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Salyut 6
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Salyut 6

Salyut 6
The Salyut 6 station as displayed in Moscow, November 1981. At the aft end a Progress resupply craft is docked. At the forward docking station is a Soyuz spacecraft, representing Soyuz 34 according to the lettering on the side. Unusually, the Soyuz Ferry (7K-T) spacecraft is shown with solar panels, which was thought never to be the case by Western observers.
Credit: © Mark Wade

Russian manned space station, launched 1977-09-29. The Salyut 6 space station was the most successful of the DOS series prior to Mir. It was aloft for four years and ten months, completing 27,785 orbits of the earth.

AKA: 11F715;17KS s/n 125;DOS-5. Status: Operational 1977. First Launch: 1977-09-29. Last Launch: 1977-09-29. Number: 1 . Payload: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). Thrust: 5.88 kN (1,322 lbf). Gross mass: 19,824 kg (43,704 lb). Unfuelled mass: 18,624 kg (41,058 lb). Specific impulse: 305 s. Height: 14.40 m (47.20 ft). Span: 17.00 m (55.00 ft).

Mishin was authorized in December 1973 to build an improved design DOS-5 version of the Salyut station using Almaz facilities. Mishin's bureau borrowed the two docking port configuration of Chelomei's Almaz OPS-2 This station's second docking port would allow rotation of crews and resupply/refueling using unmanned Progress spacecraft.

DOS-5 flew as Salyut 6 in 1977. The dual docking ports allowed near-continuous occupation of the station through crew rotation. The opportunity presented by the need to replace the Soyuz ferry spacecraft at ninety-day intervals was taken to fly 'guest cosmonauts' from friendly countries on short visits to the stations.The additional docking port also allowed resupply of the station using the Progress, an unmanned logistics vehicle. The Progress replaced the crew re-entry vehicle of the Soyuz with propellant tanks to replenish the station. The orbital module was stuffed with food, water, and equipment supplies.

Five main expeditions and 11 short duration expeditions visited the station, of which nine had international crews. A total of 676 days of piloted operations were conducted by 27 cosmonauts with steadily increasing flight duration: 18, 75, 96, 140, and 185 days. 35 automatic dockings were conducted with the station by 20 Soyuz, 12 Progress, and 1 TKS spacecraft.

Autopilot: Digital. Propulsion/RCS Systems: Unitary. Main propulsion 2 x 300 kgf, stabilization and orientation motors 32 x 24 kgf. Telemetry: High Rate. Rendezvous/Docking: Kurs. Equipment: - MKF-6 multispectral camera system - KT-140 high resolution topographical camera system (200,000 sq. km. per film frame) KRT-10 10 m diameter radio telescope - Splav alloying/materials processing furnace - Kristal containerless processor for semiconductor materials - BST-1M 1.5 m diameter cryogenic submillimeter/ ultraviolet/infrared telescope Refraktion and Zarya spectrometers for sun/moon views through earth's limb - Ispartitel experiment for coating of plates with materials - Yelena gamma ray telescope - Oasis plant growth unit - Polinom cardiovascular monitoring system.

Habitable Volume: 90.00 m3. RCS Coarse No x Thrust: 14 X 98 N. RCS Fine No x Thrust: 18 x 10 N. Electric System: 2.00 average kW.



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Salyut 6 Expedition 1 Null

Salyut 6 Expedition 2 Null

Salyut 6 Expedition 3 Null

Salyut 6 Expedition 4 Null

Salyut 6 Expedition 5 Null

Family: Soviet Space Stations, Space station, Space station orbit. People: Gubarev, Grechko, Rukavishnikov, Makarov, Khrunov, Bykovsky, Gorbatko, Kubasov, Aksyonov, Jaehn, Jankowski, Ryumin, Koellner, Savinykh, Ivanov, Georgi, Ivanchenkov, Andreyev, Strekalov, Lyakhov, Kizim, Malyshev, Hermaszewski, Zudov, Tamayo Mendez, Kovalyonok, Lebedev, Polyakov, Dediu, Dzhanibekov, Klimuk, Pelczak, Romanenko, Popov, Tuan, Gurragcha, Remek, Ganzorig, Liem, Farkas, Magyari, Lopez Falcon, Aleksandrov, Aleksandr, Prunariu. Country: Russia. Engines: KRD-79. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T, Soyuz 7K-T/A9, Soyuz 7K-S, Salyut 6, Progress, Soyuz T, KRT-10. Flights: Soyuz 25, Soyuz 26, Soyuz 27, Soyuz 28, Soyuz 29, Soyuz 30, Soyuz 31, Soyuz 32, Soyuz 33, Soyuz 35, Soyuz 36, Soyuz T-2, Soyuz 37, Soyuz 38, Soyuz T-3A, Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-4, Soyuz 39, Soyuz 40. Launch Vehicles: Proton, Proton-K, Soyuz-U. Propellants: N2O4/UDMH. Launch Sites: Baikonur, Baikonur LC81/24. Agency: Korolev bureau, MOM. Bibliography: 2, 21, 274, 32, 33, 51, 6, 66, 67, 89, 6850, 13051.
Photo Gallery

Salyut 6 KRT-10Salyut 6 KRT-10
Salyut 6 KRT-10 deployment
Credit: RKK Energia


Salyut 6 EnginesSalyut 6 Engines
Close-up of the engines of Salyut 6 as displayed in Moscow in 1981.
Credit: © Mark Wade


Salyut 6 in AssemblySalyut 6 in Assembly
Salyut 6 in Assembly Hall
Credit: RKK Energia


Salyut 6 modelSalyut 6 model
Salyut 6 model showing cosmonaut on treadmill and bulk of solar camera on the right
Credit: © Mark Wade


Salyut 6 In SpaceSalyut 6 In Space
Credit: RKK Energia


Salyut 6 CutawaySalyut 6 Cutaway
The Salyut 6 space station was the first evolved design with two docking ports.
Credit: RKK Energia


Salyut 6Salyut 6
Salyut 6 as displayed in Moscow in 1981.
Credit: © Mark Wade


Salyut 6 PosterSalyut 6 Poster


Salyut 6Salyut 6
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