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Salyut 3
The successful Almaz station publicly flown under the Salyut name.
Salyut 3 was the operational Almaz military station also known as OPS-2. NASA's Russian space station history describes Salyut 3 as a first-generation military station, while Spacefacts records Soyuz 14 as the crewed mission that docked with it in July 1974. The Popovich-Artyukhin crew spent about two weeks aboard, carrying out station systems work, biomedical studies, and activities tied to the station's military reconnaissance role.
Program
Almaz
NASA classifies Salyut 3 as one of the military first-generation stations publicly named Salyut.
Crewed mission
Soyuz 14
Spacefacts lists Soyuz 14 as docking with Salyut 3 on July 4, 1974 and staying for about 14 days.
Reentry
1975-01-24
Next Spaceflight records the station as deorbited and reentered on January 24, 1975.
All values are approximate and vary with configuration.