Salyut

From The Space Library

The first long-term orbital station DOS-7K had only one docking assembly.

The Salyut orbital station on the mounting bogie.

Stages of the Salyut orbital station development

The Proton launch vehicle with the first Zarya orbital station, which was called Salyut in the press, on the launch pad.

A diagram of the Salyut and Soyuz Orbital Space Complex (ca. 1973)

ORBITAL SPACE COMPLEX

SHIP-SATELLITE "COSMOS-1443" 1. Return vehicle. 2. Solar battery. 3. Transition tunnel. 4. Fuel tank. 5. Functional-service block. 6. Internal transport hatch. 7. Antenna for radio controlled system for docking

STATION "SALYUT-7" 9. Hatch for EVA. 10. Transition compartment. 11. Additional solar battery. 12. The main solar battery. 13. Working compartment. 14. Compartment for scientific equipment. 15. Transition chamber. 16. Antenna for radio controlled system for docking 17. The aggregate (propulsion) compartment

TRANSPORT SHIP "SOYUZ T-9" 18. Living compartment. 19. The hatch for transition to the living compartment. 20. Solar battery. 21. Descent device 22. Instrument-unit compartment