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Tiangong space station
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Government · Launched · Low Earth Orbit
The Tiangong space station is a space station placed in Low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km above the surface. It will be roughly one-fifth the mass of the International Space Station and about the size of the Mir…
Tiangong 2
De Orbited
China National Space Administration · Government · Launched – 18 Jul 2019 · Low Earth Orbit
Tiangong-2 (Chinese: 天宫二号; pinyin: Tiāngōng èrhào; literally: "Celestial Palace 2") is a Chinese space laboratory and part of the Project 921-2 space station program. Tiangong-2 was launched on 15 September 2016…
Tiangong 1
De Orbited
China National Space Administration · Government · Launched – 1 Apr 2018 · Low Earth Orbit
Tiangong-1 (Chinese: 天宫一号; pinyin: Tiāngōng yīhào; literally: "Heavenly Palace 1" or "Celestial Palace 1") was China's first prototype space station. It orbited Earth from September 2011 to April 2018, serving as both a…
Genesis II
Decommissioned
Bigelow Aerospace · Commercial · Launched · Low Earth Orbit
Genesis II is the second of two experimental inflatable space habitats. It is a one-third scale model of Bigelow Aerospace's BA330 Module. Genesis II became inactive after the avionics systems stopped working 2.5 years…
Genesis I
Decommissioned
Bigelow Aerospace · Commercial · Launched · Low Earth Orbit
Genesis I is the first of two experimental inflatable space habitats. It is a one-third scale model of Bigelow Aerospace's BA330 Module.
International Space Station
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Canadian Space Agency · Government · Launched · Low Earth Orbit
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in…
Mir
De Orbited
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government · Launched – 22 Mar 2001 · Low Earth Orbit
Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. The…
Salyut 7
De Orbited
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government · Launched – 6 Feb 1991 · Low Earth Orbit
Salyut 7, (a.k.a. DOS-6) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. It was first manned in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5, and last visited in June 1986, by Soyuz T-15. Various crew…
Salyut 6
De Orbited
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government · Launched – 28 Jul 1982 · Low Earth Orbit
Salyut 6, also known as DOS-5, was a Soviet orbital space station, the eighth flown as part of the Salyut programme. Launched on 29 September 1977 by a Proton rocket, the station was the first of the "second-generation"…
Salyut 5
De Orbited
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government · Launched – 7 Aug 1988 · Low Earth Orbit
Salyut 5, also known as OPS-3, was a Soviet space station. Launched in 1976 as part of the Salyut programme, it was the third and last Almaz space station to be launched for the Soviet military. Two Soyuz missions…
Salyut 4
De Orbited
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government · Launched – 2 Feb 1977 · Low Earth Orbit
Salyut 4 represented the second phase of DOS civilian space station. Although the basic design of Salyut 1 was retained, it switched to three large solar panels mounted on the forward module rather than its…
Salyut 3
De Orbited
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government · Launched – 23 Jan 1975 · Low Earth Orbit
Salyut 3 (Russian: Салют-3; English: Salute 3; also known as OPS-2 or Almaz 2) was a Soviet space station launched on 25 June 1974. It was the second Almaz military space station, and the first such station to be…
Skylab
De Orbited
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Government · Launched – 10 Jul 1979 · Low Earth Orbit
Skylab was a United States space station launched and operated by NASA, and occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974 – the only space station the U.S. has operated exclusively. In 1979 it fell back…
Salyut 2
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government · Launched – 27 May 1973 · Low Earth Orbit
Salyut 2 (OPS-1) (Russian: Салют-2 meaning Salute 2) was a Soviet space station which was launched in 1973 as part of the Salyut programme. It was the first Almaz military space station to fly. Within two weeks of its…
Salyut 1
De Orbited
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government · Launched – 10 Oct 1971 · Low Earth Orbit
Salyut 1 (DOS-1) was the first space station of any kind, launched into low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1971. The Salyut program followed this with five more successful launches out of seven more…
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