UR-500 | Proton 3
The N-4 series of satellites, a.k.a. Proton-1, carried instruments to study super-high energy cosmic particles.
Mission Details
- Launch date: July 6, 1966 at 12:57 PM UTC
- Launch vehicle: UR-500
- Operator: Soviet Space Program
- Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Mission type: Astrophysics