Salyut 7

Salyut 7
	Salyut 7 photographed by Soyuz T-13 crew before docking, 25 September 1985
	The insignia of the Salyut Program
Station statistics
COSPAR ID	1982-033A
SATCAT no.	13138
Launch	19 April 1982, 19:45:00 UTC
Launch pad	LC-200/40, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soviet Union
Reentry	7 February 1991
Mass	19,824 kg
Length	16 m (minimum)
Width	4.15 m (max)
Pressurised volume	90 m³ (minimum)
Periapsis altitude	219 km (118.25 nmi)
Apoapsis altitude	278 km (150.1 nmi)
Orbital inclination	51.6 degrees
Orbital period	89.21minutes
Days in orbit	3215 days
Days occupied	816 days
No. of orbits	51,917
Distance travelled	2,106,297,129 km; (1,137,309,460 nmi)
	Statistics as of de-orbit and reentry
Configuration
	Salyut 7 with docked Kosmos 1686 TKS spacecraft

Salyut 7 (Russian: Салют-7; English: Salute 7) (a.k.a. DOS-6, short for Durable Orbital Station^[1]) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991.^[1] It was first crewed in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5, and last visited in June 1986, by Soyuz T-15.^[1] Various crew and modules were used over its lifetime, including 12 crewed and 15 uncrewed launches in total.^[1] Supporting spacecraft included the Soyuz T, Progress, and TKS spacecraft.^[1]

It was part of the Soviet Salyut programme, and launched on 19 April 1982 on a Proton rocket from Site 200/40 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Soviet Union. Salyut 7 was part of the transition from monolithic to modular space stations, acting as a testbed for docking of additional modules and expanded station operations. It was the eighth space station of any kind launched. Salyut 7 was the last of both the second generation of DOS-series space stations and of the monolithic Salyut Program overall, to be replaced by Mir, the modular, expandable, third generation.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ David Portree – Mir Hardware Heritage (1995) – Page 90-95 – NASA RP1357

[portree1-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ David Portree – Mir Hardware Heritage (1995) – Page 90-95 – NASA RP1357

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