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Entry no.
1982-0280
SALYUT 6
SALYUT 6 (NORAD 10382) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 29 July 1982, after 4 years, 10 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
10382
International designator
1977-097A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
29 Sep 1977Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Jul 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 10 months1,764 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
19,824 kg
Operator
NPO Energiya
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
4 years, 10 monthsSALYUT 6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with SALYUT 6
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1977-097
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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