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The USSR in 70-ies launched ~120 Protons per year successfully. Modern Russia cannot do 30 launches. The reason - old workers and engineers physically perish be
by ommunist 13y ago
The USSR in 70-ies launched ~120 Protons per year successfully. Modern Russia cannot do 30 launches. The reason - old workers and engineers physically perish because of age and no one is coming to replace them. This is sad, but true.
- gus_massa 13y agoIn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Proton_launches_(1970%E2%80%931979) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Proton_launches_(1970%E... I only found ~10 Proton launched per year, with ~1 failure per year.
- ommunist 13y agoAlltogether there have been around 300 Proton launches in Soviet times. http://www.baikonur-info.ru/kosmos.htm http://www.baikonur-info.ru/kosmos.htm Partial almanac is here - http://astro.uni-altai.ru/space/view-all-list.php?page=253 http://astro.uni-altai.ru/space/view-all-list.php?page=253
- mahoro 13y agoIn 70-ies there was A LOT of Proton failures due to Lunar competition with USA.
- ommunist 13y agoAny evidence you have? I have the following - 3.88% of failures for Proton-K, 10.81% for Proton-M. Proton-M is a modern RUssian build, Proton-K is the old Soviet one. Proton-K had 311 launches, 34 failed. http://habrahabr.ru/post/185664/ http://habrahabr.ru/post/185664/
- ommunist 13y agoProton-K - 311 launches. American Saturn-5 - only 13 launches. I consider Saturn-5 was never real commercial launcher. Proton-K was.