Satellites

Payload

PROTON 4

DecayedPayloadLEO

PROTON 4 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on November 16, 1968 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
November 16, 1968 at 11:40 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Proton-4

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
159 km
Periapsis
147 km
Inclination
51.51°
Orbital period
87.54 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
17,000 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1968-103A
NORAD catalog №
3544
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
July 24, 1969

End of mission

Last active / ended
July 24, 1969
Time in service
250 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed