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Entry no.
1971-0244
SALYUT 1
SALYUT 1 (NORAD 5160) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 11 October 1971, after 5 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
5160
International designator
1971-032A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Apr 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Oct 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months175 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
18,210 kg
Operator
TsKBEM
Built by
ZIKh
Bus
Almaz
Programme
DOS
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsSALYUT 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1971-032
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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