Salyut 4
| Salyut 4 | |
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 Drawing of the space station |
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| Mission data | |
| Begin: | December 26, 1974, 04:19 UTC , Baikonur |
| Re-entry : | February 2, 1977, 22:00 UTC |
| NSSDC ID: | 1974-104A |
| Crews: | 2 |
| Manned in orbit: | 92 days |
| Total in orbit: | 769 days, 17 hours |
| Earth orbits: | 12187 |
| Apogee: | 219 km |
| Perigee: | 168 km |
| Rotation time: | 89.1 min |
| Orbit inclination: | 51.6 ° |
| Total mass: | 18,500 kg |
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Salyut 4 ( Russian Салют-4 "Salut") was a Soviet space station that was launched on December 26, 1974 by a Proton-K rocket into orbit. It burned up on February 2, 1977 when it re- entered the earth's atmosphere. During its operating time, it was manned by two crews: first by Alexei Gubarew and Georgi Grechko with the spaceship Soyuz 17 , then by Pyotr Klimuk and Vitaly Sevastyanov with Soyuz 18 . Another visit took place with the unmanned spacecraft Soyuz 20 .
Technical specifications
- Length: 15.8 m
- Diameter: max. 4.15 m
- Habitable space: 90 m³
- Mass at departure: 18,900 kg
- Surface of the solar cells: 60 m²
- Number of solar cells: 3
- Electrical power: 4 kW
- Number of coupling adapters : 1
Research apparatus
A total of around 2 t of research equipment was on board, including:
- the 25 cm solar telescope OST-1 ( Russian ОСТ-1 ) (a development of the Crimean observatory )
- the reflection spectrometer KDS-3 ( Russian КДС-3 )
- the notation for light atomic nuclei SILJA-4 ( Russian СИЛЯ-4 ),
- the solar spectrometer KSS-2 ( Russian КСС-4 )
- the infrared telescope ITS-P ( Russian ИТЫ-П )
- the detection device for meteor fabric MMK-1 Russian ММК-1 and neutral particles "Ryabina" ( Russian Рябина "rowan")
- the mass spectrometer "Spektr" ( Russian Спектр "Spectrum"),
- the temperature sensor for the outer atmosphere of the earth "Emissija" ( Russian Эмиссия "Emission")
- the Earth observation devices KATE-140 ( Russian КАТЭ-140 "Emission", KATE-500 ( Russian КАТЭ-500 ), BA-SK ( Russian БА-ЗК ))
- the telephotometer "micron" ( Russian Микрон "micron"),
- other devices for medical and technological experiments
See also
Web links
- Alexander Anikeev: Orbital station "Salyut-4" ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Robert Christy: Salyut 4 (English)
- Salyut 4 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Alexander Anikeev: Orbital station "Salyut-4". February 17, 2012, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 5, 2014 .
- ↑ Robert Christy: Salyut 4. Retrieved June 5, 2014 (English).
- ↑ Salyut 4 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog , accessed on August 2, 2010.
- ↑ SAO / NASA ADS (ed.): The design of the Salyut-4 orbiting solar telescope . bibcode : 1979IzKry..59 ... 31B .
- ↑ SAO / NASA ADS (ed.): The ultraviolet spectrograph of the Salyut-4 orbiting solar telescope . bibcode : 1979IzKry..59 ... 57B .