2.8 Salyut 7/DOS-6 (April 19, 1982-February 7, 1991)
2.8.1 Salyut 7 Specifications
- Length .................................................... about 16 m
- Maximum diameter .................................. 4.15 m
- Habitable volume ..................................... 90 m3
- Weight at launch ..................................... 19,824 kg
- Launch vehicle ......................................... Proton (three-stage)
- Orbital inclination ..................................... 51.6°
- Span across solar arrays .......................... 17 m
- Area of solar arrays .................................. 51 m2
- Number of solar arrays ............................. 3
- Electricity available .................................. 4.5 kW
- Resupply carriers .................................... Soyuz-T, Progress, TKS
- Number of docking ports .......................... 2
- Total manned missions ............................ 12
- Total unmanned missions ........................ 15
- Total long-duration missions ..................... 6
- Number of main engines .......................... 2
- Main engine thrust (each) ........................ 300 kg
2.8.2 Salyut 7 Notable Features
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2.8.3 Salyut 7 Career
Changes in the configuration of the Salyut 7 station included dockings by Soyuz-T, Progress, the Cosmos 1443 TKS, and the Cosmos 1686 space station module, as well as Soyuz-T transfers from port to port. The icons on the following pages depict these changes. Aligned horizontally with each icon are names (arranged to match icon positions) of spacecraft and station modules depicted and the inclusive dates of the configuration. Port transfers are shown by flipping the Salyut icon and leaving the Soyuz icon in place because it was Salyut 7 that rotated during port transfers. The text blocks below the icons cover important hardware-related events, such as anomalies and EVAs. Refer to figure 2-10 for key to icons. For more information on Soyuz-T and Progress vehicles mentioned, see sections 1.12.3.3, and 1.10.4.3. For more information on the Cosmos 1443 TKS and Cosmos 1686 modified TKS, see sections 3.3.4 and 3.4.