Proton rocket launch with GLONASS navigation satellites

[henriettadiehl]

cool clip .. nice one.. thanks for sharing .. keep it up

[Xdreamer89]

AWESOME! Truly awesome!

[iam1and1isme]

there goes my right earphone :| woah that thing is mighty loud!!

[anisocoro]

Could Protob be used as ICBM with massive thrw-weight?

[Xytan4]

@anisocoro Proton actually started life as a "super ICBM". It was designed to throw a 100 megaton (or larger) warhead over a distance of 13,000 kilometers.

[Alllfffrrreeedddooo]

zombies !!!!!!!

[BringBack500s]

Proton is deffo my favorite launch vehicle, it looks right, it sounds right, and any time you want 20 tons in LEO it will deliver.

[HyunjoonMoon]

Why is not there white cloud? Why the rocket's fire is not that bright? Does anybody know?

[VitamnP]

I think the white cloud you see in some videos is water vapour exhaust from the hydrogen-liquid oxygen engines. This rocket uses refined kerosene and liquid oxygen so it doesn't leave the white cloud.

[artwleb]

A white cloud at liftoff is steam..... water is played on the flame defector for cooling and sound acoustics...........

[apollosaturn5]

That is a water vapor contrail similar to airplanes flying at high altitude. The first stage engines burn nitrogen tetroxide as oxidizer and unsymetric dimethyl hydrazine (UDMH) for fuel. This gives it the distinctive color. If you look at the Titan II ICBM you're going to see a similar color. The first stage of the Titan II burns Aeroxine 50 (50% hydrazine & 50% UDMH) for fuel and nitrogen tetroxide for oxidizer. Engines oxidizing with nitrogen tetroxide give a distinctive reddish brown smoke.

[malamagr]

@HyunjoonMoon It's the fuels being used, different fuels make flames with light in different wavelengths, some invisible to eye and camera even though it's actually as 'bright' as any other rocket. Same with race car fuels, i.e. gasoline burns bright yellow, methanol burns almost invisibly. The bright flames of space shuttle boosters are from solid fuels, Soyuz burns kerosene and is medium-bright, space shuttle itself burns hydrogen with little visible flame, and Proton burns hypergolics.

[bombarderoazul]

This baby is capable of placing around 21 tons into low earth orbit, it is one of the most reliable heavy boosters on earth.

[artwleb]

Proton - a superb vehicle and the past history is fascinating

to learn about. Now 43 years old. Nice video and thanks for

uploading.

[gorillagirlgorilla]

beautiful