Salyut 3
| Mission Insignia
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| Mission Statistics
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| Mission Name: | Salyut 3
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| Call Sign: | Salyut 3
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| Launch: | June 25, 1974
22:38:00 UTC
Baikonur, U.S.S.R
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| Reentry: | January 24, 1975
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| Crews: | 1
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| Occupied: | 15 days
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| In Orbit: | 213 days
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Number of
Orbits: | 3,442
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| Apogee: | 168 mi (270 km)
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| Perigee: | 136 mi (219 km)
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| Period: | 89.1 min
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| Inclination | 51.6 deg
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Distance
Traveled: | ~86,763,251 mi
(~139,631,918 km)
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| Orbital Mass: | 18,500 kg
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| Salyut 3
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Salyut 3 was launched on June 25, 1974. It was another Almaz military space station, this one launched successfully, included in the Salyut program to disguise its true purpose.
Salyut 3 and its Proton booster on the launch pad.
It attained an altitude of 219 to 270 km on launch and its final orbital altitude was 268 to 272 km. Salyut 3 had a total mass of about 18 to 19 tons. It had two solar panels laterally mounted on the center of the station and a retactable recovery module for the return of research data and materials. Only one of the three intended crews successfully boarded and manned the sation, brought by Soyuz 14; Soyuz 15 attempted to bring a second crew but failed to dock. Nevertheless, Salyut 3 was an overall success.
It tested a wide variety of reconnaisance sensors; on September 23, 1974, the station's recovery module was released and re-entered, being recovered by the Soviets. On January 24, 1975 trials of the on-board 23 mm Nudelmann aircraft cannon (other sources say it was a Nudelmann NR-30 30 mm gun) were conducted with positive results at ranges from 3000 m to 500 m. Cosmonauts have confirmed that a target satellite was destroyed in the test. The next day, the station was ordered to deorbit.
Specifications
- Length - 14.55 m
- Maximum diameter - 4.15 m
- Habitable volume - 90 m³
- Weight at launch - 18,900 kg
- Launch vehicle - Proton (three-stage)
- Number of solar arrays - 2
- Resupply carriers - Soyuz Ferry
- Number of docking ports - 1
- Total manned missions - 2
- Total long-duration manned missions - 1
- Number of main engines - 2
- Main engine thrust (each) - 400 kg
Visiting spacecraft and crews
- Soyuz 15 - August 26 - 28, 1974 - Failed Docking
Salyut 3 Expeditions
See also
References
Last updated: 10-22-2005 22:07:47
