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Proton-K/Briz-M

KHSC RETIRED
At a glance
Launches
4
Success rate
75%
3 ok · 1 failed
Payload to LEO
19,760 kg
Payload to GTO
—
Status
Retired
First flight
05 Jul 1999
Reusable
No
Height
57 m
Diameter
4.15 m
Launch mass
710 t
Liftoff thrust
8,847 kN
Stages
4
Launch cost
—
Booster landings
—
About

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.