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Orbital station "Salyut-6"
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Orbital station "Salyut-6"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT STATION |
| Registration number | 1977-097A / 10382 |
| Time and date of launch (UT) | 06h.50m.00s. September 29, 1977 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, LC 81P |
| Launch vehicle | Proton-K |
| Mass (kg) | 18900 |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 51.6 |
| - period (minutes) | 89.1 |
| - perigee (km) | 219 |
| - apogee (km) | 275 |
| Date and time of the end of existance (UT) | 12h. July 29, 1982 |
| Duration | 1764d.05h. |
| Distance (km) | |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 27785 |
| Summary | Orbital second-generation space station (two docking ports, permitting to resupply and/or refuel). Unsuccessful attempts of docking of "Soyuz-25" and "Soyuz-33" . Work of crews of piloting spacecrafts and docking with cargo spacecrafts: "Soyuz-26" , "Soyuz-27" , "Progress-1" , "Soyuz-28" ; "Soyuz-29" , "Soyuz-30" , "Progress-2" , "Progress-3" , "Soyuz-31" , "Progress-4" ; "Soyuz-32" , "Progress-5" , "Progress-6" , pilotness "Soyuz-34" , "Progress-7" ; pilotness "Soyuz-T", "Progress-8" , "Soyuz-35" , "Progress-9" , "Soyuz-36" , "Soyuz-T2" , "Progress-10" , "Soyuz-37" , "Soyuz-38" , "Progress-11" ; "Soyuz-T3" , "Progress-12" , "Soyuz-T4" , "Soyuz-39" , "Soyuz-40" , "Kosmos-1267" . |
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