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    Blok D (Russian: Блок Д meaning Block D) is an upper stage used on Soviet and later Russian expendable launch systems, including the N1, Proton-K and...
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    launch of a Resurs satellite from Plesetsk ended disastrously when the Blok D strap-on LOX turbopump disintegrated at T+6 seconds due to ingested debris...
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  • Blok may refer to: Blok (surname) Blok (comics), the fictional superhero of the DC Comics universe Blok M, downtown shopping area in Jakarta, Indonesia...
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    booster. A fourth stage, the Blok G, would push the L3 (LOK+LK) toward the Moon, with the Blok D as a fifth stage. The Blok D engine would also slow the...
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    orbit. Blok D upper stages were used on forty flights, the majority of which were for the Luna and Zond programmes. Ten flights used the Blok D-1, mostly...
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    simplest, Blok D, was used for interplanetary missions. Blok D had no guidance module, depending on the probe to control flight. Three different Blok DM versions...
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    probes were identical robotic spacecraft launched by Proton-K rockets with a Blok D upper stage, each consisting of an orbiter and an attached lander. After...
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    and the Space Race, 1945–1974 — Volume 4408 of NASA-SP (PDF). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0160613050. Other online sources...
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    is the 4MV. They were launched by a Proton-K heavy launch vehicle with a Blok D upper stage. The lander of Mars 2 became the first human-made object to...
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    1982. Blok M central market and bus terminal, which contains the Blok M mall Blok A and Blok M BCA stations of the Jakarta MRT Residence of D.I. Pandjaitan...
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  • The Blok DM-03 (Russian: Блок ДМ-03 meaning Block DM-03), GRAU index 11S861-03, is a Russian upper stage used as an optional fourth stage on the Proton-M...
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    Soyuz. This would be launched towards the Moon on a UR-500 topped with the Blok D stage under development by the OKB-1 Bureau. Korolev originally intended...
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    landing program. Blok E was designed to soft land the LK on the surface of the Moon after orbital velocity was cancelled by Blok D. Later the same stage...
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    doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. S2CID 9654551. Keuper, F.; Parmentier, F.J.; Blok, D.; van Bodegom, P.M.; Dorrepaal, E.; van Hal, J.R.; van Logtestijn, R.S...
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    three stages were to burn to fuel depletion. The fourth stage, called the Blok D-2, would then ignite to place it and the spacecraft into a parking orbit...
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    an R-7 rocket (8K71 No.5L) occurred on 15 May 1957. A fire began in the Blok D strap-on almost immediately at liftoff, but the booster continued flying...
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    version developed for the Blok D of the N1 (rocket). RD-58M (GRAU Index 11D58M): Improved version developed for the Proton Blok D. RD-58M (Carbon-carbon...
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    days in orbit. Mars 6 was launched by a Proton-K carrier rocket with a Blok D upper stage, flying from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/23. The launch occurred...
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    the 1973 window. Mars 5 was launched by a Proton-K carrier rocket with a Blok D upper stage, flying from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/24. The launch occurred...
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  • occurred at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on 15 October 2002 at 18:20 UTC. The Blok D strap-on produced an abnormal start transient, but for unknown reasons,...
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    days in orbit. Mars 7 was launched by a Proton-K carrier rocket with a Blok D upper stage, flying from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/24. The launch occurred...
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    to Mars. A Proton-K carrier rocket successfully put the spacecraft and a Blok D upper stage into a low earth parking orbit with an apogee of 174 kilometres...
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    torch relay. R-29RM Shtil R-29RMU Sineva R-29RMU2 Layner BZhRK Barguzin Blok D Blok DM-03 RS-28 Sarmat https://www.krasm.com/Files/3364-Бухгалтерская%20...
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    Zond 8 was launched on 20 October 1970, at 19:55:39 GMT by a Proton-K / Blok D launcher from Site 81/23 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, towards the Moon. Zond...
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    Russian rocketry, specifically for its importance in the development of the Blok-D upper stage of rockets like the N1, Proton, and Zenit. The GR-1 had three...
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    Soyuz-L Soyuz-M Soyuz/Vostok N1 rocket as a part of N1-L3 lunar complex Blok D Energia Energia II "Yamal", "Kvant", "Kvant-1", "Avrora"; upper stages for...
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    Tyrrell, D. Spalding, and B. Gentry. (2012). Managing Forest Carbon in a Changing Climate. New York: Springer. Loranty, M. M., Abbott, B. W., Blok, D., Douglas...
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  • Black Arrow Retired Blok D  Soviet Union  Russia N1, Proton, Proton-K Retired Blok DM-03  Russia Proton-M Angara A5 In service Blok DM-SL  Soviet Union...
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    during the 1973 window. Mars 4 was launched by a Proton-K carrier rocket, a Blok D upper stage, flying from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/23. The launch occurred...
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    the AVD malfunction detection system. Almost immediately at liftoff, the Blok D strap-on suffered an engine malfunction and broke off the booster, impacting...
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