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| Station Name | : | Salyut 7 | | Station Mass Value | : | 19,824 kg | >| Station Call Sign | : | Salyut 7 | | Station Crew | : | 3 | >| Station Launch | : | April 19, 1982 19:45:00 UTC | | Station Launch Pad | : | LC-200/40, Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR | | Station Entry | : | 33276 | | Station Length | : | 16 m (minimum) | | Station Width | : | 4.15 m (max) | > | Station Pressurised Value | : | 90 m³ (minimum) | | Station Perigee | : | 219 km (118.25 nmi) | | Station Apogee | : | 278 km (150.1 nmi) | | Station Orbital Inclination | : | 51.6° | | Station Orbital Period | : | 89.2 minutes | | Station Days In Orbits | : | 3216 days | | Station Days Occupied | : | 816 days | | Station Noof Orbits | : | 51917 | | Station Distance Travel | : | 2,106,297,129 km - (1,137,309,460 nmi) | > | Station Added on | : | 2011-11-09 16:11:07 |
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Description : Salyut 7 was launched in the year 1982 and was the backup vehicle for Slayut 6 with similar equipments and capabilities. Salyut 7 was part of the transition from "monolithic" to "modular" space stations, acting as a testbed for docking of additional modules and expanded station operations. To allow long stays in the station, medical, biological and exercise stations were improved.
During it’s duration of eight years and ten months,6 main expeditions were carried out.
It also marked Svetalna Savitskaya making her the second women to appear in space since 1963
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