:00 |
Proton-K 8K82K | 395-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Zarya | Low Earth | NASA | Space Station module | ||
| First module of the International Space Station | |||||
| 30 December 1998 18:35:46 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 385-02 | Site 200/39 | Successful | |
| (Uragan #86L) | Medium Earth | RVSN | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #84L) | Medium Earth | RVSN | Navigation | ||
| (Uragan #79L) | Medium Earth | RVSN | Navigation | ||
1999[] | |||||
| 15 February 1999 05:12:00 |
Proton-K/DM3 8K82K/11S861-01 | 396-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Telstar 6 | Geosynchronous transfer | Loral Skynet | Communications | ||
| Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services | |||||
| 28 February 1999 04:00:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 387-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| (Raduga-1) | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||
| 21 March 1999 00:09:30 |
Proton-K/DM3 8K82K/11S861-01 | 388-01 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| AsiaSat 3S | Geosynchronous transfer | AsiaSat | Communications | ||
| Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services | |||||
| 20 May 1999 22:30:00 |
Proton-K/DM3 8K82K/11S861-01 | 396-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Nimiq 1 | Geosynchronous transfer | Telesat Canada | Communications | ||
| Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services | |||||
| 18 June 1999 01:49:30 |
Proton-K/DM3 8K82K/11S861-01 | 397-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Astra 1H | Geosynchronous transfer | SES | Communications | ||
| Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services | |||||
| 5 July 1999 13:32:00 |
Proton-K/Briz-M 8K82K/11S43 | 389-01/88501 | Site 81/24 | Failure | |
| (Raduga) | Geosynchronous | Communications | |||
| First Proton-K launch with Briz-M upper stage, second stage exploded | |||||
| 6 September 1999 16:36:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2M 8K82K/11S861-01 | 388-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Yamal-101 | Geosynchronous | Gazcom | Communications | ||
| Yamal-102 | Geosynchronous | Gazcom | Communications | ||
| 26 September 1999 22:30:00 |
Proton-K/DM3 8K82K/11S861-01 | 398-02 | Site 81/23 | Successful | |
| Geosynchronous transfer | Communications | ||||
| Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services | |||||
| 27 October 1999 16:16:00 |
Proton-K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | 386-02 | Site 200/39 | Failure | |
| Ekspress-A1 | Geosynchronous (intended) | Informkosmos | Communications | ||
| Second stage malfunctioned | |||||
References[]
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- Wade, Mark. "Proton". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
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