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Entry no.
1977-0325
SALYUT 5
SALYUT 5 (NORAD 8911) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 8 August 1977, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
8911
International designator
1976-057A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Jun 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Aug 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month412 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
1 year, 1 monthSALYUT 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1976-057
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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