UR-500 | Proton 3a
Status: Failure | Launched: Mar 24, 1966 14:39 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Soviet Space Program (Government)
- Rocket: UR-500 — Proton / UR-500 family
Mission
The N-4 series of satellites, a.k.a. Proton-1, carried instruments to study super-high energy cosmic particles.
- Type: Astrophysics
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: 81/23 (81L)
- Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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