Salyut 6
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Salyut 6 was a Soviet-era space station that enabled long-duration human spaceflight and pioneered the use of uncrewed cargo resupply missions in low Earth orbit.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salyut 6 EO-1 crew | 1 |
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Salyut programme space station
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Soviet space station ⓘ space station ⓘ |
| aftDockingPortUsedBy | Soyuz spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apogeeAltitude | approximately 250–350 km ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crewCapacity | 3 ⓘ |
| deorbitDate | 1982-07-29 ⓘ |
| diameter | approximately 4.15 m ⓘ |
| enabledCrewRotation | yes ⓘ |
| enabledSimultaneousDocking | two spacecraft ⓘ |
| enabledVisitingIntercosmosCosmonauts | yes ⓘ |
| firstCrewedDockingDate | 1977-12-10 ⓘ |
| firstCrewedDockingMission | Soyuz 26 GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstProgressDockingDate | 1978-01-20 GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstResidentCrew | Yuri Romanenko and Georgi Grechko GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstResidentCrewExpedition | EO-1 GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstSpaceStationWithTwoDockingPorts | true GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstUseOfUncrewedCargoResupply | Progress spacecraft GENERATED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Salyut 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| forwardDockingPortUsedBy | Progress spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostedInternationalGuestsFrom |
Cuba
NERFINISHED
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Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ East Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inclination | 51.6 degrees ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1977-09-29 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Proton-K rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
demonstrated long-duration crewed operations in low Earth orbit
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pioneered routine cargo resupply in orbit ⓘ provided experience for Mir space station design ⓘ |
| length | approximately 15.8 m ⓘ |
| longestSingleStayDuration | approximately 185 days ⓘ |
| mass | approximately 19,000 kg ⓘ |
| notableLongDurationCrew |
Vladimir Kovalyonok and Aleksandr Ivanchenkov
GENERATED
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Vladimir Lyakhov and Valery Ryumin GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberOfCrewedSoyuzMissions | over 10 GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberOfProgressMissions | over 10 GENERATED ⓘ |
| operator | Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | approximately 92 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| perigeeAltitude | approximately 200–280 km ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar panels ⓘ |
| precededBy | Salyut 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pressurizedVolume | approximately 90 m³ ⓘ |
| primaryMissionType | long-duration human spaceflight ⓘ |
| reentryType | controlled reentry ⓘ |
| secondaryMissionType |
Earth observation
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microgravity research ⓘ technology demonstration ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
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Salyut 6 EO-1 crew