List of Proton rocket launches
The list of Proton rocket launches includes all completed and planned launches of the Russian Proton launcher since January 1, 2005 . It also lists some important payloads from previous years. All Proton missiles were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome .
Important payloads before 2005
- Research satellites Proton 1–4 (1965–1968)
- Unmanned test flights for manned orbiting the moon Zond 4–8 (1968–1970)
- Lunar probes Luna 15–24 (1969–1976)
- Space stations Salyut 1–7 (1971–1982)
- Mars probes Mars 2–7 (1971–1973), Mars 96 (1996)
- Venus probes Venera 9-16 (1975-1983)
- unmanned TKS spaceships 1–4 (1977–1983)
- Astron (1983), Garnet (1989), Space Telescopes
- Spacecraft Vega 1–2 (1984–1985)
- Mir space station basic module and 5 science modules (1986–1996)
- Zarya (1998) and Zvezda (2000), two large Russian modules of the ISS
- Gamma ray telescope Integral of ESA (2002)
Starts since January 1st, 2005
List updated: August 3, 2020
| Serial No. | Date and time (UTC) | Type | Launch site ( Baikonur ) |
payload | Type of payload | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 | |||||||
| 2005 | |||||||
| 312 | February 3, 2005 2:27 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | AMC-12 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 313 | March 29, 2005 10:31 PM |
Proton-K / Blok-DM-2M | Ba 200/39 | Express AM2 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 314 | May 22, 2005 4:59 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | DirecTV 8 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 315 | June 24, 2005 7:41 PM |
Proton-K / Blok-DM-2 | Ba 200/39 | Express AM3 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 316 | September 8, 2005 9:53:40 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Anik F1R | Communications satellite | success | |
| 317 | December 25, 2005 5:07:09 AM |
Proton-K / Blok-DM-2 | Ba 81/24 | Cosmos 2417-2419 | three GLONASS navigation satellites (two Uragan-M and one Uragan ) | success | |
| 318 | December 29, 2005 2:28:40 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | AMC-23 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 2006 | |||||||
| 319 | February 28, 2006 8:10 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Arabsat 4A | Communications satellite | False start: Malfunction of the Bris-M upper stage during the second burning process, satellite in an orbit that was too low, satellite deliberately burned up on March 24, 2006, Bris-M upper stage exploded in orbit on February 19, 2007 | |
| 320 | June 17, 2006 10:44:05 PM |
Proton-K / Blok-DM-3 | Ba 200/39 | KazSat | Communications satellite | success | |
| 321 | August 4, 2006 9:48 p.m. |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Hot Bird 8 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 322 | November 8, 2006 8:01 p.m. |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Arabsat 4B ( BADR-4 ) | Communications satellite | success | |
| 323 | December 11, 2006 23:28:43 |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | MEASAT 3 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 324 | December 25, 2006 8:18:12 PM |
Proton-K / Blok-DM-2 | Ba 81/24 | Cosmos 2424-2426 | three GLONASS navigation satellites (three Uragan-M ) | success | |
| 2007 | |||||||
| 325 | April 9, 2007 10:54 p.m. |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Anik F3 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 326 | July 7, 2007 1:16:00 |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | DirecTV 10 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 327 | September 5, 2007 10:46 p.m. |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | JCSat 11 | Communications satellite | False start: Failure to disconnect the 2nd stage due to a defective cable | |
| 328 | October 26, 2007 7:35:24 am |
Proton-K / Blok-DM-2 | Ba 81/24 | Cosmos 2431-2433 | three GLONASS navigation satellites (three Uragan-M ) | success | |
| 329 | November 17, 2007 11:39 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Sirius 4 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 330 | December 9, 2007 12:16 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Raduga-1 M 1 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 331 | December 25, 2007 7:32 pm |
Proton-M / Blok-DM-2 | Ba 81/24 | Cosmos 2434-2436 | three GLONASS navigation satellites (three Uragan-M ) | success | |
| 2008 | |||||||
| 332 | January 28, 2008 12:18 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Express AM33 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 333 | February 11, 2008 11:34 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Thor 5 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 334 | March 14, 2008 11:19 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | AMC-14 | Communications satellite | False start: Bris-M upper stage switched off too early in the second combustion phase due to a break in a gas line to the fuel pump. The satellite was then launched in too low an orbit with too high an inclination. The satellite is considered lost. | |
| 335 | June 26, 2008 11:59 PM |
Proton-K / Block-DM | Ba 81/24 | Cosmos 2440 | military. Early warning satellite | success | |
| 336 | August 18, 2008 10:43 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Inmarsat 4-F3 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 337 | September 19, 2008 9:48 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Nimiq 4 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 338 | September 25, 2008 8:49 am |
Proton-M / Blok-DM-2 | Ba 81/24 | Cosmos 2442-2444 | three GLONASS navigation satellites (three Uragan-M ) | success | |
| 339 | November 5, 2008 8:44 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Astra 1M | Communications satellite | success | |
| 340 | December 10, 2008 1:43 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Ciel 2 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 341 | December 25, 2008 10:43 am |
Proton-M / Blok-DM-2 | Ba 81/24 | Cosmos 2447,2448,2449 | three GLONASS navigation satellites (three Uragan-M ) | success | |
| 2009 | |||||||
| 342 | February 11, 2009 12:03 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Express AM44 , Express MD1 | Communication satellites | success | |
| 343 | February 28, 2009 4:10 am |
Prodon-M / Blok-DM-2 | BA 81/24 | Globe 18L | Communications satellite | success | |
| 344 | April 3, 2009 4:24 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Eutelsat W2A | Communications satellite | success | |
| 345 | May 16, 2009 12:57 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | ProtoStar 2 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 346 | June 30, 2009 8:10 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Sirius FM-5 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 347 | August 11, 2009 7:47 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | AsiaSat 5 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 348 | September 17, 2009 7:19 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Nimiq 5 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 349 | November 24, 2009 2:19 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Eutelsat W7 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 350 |
December 14, 2009 10:38 am |
Proton-M / Blok-DM-2 | Ba 81/24 | Cosmos 2456-2458 | three GLONASS navigation satellites (three Uragan-M ) | success | |
| 351 | December 29, 2009 12:22 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | DirecTV 12 | Broadcasting satellite | success | |
| 2010 | |||||||
| 252 | January 28, 2010 12:18 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Raduga | Communications satellite | success | |
| 353 | February 12, 2010 12:39 AM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Intelsat 16 | Telecommunications satellite | success | |
| 354 | March 1, 2010 9:19 PM |
Proton-M / Blok-DM-2 | Ba 81/24 | GLONASS -M (Cosmos 2459,2460,2461) | Three navigation satellites | success | |
| 355 | March 20, 2010 6:26 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | EchoStar 14 | Telecommunications satellite | success | |
| 356 | April 24, 2010 11:19 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | SES-1 | Broadcasting satellite | success | |
| 357 | June 3, 2010 22:00:08 |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | BADR-5 | Telecommunications satellite | success | |
| 358 | July 10, 2010 6:40 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | EchoStar 15 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 359 | September 2, 2010 12:53 am |
Proton-M / Blok-DM-2 | Ba 81/24 | Cosmos 2464,2465,2466 | three GLONASS navigation satellites (three Uragan-M ) | success | |
| 360 | October 14, 2010 6:53 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | XM-5 | Broadcasting satellite | success | |
| 361 | November 14, 2010 5:29 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | SkyTerra-1 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 362 | December 5, 2010 10:25 am |
Proton-M / Blok-DM-03 | Ba 81/24 | GLONASS -M | Three navigation satellites (three Uragan-M ) | Failure: The cause was incorrect refueling of the upper level with too much liquid oxygen | |
| 363 | December 26, 2010 9:51 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | KA-SAT | Communications satellite | success | |
| 2011 | |||||||
| 364 | May 20, 2011 7:15 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Telstar 14R | Communications satellite | success | |
| 365 | July 15, 2011 11:16 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | SES-3 , KazSat 2 | Communication satellites | success | |
| 366 | August 17, 2011 9:25 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Express AM-4 | Communications satellite | Failure: Loss of contact with the Bris-M upper level during the fourth burning phase. | |
| 367 | September 20, 2011 10:47 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Garpun 1 (Cosmos 2473) | Military communications satellite | success | |
| 368 | September 29, 2011 6:32 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | QuetzSat-1 | Mexican broadcast satellite | success | |
| 369 | October 19, 2011 6:49 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | ViaSat 1 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 370 | November 4, 2011 12:51 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | GLONASS -M (Cosmos 2475,2476,2477) | Three navigation satellites (three Uragan-M ) | success | |
| 371 | November 25, 2011 7:10 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | AsiaSat 7 | Broadcasting satellite | success | |
| 372 | December 11, 2011 11:17 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Lutsch-5A , Amos 5 | Communication satellites | success | |
| 2012 | |||||||
| 373 | February 14, 2012 7:36 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | SES-4 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 374 | March 25, 2012 12:10 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Intelsat 22 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 375 | March 30, 2012 5:49 am |
Proton-K / Blok-DM-2 | Ba 81/24 | Cosmos 2479 ( Oko ) | Military satellite | success | |
| 376 | April 23, 2012 10:18 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | YahSat 1B | Communications satellite | success | |
| 377 | May 17, 2012 7:19 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Nimiq 6 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 378 | July 9, 2012 6:38 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | SES-5 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 379 | August 6, 2012 7:31 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Telkom 3, Express-MD 2 | Communication satellites | Failure : Failure of the Bris-M upper stage shortly after the start of the third burning phase. Orbit reached: 266 x 5018 km, inclination 49.9 ° | |
| 380 | October 14, 2012 8:37 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Intelsat 23 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 381 | November 2, 2012 9:05 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Lutsch 5B , Jamal 300K | Communication satellites | success | |
| 382 | November 20, 2012 6:31 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Echostar 16 | Broadcasting satellite | success | |
| 383 | December 8, 2012 1:13 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Jamal 402 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 2013 | |||||||
| 384 | March 26, 2013 7:07 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Satmex 8 | Mexican communications satellite | success | |
| 385 | April 15, 2013 6:36 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Anik G1 | Canadian communications satellite | success | |
| 386 | May 14, 2013 4:01 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Eutelsat 3D | Communications satellite | success | |
| 387 | June 3, 2013 9:18 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | SES-6 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 388 | July 2, 2013 9:25 PM |
Proton-M / Blok-DM-03 | Ba 81/24 | GLONASS -M | Three navigation satellites | Failure: The rocket crashed shortly after takeoff and hit 46 ° 3'38 "N, 62 ° 59'43" E, due to an incorrectly installed position sensor. | |
| 389 | September 29, 2013 9:38 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Astra 2E | Communications satellite | success | |
| 390 | October 25, 2013 6:08 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Sirius FM-6 | Broadcasting satellite | success | |
| 391 | November 11, 2013 11:46 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Raduga 1M | Communications satellite | success | |
| 392 | December 8, 2013 12:12 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Inmarsat 5F-1 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 393 | December 26, 2013 10:49 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Express AM5 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 2014 | |||||||
| 394 | February 14, 2014 9:09 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Türksat 4A | Communications satellite | success | |
| 395 | March 15, 2014 11:08 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Express-AT1 and Express-AT2 | Communication satellites | success | |
| 396 | April 28, 2014 4:25 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Lutsch-5V , KazSat 3 | Communication satellites | success | |
| 397 | May 15, 2014 9:42 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Express AM4R | Communications satellite | Failure: Missile crash due to third stage malfunction | |
| 398 | September 27, 2014 8:23 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Suck-4 | Military satellite | success | |
| 399 | October 21, 2014 3:09 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Express AM6 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 400 | December 15, 2014 12:16 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Jamal 401 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 401 | December 27, 2014 21:37 |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Astra 2G | Communications satellite | success | |
| 2015 | |||||||
| 402 | February 1, 2015 12:30 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Inmarsat 5F-2 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 403 | March 18, 2015 10:05 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Express AM7 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 404 | May 16, 2015 5:47 AM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Mexsat 1 (Centenario) | Communications satellite | Failure Missile crash due to third stage malfunction | |
| 405 | August 28, 2015 11:44 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Inmarsat 5 F3 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 406 | September 14, 2015 7:00 p.m. |
Proton-M / Blok-DM-03 | Ba 81/24 | Express AM8 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 407 | October 16, 2015 8:40 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Türksat 4B | Communications satellite | success | |
| 408 | December 13, 2015 12:19 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Kosmos 2513 (Garpun No. 12L) | Military communications satellite | success | |
| 409 | December 24, 2015 9:31 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Express AMU1 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 2016 | |||||||
| 410 | January 29, 2016 10:20 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Eutelsat 9B | Communications satellite | success | |
| 411 | March 14, 2016 9:31 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter | Mars probe | success | |
| 412 | June 9, 2016 7:10 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Intelsat 31 (DLA-2) | Communications satellite | success | |
| 2017 | |||||||
| 413 | June 8, 2017 3:45 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | EchoStar 21 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 414 | August 16, 2017 10:07 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Blagowest No. 11L | Military satellite | success | |
| 415 | September 11, 2017 7:23 pm |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Amazon 5 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 416 | September 28, 2017 6:52 pm |
Proton-M / Briz-M | Ba 200/39 | AsiaSat 9 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 2018 | |||||||
| 417 | April 18, 2018 10:12 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Blagowest No. 12L | Military payload | success | |
| 418 | December 21, 2018 12:20 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Blagowest No. 13L | Military payload | success | |
| 2019 | |||||||
| 419 | May 30, 2019 5:42 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 | Jamal 601 | Communications satellite | success | |
| 420 | July 13, 2019 12:31 PM |
Proton-M / Blok-DM-03 | Ba 81/24 | Spectral RG | X-ray telescope | success | |
| 421 | August 5, 2019 9:56 PM |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 81/24 | Blagowest No. 14L | Military communications satellite | success | |
| 422 | October 9, 2019 10:17 am |
Proton-M / Bris-M | Ba 200/39 |
Eutelsat 5 West B MEV-1 |
Communication satellite drive unit for Intelsat 901 |
success | |
| 423 | December 24, 2019 3:03 PM |
Proton-M / Blok-DM-03 | Ba LC-81/24 | Elektro-L 3 | Weather satellite | success | |
| 2020 | |||||||
| 424 | July 30, 2020 9:25 PM |
Proton-M / Briz-M |
Express 80 Express 103 |
Communication satellites | success | ||
Planned launches
List updated: August 3, 2020
| Serial No. | Date and time (UTC) | Type | Launch site ( Baikonur ) |
payload | Type of payload | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | |||||||
| May 2021 | Proton-M | Nauka | Research module for the international space station | ||||
Web links
- ILS: Launch Archives (English)
- Proton in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Proton-K & -M Briz-M on Gunter's Space Page
- Proton-K / -M Blok-D on Gunter's Space Page
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephen Clark: Proton rocket suffers launch failure. Spaceflight Now, March 15, 2008, accessed September 7, 2011 .
- ↑ Stephen Clark: No hope of saving wayward DISH Network satellite. Spaceflight Now, April 11, 2008, accessed September 7, 2011 .
- ↑ NASASpaceFlight.com: FAILURE: Russia's Ekspress-AM4 is lost as Proton-M Briz-M fails
- ↑ Stephen Clark: Russian Proton rocket launch suffers upper stage failure. Spaceflight Now, August 7, 2012, accessed August 9, 2012 .
- ↑ After Proton crash: Kazakh activists demand a ban on toxic fuel. In: Spuktnik News. RIA Novosti, July 2, 2013, accessed July 2, 2013 .
- ↑ Anatoly Zak: Russia's Proton crashes with a trio of navigation satellites. RussianSpaceWeb.com, July 15, 2013, accessed July 16, 2013 .
- ↑ Proton rocket crashed with the most powerful Russian communications satellite. In: Sputnik News. RIA Novosti, May 16, 2014, accessed May 16, 2014 .
- ↑ Proton-M suffers apparent failure during MexSat-1 launch. NASA, May 16, 2015, accessed May 16, 2015 .
- ↑ Proton-M brings Blagowest 13L into space: Proton-M brings Blagowest 13L into space , accessed on January 4, 2019
- ^ Launch Schedule. Spaceflight Now, accessed July 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Anatoly Zak: Nauka's launch pushed back to May 2021 . Russian Space Web, May 18, 2020; Summary on Twitter.