Proton rocket

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The Proton rocket is a heavy-lift Russian expendable launch vehicle widely used to place large payloads, including space station modules and communications satellites, into orbit.

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AI-generated illustration of Proton rocket

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of a proton rocket (The Proton rocket is a heavy-lift Russian expendable launch vehicle widely used to place large payloads, including space station modules and communications satellites, into orbit.)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle ⓘ
heavy-lift launch vehicle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
designFeature three-stage core with optional upper stage ⓘ
uses toxic propellants ⓘ
developedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
enteredService 1960s ⓘ
family Proton-K ⓘ
linked to: Proton rocket

Proton-M ⓘ
linked to: Proton rocket
fuel unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine ⓘ
launchAzimuth primarily prograde orbits ⓘ
launchConfiguration core stage with strap-on tanks ⓘ
launchRecord hundreds of launches ⓘ
launchServiceEntry commercial market in the 1990s ⓘ
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ
launchType expendable ⓘ
manufacturer Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center ⓘ
market commercial launch services ⓘ
massClass heavy-lift ⓘ
notableCustomer Eutelsat ⓘ
Inmarsat ⓘ
Intelsat ⓘ
notableUse launching GLONASS navigation satellites ⓘ
launching International Space Station modules ⓘ
launching Mir space station modules ⓘ
launching Salyut space station modules ⓘ
operator International Launch Services ⓘ
Roscosmos ⓘ
orbitTypesServed geostationary transfer orbit ⓘ
highly elliptical orbit ⓘ
low Earth orbit ⓘ
originPeriod Cold War era ⓘ
oxidizer nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ
propellantType hypergolic propellants ⓘ
stages 3 ⓘ
4 ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
successorConsidered Angara rocket family ⓘ
typicalPayload large communications satellites ⓘ
space station modules ⓘ
upperStageOptions Blok DM ⓘ
Briz-M ⓘ
usedFor geostationary transfer orbit missions ⓘ
interplanetary missions ⓘ
launching communications satellites ⓘ
launching space station modules ⓘ
placing payloads into orbit ⓘ

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Roscosmos → usesLaunchVehicle → Proton rocket family ⓘ
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Baikonur Cosmodrome → rocketLaunched → Proton rocket ⓘ
Luna program launch vehicles → includesVariant → Proton-K ⓘ
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Luna program launch vehicles → includesVariant → Proton-K/D ⓘ
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Mir program → launchVehicle → Proton-K ⓘ
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Proton rocket → family → Proton-K ⓘ
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Proton rocket → family → Proton-M ⓘ
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ExoMars programme → launchVehicleUsed → Proton-M ⓘ
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Angara rocket family → intendedToReplace → Proton-M ⓘ
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Mir space station → launchVehicle → Proton-K rocket ⓘ
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Venera missions → launchVehicleUsed → Proton rocket ⓘ
Mir → launchVehicle → Proton-K ⓘ
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Luna programme → launchVehicleUsed → Proton rocket ⓘ
GLONASS → launchVehicle → Proton-K ⓘ
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GLONASS → launchVehicle → Proton-M ⓘ
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Zarya → launchVehicle → Proton-K rocket ⓘ
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Functional Cargo Block → launchVehicle → Proton-K rocket ⓘ
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FGB Zarya → launchVehicle → Proton-K rocket ⓘ
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Spektr-RG → launchVehicle → Proton-M ⓘ
subject linked to: Spektr-RG observatory
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Venera 9 → launchVehicle → Proton-K rocket ⓘ
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Mars 3 → launchVehicle → Proton-K rocket ⓘ
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Salyut 1 → launchRocket → Proton-K ⓘ
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Salyut 1 → launchVehicle → Proton-K rocket ⓘ
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Luna spacecraft → launchVehicleUsed → Proton rocket family ⓘ
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Luna 17 → launchVehicle → Proton-K rocket ⓘ
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Luna 17 → propulsionStage → Proton-K Blok D ⓘ
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Rosalind Franklin rover → launchVehicle → Proton-M ⓘ
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Luna 16 → launchVehicle → Proton-K rocket ⓘ
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Luna 20 → launchVehicle → Proton-K rocket ⓘ
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Mir core module → launchVehicle → Proton-K rocket ⓘ
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Kvant-1 → launchVehicle → Proton-K ⓘ
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Kristall → launchVehicle → Proton-K ⓘ
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Spektr → launchVehicle → Proton-K ⓘ
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Priroda → launchVehicle → Proton-K ⓘ
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Luna 24 → launchVehicle → Proton-K rocket ⓘ
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Kvant-2 → launchVehicle → Proton-K ⓘ
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Soviet missile program → hasPart → Proton launch vehicle program ⓘ
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Salyut 1 → launchVehicle → Proton-K rocket ⓘ
subject linked to: Salyut space stations
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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center → product → Proton launch vehicle ⓘ
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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center → product → Proton-K launch vehicle ⓘ
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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center → product → Proton-M launch vehicle ⓘ
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International Launch Services → launchVehicleUsed → Proton-M rocket ⓘ
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International Launch Services → historicallyAssociatedWith → Proton launch vehicle family ⓘ
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Blok DM → developedFor → Proton launch vehicle ⓘ
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Briz-M → usedWithLaunchVehicle → Proton-M ⓘ
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Briz-M → usedWithLaunchVehicle → Proton-K ⓘ
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Briz-M → launchVehicleFamily → Proton launch vehicle family ⓘ
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Briz-M → firstFlightLaunchVehicle → Proton-K ⓘ
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