UR-500 – Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Family: Proton / UR-500
- Length: 46.28 m
- Diameter: 4.15 m
- Launch Mass: 595 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 8400 kg
The UR-500, manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center established in 1916, undertook its inaugural launch on 07/16/1965. Notably, UR-500 has 3 successful launches and 1 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 4 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
Proton is an expendable launch system used for both commercial and Russian government space launches. The first Proton rocket was launched in 1965.
