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Entry no.
1975-0021
SALYUT 3
SALYUT 3 (NORAD 7342) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 24 January 1975, after 7 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
7342
International designator
1974-046A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
24 Jun 1974Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jan 1975UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months214 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
18,900 kg
Operator
TSKBM
Built by
ZIKh
Bus
Almaz
Programme
Almaz
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
7 monthsSALYUT 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Jan 1975
1 entryFrom the same launch
1974-046
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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