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)

UR-500

Status

Failure

Date

24 MAR 1966

14:39

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

81/23 (81L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

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

Rocket

UR-500

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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

Height

46.28 m

Diameter

4.15 m

Launch Mass

595 T

Thrust

8,847 kN