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Salyut
The Salyut and Almaz stations transformed short orbital flights into long-duration habitation, research, resupply, repair, and international operations.
- Missions
- 39
- People
- 57
- Vehicles
- 2
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Salyut timeline
39 flights. One complete program record.
Follow every archived flight from the earliest development test through the program’s latest flown mission, with its defining milestones and mission hardware connected along the way.
Defining milestones
The turning points that shaped this program and its legacy.
1971 · First station occupiedSoyuz 11Three cosmonauts lived and worked aboard Salyut 1.Explore milestone →- 1978 · First Interkosmos crewSoyuz 28Vladimír Remek became the first person in space who was neither Soviet nor American.7-year leapExplore milestone →
- 1985 · Salyut 7 revivedSoyuz T-13A crew manually docked with and restored the powerless station.7-year leapExplore milestone →
- 1986 · Salyut era closesSoyuz T-15The final crew linked Salyut 7 operations directly with Mir.1-year leapExplore milestone →
Every Salyut program record
All 39 flown and non-flight archive records arranged chronologically.
Launch corridor
39 flights and tests compressed into 3 expandable arcs.
- Arc 01Ignition1971–1979 · 19 records
- Arc 02On orbit1980–1985 · 19 records
- Arc 03Final approach1986 · 1 records
Flight arc 01IgnitionSoyuz 10 → Soyuz 331971–1979 · 19 records1971–1979
19 records
April 22-April 24, 1971Soyuz 10001
June 6-June 30, 1971Soyuz 11002
July 3-19, 1974Soyuz 14003
August 26-August 28, 1974Soyuz 15004
January 10-February 9, 1975Soyuz 17005
April 5, 1975Soyuz 18a006
May 24-July 26, 1975Soyuz 18007
July 6-August 24, 1976Soyuz 21008
October 14-October 16, 1976Soyuz 23009
February 7-February 25, 1977Soyuz 24010
October 9-October 11, 1977Soyuz 25011
December 10, 1977-March 16, 1978Soyuz 26012
January 10-16, 1978Soyuz 27013
March 2-March 10, 1978Soyuz 28014
June 15-November 3, 1978Soyuz 29015
June 27-July 5, 1978Soyuz 30016
August 26-September 3, 1978Soyuz 31017
February 25-August 19, 1979Soyuz 32018
April 10-April 12, 1979Soyuz 33019
Flight arc 02On orbitSoyuz 35 → Soyuz T-141980–1985 · 19 records1980–1985
19 records
April 9-October 11, 1980Soyuz 35020
May 26-June 3, 1980Soyuz 36021
June 5-June 9, 1980Soyuz T-2022
July 23-31, 1980Soyuz 37023
September 18-September 26, 1980Soyuz 38024
November 27-December 10, 1980Soyuz T-3025
March 12-May 26, 1981Soyuz T-4026
March 22-March 30, 1981Soyuz 39027
May 14-May 22, 1981Soyuz 40028
May 13-August 27, 1982Soyuz T-5029
June 24-July 2, 1982Soyuz T-6030
August 19-August 27, 1982Soyuz T-7031
April 20-April 22, 1983Soyuz T-8032
June 27-November 23, 1983Soyuz T-9033
February 8-October 2, 1984Soyuz T-10034
April 3-11, 1984Soyuz T-11035
July 17-29, 1984Soyuz T-12036
June 6-November 21, 1985Soyuz T-13037
September 17-November 21, 1985Soyuz T-14038
