Description : Salyut 5, also known as OPS-3 was a Soviet space station. Launched in 1976 as part of the Salyut program, it was the third and final space station Almaz to be launched in the Soviet army. Two Soyuz missions visited the station, each manned by two astronauts. A third Soyuz mission attempted to visit the station, but failed to dock, while a fourth mission was planned but never launched.
The station was equipped with a single docking port for Soyuz Soyuz 7K with T-configuration is in use simultaneously. Two solar panels mounted laterally on the same side of the station as the docking port, he provided it by force. The station was equipped with a KSI capsule to return to research data and materials. |
