LAUNCH MISSION

Soviet Space Program UR-500 Proton 3a

Name: Soviet Space Program UR-500 Proton 3a
Start: 1966-03-24T14:39:00.000Z
Location: 81/23 (81L)

Status

Failure

24 MAR 1966

Soviet Space Program

81/23 (81L)

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

UR-500

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