Launch SuccessfulSoviet Space Program

UR-500: Proton 3

Name: UR-500: Proton 3
Start: 1966-07-06T12:57:00Z
End: 1966-07-06T12:57:00Z
Location: 81/23 (81L)

The N-4 series of satellites, a.k.a. Proton-1, carried instruments to study super-high energy cosmic particles.

Wednesday, 6 July 1966

Mission Data

🇷🇺Soviet Space ProgramEst. 1931

Launch VehicleUR-500

Vehicle FamilyProton / UR-500

Vehicle Record3 of 4 launches (75%)

Provider TypeGovernment

Agency Record2288 successes / 168 failures (93%)

Success Streak17 consecutive

Mission TypeAstrophysics

Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit

Launch Pad81/23 (81L)

Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ

Orbital Launches This Year#67

Agency Launches This Year#29

Launches From This Pad104

Launches From This Site1,565

Status Note

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

Proton is an expendable launch system used for both commercial and Russian government space launches. The first Proton rocket was launched in 1965.

81/23 (81L) · 46.0740°N 62.9780°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.