Soviet Space Program

Proton 3

UR-500

SUCCESS

Success

Wednesday, July 6, 1966 · 12:57 UTC

Mission

/01

The N-4 series of satellites, a.k.a. Proton-1, carried instruments to study super-high energy cosmic particles.

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

/02

Rocket

Launch Pad

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

46.074° N, 62.978° E

Pad Launches

148

Location Launches

191

Agency Launches

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