Launching Mir

The Mir station core and modules were put in orbit by a Proton-K launch vehicle.

Proton-K (three-stage) was designed in 1965 as a more capable follow-on to the two-stage Proton. Its total mass at the launch of Salyut 6 was 697.1 tons, and its total length was 59.8 meters. Its first flight was in 1968. The vehicle's first stage uses RD-253 engines, which provide 167,000 kgf in a vacuum. All three stages use Nitrogen tetroxide/UDMH propellants.

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