Soviet Space Program

Proton-4

Proton-K

SUCCESS

Success

Saturday, November 16, 1968 · 11:40 UTC

Mission

/01

Satellite designed to study the interaction of elementary particles with energies in excess of 1012 eV up to 1015 eV.

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

/02

Rocket

Variant: K

Launch Pad

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

46.071° N, 62.985° E

Pad Launches

243

Location Launches

362

Agency Launches

114

Orbital This Year