Salyut 3

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Salyut 3 was a Soviet military space station launched in 1974 as part of the secretive Almaz program, used to test reconnaissance and defense technologies in orbit.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Salyut 3 canonical 4
Salyut 3 space station (Almaz-derived) 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Almaz space station
Soviet spacecraft
military space station
space station
alsoKnownAs OPS-2
apogeeAltitude ~270 km
COSPARId 1974-046A
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
coverNameInProgram Salyut program
crewCapacity 3
crewTransportSpacecraft Soyuz 14
Soyuz 15
deorbited 1975-01-24
diameter 4.15 m
dockingPorts 1
dockingSystem Soviet probe-and-drogue
firstCrewedDockingDate 1974-07-04
firstCrewedMission Soyuz 14
firstCrewedMissionDuration ~15 days
hadOnboardWeapon 23 mm autocannon
launchDate 1974-06-25
launchMass ~18,900 kg
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/23
linked to: Baikonur Cosmodrome
launchVehicle Proton-K
linked to: Proton rocket
length 14.55 m
missionEnd 1975-01-24
missionStart 1974-06-25
NORADId 07398
operator Soviet Air Force
linked to: Soviet Air Forces

Soviet Union
orbitInclination 51.6 degrees
orbitPeriod ~89 minutes
orbitReference Low Earth orbit
partOf Salyut program
perigeeAltitude ~219 km
predecessor Salyut 2
primaryMissionType reconnaissance
program Almaz program
purpose test reconnaissance and defense technologies in orbit
secondaryMissionType military technology demonstration
secondCrewedMissionAttempt Soyuz 15
secondCrewedMissionOutcome docking failure
secrecy military project kept classified during operation
status deorbited
successor Salyut 5
testedTechnology film-return capsules
high-resolution reconnaissance camera
onboard weapons system
usedFor film-return reconnaissance
optical reconnaissance
weapons testing in space

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salyut 1 successor Salyut 3
Salyut space stations hasPart Salyut 3
Vladimir Chelomey notableWork Salyut 3 space station (Almaz-derived)
linked to: Salyut 3
Salyut 2 wasFollowedBy Salyut 3