List of Proton launches (2020–2029) explained

This is a list of launches made by the Proton rocket between 2020 and 2029. All launches will be conducted from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Proton rocket is scheduled to make its last flight and be retired before 2030.

Launch statistics

Launch outcomes

Launch history

2020
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
935-67		30 July 2020 21:25:19^[1]	Proton-M / Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43	Site 200/39	Ekspress-80 Ekspress-103	4390 kg total 2110 kg and 2280 kg	Geosynchronous transfer	RSCC
Communications satellites
2021
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Users	Launch outcome
535-45		21 July 2021 14:58^[2] ^[3]	Proton-M 8K82KM	Site 200/39	Nauka	20200 kg	Low Earth (ISS)	Roscosmos
ISS module
535-46		13 December 2021 12:07^[4]	Proton-M / Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43	Site 200/39	Ekspress-AMU3 Ekspress-AMU7	4130 kg total 1980 kg and 2150 kg	Geosynchronous	RSCC
Communications satellites
2022
935-71	12 October 2022 15:00^[5]	Proton-M / DM-03 8K82KM/11S861-03^[6]	Site 81/24	AngoSat-2	1964kg	Geosynchronous	GGPEN
Communications satellite
2023
935-68	5 February 2023 09:12:51^[7]	Proton-M / DM-03 8K82KM/11S861-03	Site 81/24	Elektro-L №4	3000kg	Geosynchronous	Roscosmos
Weather satellite
-	12 March 2023 23:12:59^[8]	Proton-M / Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43	Site 200/39	Olymp-K №2	3000kg	Geosynchronous	Roscosmos
SIGINT satellite

Planned launches

Date / time (UTC)	Rocket Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload type	Orbit	Users
Q1 2024^[9]	Proton-M / Briz-M	Baikonur	Ekvator	Communications	Geosynchronous	ISA
	Communications satellite built by ISS Reshetnev for Iran.
2024^[10] ^[11]	Proton-M / DM-03	Baikonur	Elektro-L No.5	Meteorology	Geosynchronous	Roscosmos
2026^[12] ^[13]	Proton-M / Briz-M	Baikonur	Ekspress-AMU4	Communications	Geosynchronous	RSCC

Notes and References

1. Web site: Clark . Stephen . Proton rocket lifts off with two Russian Express comsats . Spaceflight Now . 30 July 2020 . 30 April 2021.
2. Web site: Pavlushchenko . Katya . Nauka science module launches to ISS . . 21 July 2021 . 22 July 2021.
3. Web site: Zak . Anatoly . MLM Nauka lifts off to expand the International Space Station . RussianSpaceWeb . 21 July 2021 . 22 July 2021.
4. Web site: Zak . Anatoly . Proton launches a pair of Russian communications satellites . RussianSpaceWeb . 13 December 2021 . 14 December 2021.
5. Web site: Satellite in Angola's interests to be launched on October 12 — source . 4 August 2022 . 4 August 2022 . TASS.
6. Web site: Zak . Anatoly . The Angosat-2 communications satellite . RussianSpaceWeb . 26 October 2020 . 30 April 2021.
7. Web site: Mooney . Justin . Russian Elektro-L weather satellite launched on Proton-M . 5 February 2023 . 5 February 2023 . NASASpaceFlight.
8. Web site: Zak . Anatoly . Proton launches classified payload . 12 March 2023 . 13 March 2023 . Russianspaceweb.
9. Web site: Hendrickx . Bart . Russia and Iran expand space cooperation . . 31 October 2022 . 5 November 2022.
10. Web site: Спектрометр спутника "Метеор-МП" будет давать в два раза больше данных . Meteor-MP satellite spectrometer will provide twice as much data . . 19 July 2022 . 1 August 2022 . ru.
11. Web site: Запуск метеоспутника для мониторинга Арктики отложен . Arctic weather satellite launch postponed . Meteovesti . 5 October 2020 . 30 April 2021 . ru.
12. Web site: Изготовитель "Глонассов" и ГП КС займутся изготовлением спутника "Экспресс-АМУ4" . The manufacturer of "Glonass" and the RSCC will be engaged in the manufacture of the "Ekspress-AMU4" satellite . . 19 July 2022 . 15 December 2022 . ru.
13. Web site: "Роскосмос" вновь отказался запускать спутник на ракете "Ангара" . Roscosmos once again refuses to launch satellites on Angara rockets . . 15 January 2020 . 30 April 2021 . ru.