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Over 45 years of its irreproachable service the heavy carrier rocket Proton, designed by the Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Centre, has lifted in orbit more than 400 Russian and foreign spacecraft.
Its "service record" includes the Kosmos, Ekran, Raduga, Gorizont satellites, the Moon, Mars, Venus and Comet Halley exploration vehicles, the Salyut and Mir manned orbital stations, also the heavy specialised modules Kvant, Kvant-2, Kristall, Spektr, Priroda that were part of them, as well as the Russian modules Zarya and Zvezda of the International Space Station (ISS).
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Today is the 45th anniversary of the first Russian 2-stage Proton rocket launch.
The Proton rocket has become one of the most successful and reliable rockets in the commercial space industry.

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