Salyut 2
Deorbited
Salyut 2 was the public name for OPS-1, the first Almaz military station to reach orbit. NASA RP-1357 describes the station as losing stability soon after launch, tumbling, breaking up on April 14, 1973, and having all trackable pieces reenter by May 28, 1973.
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- Almaz
- Program
- 1973-04-03
- Launch
- Uncrewed failure
- Outcome
- Almaz military orbital station
- Type
- 1
- Docking ports
- 1973-05-28
- Reentered
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