Characteristics of the Proton launch vehicle

The heavy proton carrier rocket is designed for launching civilian and military spacecraft into Earth orbit.

Nowadays, the Proton carrier rocket is used when launching telecommunications satellites, navigation satellites (GLONASS), orbital station modules (Mir and ISS), as well as interplanetary spacecraft and satellites warning systems for rocket attack.

International Launch Services Inc. (ILS), which is marketing the Russian Proton launch vehicle on the world market, and the Japanese corporation Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) announced that they have signed a launch contract using the Protons for two communication satellites for the Turkish operator Turksat AS, the Khrunichev Center said.

The Turksat 4A spacecraft will be launched at the end of 2013, the Turksat 4B satellite will be launched at the beginning of 2014. This is the first contract signed by ILS with the Japanese corporation Mitsubishi.

Satellites are required to provide broadcast and broadband services throughout Turkey, Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Comments

[viktor_ui]

Awesome performance, from 67 years stunning unchanged. And from the new Che there ??? Do not shock the current with the latest missile system such as the Angara (developed in the USSR)

[mishan]

Great workhorse! But it is time to introduce something new, on environmentally friendly fuel. And Angara is already a Russian development, by the way.

[turnip]

but what do you want new? new will come when they come up with a fundamentally new mover and an onboard power plant. and so you can only improve the long-known methods of cargo delivery in terms of economy and environmental friendliness.

[viktor_ui]

Mishanya - personally, I have a book of 79 edition, where this project of the "hangar" is painted in detail and at the same time several ways of starting are considered. This is the development of the USSR.

turnips - agree that the technology of the 60s is different from the 70s of the 80s of the 90s, etc. the fact that we do not see the arrival of new samples ... where "Clipper" -? - buried, where are robotic complexes on the Moon, Mars, Venus ... flights where else? There is nothing of this, and Russia's participation so far boils down, at best, to the installation of single devices on foreign platforms. For amers, their X-37 spent almost 300 days rummaging around in different orbits - engines at least on ionic thrust - THIS CAN BE CALLED A NEW TECHNOLOGY - you can (and how many of our Russian brains did it?). We all want such equipment to be made in our country, but this requires CONDITIONS which have not been available for more than 20 years. At one time PROTON WAS CONSIDERED THE CLEANEST ENVIRONMENTAL CARRIER. Time has passed and now he is no longer considered that way.

It's like on the T-90 - EVERYTHING, hurt yourself, but we'll leave the levers to you, well, and there are many more faqs from a past life, I won't list sales - THEN I have a question for the DESIGNER OF THIS TANK. WHERE ARE YOU THE INFECTION OF BUSINESS COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT OF TANK CONTROL TYPE "GLOVE" - put the type pens into fixed leggings and sew with your fingers - ride yourself - good technology? cooler for me than a steering wheel in a tank. Or the proven technology of fire control by facial expressions. But all this was already in real life, in the first half of the 80s.

[Honory]

We must not rejoice at the successes achieved, and go further. The Americans do not sleep.