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Station Name :Salyut 1.
Station Mass Value :18,425  kg (40,620 lb).
Station Call Sign :Salyut 1.
Station Crew :3.
Station Launch :April 19, 1971 01:40:00 UTC.
Station Launch Pad :LC-81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR.
Station Entry :26217.
Station Length :20 m.
Station Width :4 m.
Station Pressurised Value :99 m³ (3,500 ft³).
Station Perigee :200 km (108 nmi).
Station Apogee :222 km (120 nmi).
Station Orbital Inclination :51.6 degrees.
Station Orbital Period :88.5 minutes.
Station Days In Orbits :175 days.
Station Days Occupied :24 days.
Station Noof Orbits :2929.
Station Distance Travel :118,602,524 km (73,696,192 mi).
Station Added on :2011-11-09 16:11:07

Description : On April 19th,1971 history was created by USSR launching the first unmanned space station Salyut1(DOS-1) by a Proton-K. The purpose of Salyut was to test the elements of space and conduct scientific research and experiments. The entire crew was killed in a accident and the mission was suspended after a total of 6 months in the orbit.