Space Stations
Salyut 6
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" type of space station. Salyut 6 possessed several revolutionary advances over the earlier Soviet space stations, which it nevertheless resembled in overall design. These included the addition of a second docking port, a new main propulsion system and the station's primary scientific instrument, the BST-1M multispectral telescope. The addition of the second docking port made crew handovers and station resupply by unmanned Progress freighters possible for the first time.
| Organization | Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) |
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| Status | De Orbited |
| Location | Low Earth Orbit |
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| Category | Government |
| Crew | — |
Provenance
| Source | Launch Library 2 — Space stations |
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| Feed | ll2/space_stations |
| Provider data as of | not stated |
| First observed here | 9 Oct 2026, 20:43 EDT |
| Last observed here | 9 Oct 2026, 20:43 EDT |
| In latest snapshot | Yes |
| Record identifier | 5312f4f5-5f4b-57a3-8147-90ffd6282627 |
Local observation history
What this site observed; not complete provider history.
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