Proton-K/Blok D
Proton-K/Blok D was the four-stage high-energy configuration pairing the three-stage Proton-K core with the restartable Blok D upper stage. It supported Soviet lunar, circumlunar, Venus, and Mars missions beginning in 1967, including Zond flights, Luna sample-return missions, and the first Lunokhod rover.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Proton-K/DProton-K Blok D8K82K/11S824
- Family Name
- Proton
- Full Name
- Proton-K/Blok D
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- K/Blok D
Details
- Description
- Proton-K/Blok D was the four-stage high-energy configuration pairing the three-stage Proton-K core with the restartable Blok D upper stage. It supported Soviet lunar, circumlunar, Venus, and Mars missions beginning in 1967, including Zond flights, Luna sample-return missions, and the first Lunokhod rover.
- First Flight Year
- 1,967
- Last Flight Year
- 1,975
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 4
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- Creation Time
- July 17, 2026 at 03:44:18 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 11:53:09 UTC
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