User:WDGraham/DOS (spacecraft)
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DOS ([ДОС, Длительной Орбитальный Станция] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help) meaning Long-duration Orbital Station), also known as Salyut (Russian: Салю́т meaning Salute) and originally Zarya (Russian: Заря́ meaning Dawn) is a Russian, previously Soviet spacecraft. It has the GRAU index 11F715. Six were launched as part of the Salyut programme, with two later being used as components of Mir and the International Space Station. All eight launches used Proton-K rockets, flying from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
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Country of origin | Soviet Union Russia |
Applications | Space station |
Specifications | |
Regime | Low Earth |
Production | |
Status | Out of production |
Built | 8 |
Launched | 8 |
Operational | 1 |
Retired | 5 |
Failed | 1 |
Lost | 1 |
Maiden launch | Salyut 1 19 April 1971 |
Last launch | Zvezda 12 July 2000 |
Related spacecraft | |
Derived from | Almaz |
DOS spacecraft were originally designed for use as monolithic space stations for the Salyut programme. The first six spacecraft used this configuration. The seventh and eighth spacecraft were later modified for use in modular space stations, and were used as the core module of Mir, and the service module of the ISS. Four of the six inhabited Salyut stations were DOS spacecraft, including Salyut 1, the world's first space station.