Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 2 | 0 |
| 1966 | 2 | 0 |
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No performance specsNo structured payload capacity rows are linked to this vehicle family. | |||||
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
| Proton-3 Mission | UR-500 | Jul 6, 1966 |
| Launch 1966-F03 | UR-500 | Mar 24, 1966 |
| Proton-2 Mission | UR-500 | Nov 2, 1965 |
| Proton Mission |
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
UR-500 | Not stated | 4 | Retired |
UR-500 |
| Jul 16, 1965 |
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
Russia’s Proton rocket will make its first flight in almost three years carrying the Elektro-L No.5 weather satellite into orbit.
ExoMars was scheduled to launch in September 2022 on a Russian Proton rocket as part of a partnership between ESA and Roscosmos that included Russian development of a landing platform for the rover.
KB Yuzhnoe's satellite design required the use of a Proton rocket, while OKB-41 proposed a lighter satellite compatible with a Soyuz-class launch vehicle.
The TGR satellites would weigh approximately 10 tons and be launched by a two-stage version of Chelomei’s UR-500/Proton rocket.
The European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin rover was scheduled to launch in September 2022 on a Russian Proton rocket and descend on a Roscosmos-built landing platform in 2023.
ExoMars was previously scheduled to launch in September on a Russian Proton rocket and to use a Russian landing platform to deliver the ESA-built Rosalind Franklin rover to Mars.
ExoMars was planned to launch in September on a Proton rocket under a partnership between Roscosmos and the European Space Agency.
Russia was to launch the ExoMars mission on a Proton rocket and provide a landing platform and other components.
ESA was collaborating with Roscosmos on the ExoMars mission, which was scheduled for launch in September 2022 on a Proton rocket and would deliver the Rosalind Franklin rover to Mars.
Telkom-3S was ordered to replace Telkom-3, which was built by ISS Reshetnev and was lost in an August 2012 Proton rocket failure.
Measat-3 was launched on a Russian Proton rocket in December 2006.
Nauka launched on 2021-07-21 on a Proton rocket and experienced multiple technical problems, including with its propulsion system, immediately after reaching orbit.
RSCC has two more satellites, Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7, scheduled to launch in 2021 on another Proton rocket.
RSCC scheduled Express-80 and Express-103 to launch together on a Proton rocket in March 2020 but delayed the launch to the second half of 2020 because of technical issues with the rocket.
RSCC slated Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 to launch on a Proton rocket in 2021.
The ExoMars mission consists of a Russian-led surface platform and a European-led rover to be launched on a Russian Proton rocket from Baikonur.
Khrunichev is developing a five-meter payload fairing for the Proton rocket that International Launch Services believes will make the vehicle more competitive for large geostationary satellites and low Earth orbit constellations.
The ExoMars mission will use a Russian Proton rocket to launch the rover in July 2020 and reach Mars in March 2021.
MEV-1 launched in early October 2019 on an International Launch Services Proton rocket.
ESA’s ExoMars 2020 mission has experienced problems with its parachutes and faces tests to determine if it can launch on a Russian Proton rocket in 2020 or must wait until 2022.