Talk:Proton (rocket family)/Archive 1

IMG
The porton rocket in the picture doesn't really look like being from NASA.
 * It is from NASA . There were many NASA people including Dan Goldin at the Baikonur Cosmodrome attending Zvezda launch (which is pictured). --Bricktop 15:26, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

First launch
Was it first launched in 1967 or 1965? The article says 1965 but the infobox says 1967.
 * &#9773; Zippanova  15:16, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Both! The maiden flight of the Proton 8K82, the first version of the UR series rocket to be named "Proton", was on 16/07/65. The uprated Proton 8K82K, as described by the infobox, first flew on 10/04/67. -- GW_SimulationsUser Page 18:10, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 86.146.22.80 13:26, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It's confusing that the data in the infobox is about a specific detail compared to the main article. A lot of people who view this page might get confused by this (I was)!

GLONASS vehicle
Regarding the 2007-12-25 launch, Khrunichev says, "The mission is the launch of Proton M rocket /Block DM upper stage with three GLONASS M satellites for Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS)." No mention of a Breeze stage. Is this accurate? (sdsds - talk) 03:59, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, The Blok-DM is being used instead of the Briz-M. The Proton-K is out of production, and all remaining rockets are assigned, so the Proton-M is being used for this launch. The Blok-DM stage is presumably still in production (or has a larger stockpile) so is being used as the upper stage. Briz-M would be overkill. -- GW_SimulationsUser Page 07:59, 20 December 2007 (UTC)