Salyut 5
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| Mission Statistics | |
| Mission Name: | Salyut 5 |
| Call Sign: | Salyut 5 |
| Launch: | June 22, 1976 18:04:00 UTC Baikonur, U.S.S.R |
| Reentry: | August 8, 1977 |
| Crews: | 2 |
| Occupied: | 67 days |
| In Orbit: | 412 days |
| Number of Orbits: | 6,666 |
| Apogee: | 167 mi (269 km) |
| Perigee: | 139 mi (223 km) |
| Period: | 89 min |
| Inclination | 51.4 deg |
| Distance Traveled: | ~168,024,746 mi (~270,409,616 km) |
| Orbital Mass: | 19,000 kg |
| Salyut 5 | |
Salyut 5 was launched on June 22, 1976 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Proton 8K82K rocket. It was the third and last Almaz military space station, included in the Salyut program to conceal its true purpose. Its launch and subsequent mission were both completed successfully. The Soyuz 21 cosmonauts worked in the station from July 7 - August 24, 1976. Soyuz 23 attempted to dock on October 15, but was unable to enter the station. The Soyuz 24 crew worked in the station from February 8 - 25, 1977.
Structurally similar to Salyut 3, it had a total mass of approximately 18-19 tons. It had two solar panels laterally mounted on the center of the station, and a detachable recovery module for the return of research data and materials. Its research module was ejected on February 26, 1977, and recovered. Salyut 5 reentered on August 8, 1977 after fuel reserves were depleted and the planned Soyuz 25 mission was no longer possible.
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Salyut 5
Specifications
- Length - 14.55 m
- Maximum diameter - 4.15 m
- Habitable volume - 100 m³
- Weight at launch - 19,000 kg
- Launch vehicle - Proton (three-stage)
- Orbital inclination - 51.6°
- Number of solar arrays - 2
- Resupply carriers - Soyuz Ferry
- Number of docking ports - 1
- Total manned missions - 3
- Total long-duration missions - 2
Visiting spacecraft and crews
- Soyuz 21 - June 6 - August 24, 1976
- Soyuz 23 - October 14 - 16, 1976 - Failed Docking
- Soyuz 24 - February 7 - 25, 1977
Salyut 5 Expeditions
| Expedition | Crew | Launch Date | Flight Up | Landing Date | Flight Down | Duration - Days - |
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| Soyuz 21 | Boris Volynov, Vitali Zholobov | June 6, 1976 12:08:45 UTC | Soyuz 21 | August 24, 1976 18:32:17 UTC | Soyuz 21 | 49.27 |
| Soyuz 24 | Viktor Gorbatko, Yuri Glazkov | February 7, 1977 16:11:00 UTC | Soyuz 21 | February 25, 1977 09:38:00 UTC | Soyuz 21 | 17.73 |
See also
- Space station for statistics of occupied space stations
- Salyut
- Mir
- Skylab
- International Space Station
References
- http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1976-057A
- Soviet Space Stations as Analogs - NASA report (PDF format) (http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19870012563_1987012563.pdf)
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