Soviet Space Program Proton-K/D-2 Fobos-2

Name: Soviet Space Program Proton-K/D-2 Fobos-2
Start: 1988-07-12T17:01:43.000Z
Location: 200/40

Proton-K/D-2

Status

Success

Date

12 JUL 1988

17:01

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

200/40

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Mars orbiter and Phobos lander mission

Rocket

Proton-K/D-2

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Orbit

Mars 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

710 T

Thrust

8,847 kN