Soviet Space Program Proton-K/D-1 Granat

Name: Soviet Space Program Proton-K/D-1 Granat
Start: 1989-12-01T20:20:57.000Z
Location: 200/40

Proton-K/D-1

Status

Success

Date

1 DEC 1989

20:20

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

200/40

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

X- and gamma-ray astronomical observatory

Rocket

Proton-K/D-1

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

57 m

Diameter

4.15 m

Launch Mass

707 T

Thrust

8,847 kN