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Smaller variants of Russia’s Proton rocket on the market

September 22, 2016 Stephen Clark

Khrunichev and International Launch Services, the team behind Russia’s Proton rocket, are developing two scaled-down versions of the booster in a bid to capture a wider share of the commercial launch market, the companies announced last week.