Salyut 5

Infobox Space station
station = Salyut 5 (OPS-3)
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sign = Salyut 5
crew = 6
launch = June 22, 1976
18:04:00 UTC
launch_pad = Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR
reentry = August 8, 1977
mass = 19,000 kg
length = 14.55 m
width = 4.15 m
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volume = 100 m³
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perigee = 223 km (139 nmi)
apogee = 269 km (167 nmi)
inclination = 51.6

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Salyut 5 (OPS-3) ( _ru. Салют-5; _en. Salute V/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. 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 launch and subsequent mission were both completed successfully. It was inhabited by two Soyuz crews. 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. Its research module was ejected on February 26, 1977, and recovered. Salyut 5's orbit decayed, and it re-entered the atmosphere on August 8, 1977, after fuel reserves were depleted and the planned Soyuz 25 mission was no longer possible.

Mission

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.

Its KSI capsule 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.

pecifications

*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

Equipment

*Agat Earth-observation camera
*German, "Kristall furnace"; "Crystal furnace"; for crystal growth

Visiting spacecraft and crews

*Soyuz 21 - "June 6 - August 24, 1976"
**Boris Volynov
**Vitali Zholobov

*Soyuz 23 - "October 14 - 16, 1976 - Failed Docking"
**Vyacheslav Zudov
**Valeri Rozhdestvensky

*Soyuz 24 - "February 7 - 25, 1977"
**Viktor Gorbatko
**Yuri Glazkov

Salyut 5 Expeditions

ee also

*Space station for statistics of occupied space stations
*Salyut
*TKS spacecraft
*Almaz
*Mir
*Skylab
*International Space Station

References

*http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1976-057A
* [http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19870012563_1987012563.pdf Soviet Space Stations as Analogs - NASA report (PDF format)]