Salyut 5

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**Salyut 5**
Mission Insignia

Salyut 5 station

Mission Statistics
Mission Name:	Salyut 5
Call Sign:	Salyut 5
Launch:	June 22, 1976 18:04:00 UTC Baikonur, U.S.S.R
Reentry:	August 8, 1977
Crews:	2
Occupied:	67 days
In Orbit:	412 days
Number of Orbits:	6,666
Apogee:	167 mi (269 km)
Perigee:	139 mi (223 km)
Period:	89 min
Inclination	51.4 deg
Distance Traveled:	~168,024,746 mi (~270,409,616 km)
Orbital Mass:	19,000 kg
Salyut 5

Almaz station with Soyuz

Salyut 5 was launched on June 22, 1976 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Proton 8K82K rocket. It was the third and last Almaz military space station, included in the Salyut program to conceal its true purpose. Structurally similar to Salyut 3, it had a total mass of approximately 18-19 tons. It had two solar panels laterally mounted on the center of the station, and a detachable recovery module for the return of research data and materials. Its launch and subsequent mission were both completed successfully.

[edit] Mission

The Soyuz 21 cosmonauts worked in the station from July 7 - August 24, 1976. Soyuz 23 attempted to dock on October 15, but was unable to enter the station. The Soyuz 24 crew worked in the station from February 8 - 25, 1977.

Its KSI capsule was ejected on February 26, 1977, and recovered. Salyut 5 reentered on August 8, 1977 after fuel reserves were depleted and the planned Soyuz 25 mission was no longer possible.

[edit] Specifications

Length - 14.55 m
Maximum diameter - 4.15 m
Habitable volume - 100 m³
Weight at launch - 19,000 kg
Launch vehicle - Proton (three-stage)
Orbital inclination - 51.6°
Number of solar arrays - 2
Resupply carriers - Soyuz Ferry
Number of docking ports - 1
Total manned missions - 3
Total long-duration missions - 2

[edit] Visiting spacecraft and crews

Soyuz 21 - June 6 - August 24, 1976
- Boris Volynov
- Vitali Zholobov

Soyuz 23 - October 14 - 16, 1976 - Failed Docking
- Vyacheslav Zudov
- Valeri Rozhdestvensky

Soyuz 24 - February 7 - 25, 1977
- Viktor Gorbatko
- Yuri Glazkov

[edit] Salyut 5 Expeditions

Expedition	Crew	Launch Date	Flight Up	Landing Date	Flight Down	Duration - Days -	Notes
Soyuz 21	Boris Volynov, Vitali Zholobov	June 6, 1976 12:08:45 UTC	Soyuz 21	August 24, 1976 18:32:17 UTC	Soyuz 21	49.27	Launch from Baikonur; landing 200 km southwest of Kokchetav. Docking with Salyut 5; main military experiments; observation of aquarium-fishes in the microgravity; solar observation; TV-conference with pupils; premature return to Earth because of poisonous steam in the spacestation; Zholobov suffered from space sickness and the crew from psychological problems; at landing date the crew was in very bad psychological and mental condition.
Soyuz 24	Viktor Gorbatko, Yuri Glazkov	February 7, 1977 16:11:00 UTC	Soyuz 24	February 25, 1977 09:38:00 UTC	Soyuz 24	17.73	Launch from Baikonur; landing 36 km northeast of Arkalyk; docking with spacestation Salyut 5 on second flight day; repairing work on the station and changing cabin air, although the air was not toxic; then scientific experiments for solar studies.