Proton

The Rosalind Franklin mission was originally designed around a Russian-built landing platform and Proton-M launch service.

Chang’e 7 carries a Medium-Energy Proton Detector, a Lunar Seismograph Payload, a Lunar Penetrating Radar, a Wide-band InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer, an Electric Field Probe, and instruments from international partners.

Proton's main tanks have a 4.1-meter diameter.

Mars 96’s Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer, developed by the University of Chicago, reached Mars aboard NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission.

Mars 96 carried more than 40 science instruments on a Proton-K rocket.

The Science and Power Module for the Russian Orbital Station will be launched on Proton-M.

The Russian Orbital Station’s Science & Power Module will be launched on Proton-M.

The Proton-M rocket displays Cyrillic "Протон" markings on its first stage.

The launch pad area was covered in snow in the Proton-M prelaunch imagery.

The Proton-M rocket carrying the Electro-L No.5 meteorological satellite was installed on the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

This event is the first Proton-M launch since 2023.

A state commission has allowed fueling of the Proton-M rocket.

The scheduled Proton launch will be the last time the vehicle flies with a Blok-DM upper stage.

The launch of Proton-M with the Electro-L No.5 satellite is scheduled for February 12 at 13:52:15 local time (08:52:15 UTC).

Block DM-03 carrying the Elektro-L No.5 satellite was photographed in geostationary transfer orbit after the Proton-M launch on February 12, 2026.

The Proton launch is scheduled for 08:52 UTC from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Recent reports state that there are only up to 10 Proton rockets remaining and all 10 have assigned payloads.

The state commission approved the Proton-M for rollout at the Baikonur cosmodrome launch complex.

The Proton-M rollout at Baikonur was expected to begin at approximately 06:30 local time (about 01:30 UTC) on February 9, 2026.