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Orbital station "Salyut-2"


BRIEFLY ABOUT STATION
Registration number 1973-017A / 06398
Time and date of launch (UT) 09h.00m.00s.   April 03, 1973
Launch site Baikonur, LC 81L
Launch vehicle Proton-K
Mass (kg)
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 51.6
   - period (minutes) 89
   - perigee (km) 215
   - apogee (km) 260
Date and time of the end of existance (UT)  May 28, 1973
Duration 54 days
Distance (km)
Number of revolutions around Earth 888±7
Summary Military orbital first-generation space station (one docking port, could not be resupplied or refueled). Another name "Almaz-1". Depressurization on 13th day of flight.


Sources:
  Spaceflight now
  Alexander Zheleznyakov
  journal "Novosti Kosmonavtiki" ("News of Cosmonautics") from 1993 till our time
  journal "Kosmonavtika, astronomiya" ("Cosmonautics, astronomy") 1983-1991 years
  book "Evolution of vehicle-creating and cosmonautics in the USSR" by Valentin P. Glushko, Moscow, 1987
  Jonathan's Space Report
  and many other people and editions
  


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