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Salyut 2
Salyut 2 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Almaz program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Salyut 2 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Almaz program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1973-017; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 3 April 1973, 09:00:00 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Proton-K
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 16 April 1973
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Salyut 2
GCAT program: Almaz.
- GCAT ID
- S06398
- Manufacturer
- ZIKh (Zavod im. M.V. Khrunichev)
- Launch mass
- 18,718 kg
- Propulsion
- OPS DU
- Dimensions
- 14.5 m long · 4.2 m diameter · 14.5 m span
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Gallery
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