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Proton-M
The
Proton-M
, (Протон-М)
GRAU index
8K82M
or , is a
Russian
heavy lift launch vehicle
derived from the
Soviet
-developed
Proton
. It is built by
Khrunichev
, and launched from sites
81
and
200
at the
Baikonur Cosmodrome
in
Kazakhstan
. Commercial launches are marketed by
International Launch Services
(ILS), and generally use Site 200/39. The first Proton-M launch occurred on 7 April 2001.
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