Proton-K/17S40 (Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center)
The Proton-K/17S40, manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center established in 1916, undertook its inaugural launch on 06/06/1997, is non-reusable and is inactive.
Proton-K/17S40 has 6 successful launches and 0 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 6 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
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.
- Length: 59 m
- Diameter: 4.15 m
- Launch Mass: 708 T
- LEO Capacity: 6000 kg
Manufacturer
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (KhSC)
Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.
