Soviet Space Program Proton / UR-500 K/D L1E 2K

Name: Soviet Space Program Proton / UR-500 K/D L1E 2K
Start: 1970-12-02T17:00:00.000Z
Location: 81/23 (81L)

Proton / UR-500 K/D

Status

Success

Date

2 DEC 1970

17:00

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

81/23 (81L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Satellites designed to test the L1 and Blok-D systems for lunar missions.

Rocket

Proton / UR-500 K/D

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

This four stage version of the Proton was originally designed to send manned circumlunar spacecraft into translunar trajectory.

Height

57 m

Diameter

4 m

Launch Mass

696 T

Thrust

8,847 kN