Launch SuccessfulSoviet Space Program

Proton-K/DM: Potok 3

Name: Proton-K/DM: Potok 3
Start: 1986-04-04T03:45:00Z
End: 1986-04-04T03:45:00Z
Location: 200/40

Geostationary military relay satellite

Friday, 4 April 1986

Mission Data

🇷🇺Soviet Space ProgramEst. 1931

Launch VehicleProton-K/DM

Vehicle FamilyProton / UR-500

Vehicle Record61 of 66 launches (92.4%)

Provider TypeGovernment

Agency Record2288 successes / 168 failures (93%)

Success Streak17 consecutive

Mission TypeCommunications

Target OrbitGeostationary Orbit

Launch Pad200/40

Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ

Orbital Launches This Year#29

Agency Launches This Year#22

Launches From This Pad64

Launches From This Site1,565

Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Proton-K/DM

The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Launch Site

200/40 · 46.0336°N 63.0267°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.