Salyut 6

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Salyut 6 was a Soviet-era space station that enabled long-duration human spaceflight and pioneered the use of uncrewed cargo resupply missions in low Earth orbit.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Salyut 6 canonical 13
Salyut 1
Salyut 6 EO-1 crew 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Salyut programme space station ⓘ
Soviet space station ⓘ
space station ⓘ
aftDockingPortUsedBy Soyuz spacecraft ⓘ
apogeeAltitude approximately 250–350 km ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
crewCapacity 3 ⓘ
deorbitDate 1982-07-29 ⓘ
diameter approximately 4.15 m ⓘ
enabledCrewRotation yes ⓘ
enabledSimultaneousDocking two spacecraft ⓘ
enabledVisitingIntercosmosCosmonauts yes ⓘ
firstCrewedDockingDate 1977-12-10 ⓘ
firstCrewedDockingMission Soyuz 26 ⓘ
firstProgressDockingDate 1978-01-20 ⓘ
firstResidentCrew Yuri Romanenko and Georgi Grechko ⓘ
firstResidentCrewExpedition EO-1 ⓘ
firstSpaceStationWithTwoDockingPorts true ⓘ
firstUseOfUncrewedCargoResupply Progress spacecraft ⓘ
followedBy Salyut 7 ⓘ
forwardDockingPortUsedBy Progress spacecraft ⓘ
hostedInternationalGuestsFrom Cuba ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Mongolia ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
inclination 51.6 degrees ⓘ
launchDate 1977-09-29 ⓘ
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ
launchVehicle Proton-K rocket ⓘ
linked to: Proton rocket
legacy demonstrated long-duration crewed operations in low Earth orbit ⓘ
pioneered routine cargo resupply in orbit ⓘ
provided experience for Mir space station design ⓘ
length approximately 15.8 m ⓘ
longestSingleStayDuration approximately 185 days ⓘ
mass approximately 19,000 kg ⓘ
notableLongDurationCrew Vladimir Kovalyonok and Aleksandr Ivanchenkov ⓘ
Vladimir Lyakhov and Valery Ryumin ⓘ
numberOfCrewedSoyuzMissions over 10 ⓘ
numberOfProgressMissions over 10 ⓘ
operator Soviet space program ⓘ
orbitalPeriod approximately 92 minutes ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
perigeeAltitude approximately 200–280 km ⓘ
powerSource solar panels ⓘ
precededBy Salyut 5 ⓘ
pressurizedVolume approximately 90 m³ ⓘ
primaryMissionType long-duration human spaceflight ⓘ
reentryType controlled reentry ⓘ
secondaryMissionType Earth observation ⓘ
microgravity research ⓘ
technology demonstration ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Progress 1 → primaryDestination → Salyut 6 ⓘ
Progress 1 → dockedWith → Salyut 6 ⓘ
Progress 1 → supportedCrew → Salyut 6 EO-1 crew ⓘ
linked to: Salyut 6
Progress → usedToResupply → Salyut 6 ⓘ
Salyut space stations → hasPart → Salyut 6 ⓘ
Salyut 7 → precededBy → Salyut 6 ⓘ
Leonid Kizim → wasOnBoard → Salyut 6 ⓘ
Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky → spaceMission → Salyut 6 EO-2 ⓘ
linked to: Salyut 6
Salyut 6 aft port → partOf → Salyut 6 ⓘ
Salyut 6 aft port → locatedOn → Salyut 6 space station ⓘ
linked to: Salyut 6
Progress 7K-TG → usedToResupply → Salyut 6 ⓘ
Progress 7K-TG → spaceStationTypeServiced → Salyut ⓘ
linked to: Salyut 6