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Salyut 3 in Shop
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Salyut 3 in the shop before launch. Red plastic covers can be seen over the engine nozzles of the station orientation engines in the forward fuselage. The white fairing contains either the deployable whip antennae shown in drawings of the station or a primitive SLAR. The white fairing on the side is part of the cradle holding the station.
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Credit:
via Dietrich Haeseler
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Salyut 3 in Shop
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Soyuz 24
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Cosmonaut Gorbatko Interview - Veteran Soviet cosmonaut Viktor Gorbatko reveals new information about the Almaz military space station in this interview concerning his mission to Salyut 5 in February 1977. - Russian + English subtitles 8 Mb, 3 minutes. Note: site requires $10 annual registration fee to download/view this video. This video requires the Divx codec to run properly. If you can't view it, you can try updating to the latest version of your video viewer or download the Divx codec at divx.com
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spacevideo.ru
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Soyuz 24
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Almaz 1966
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Almaz 1966
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Almaz Phase 2 1966
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Almaz Phase 2 1966
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Almaz model
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Model of Almaz station as flown in Phase 1 at the Chelomei Bureau.
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Credit:
Andy Salmon
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Almaz model
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Almaz forward hatch
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Forward view of the Almaz. In the original design, the forward tunnel would have led to the aft hatch of the VA crew return capsule. The station was flown without this capsule, a Soyuz being used to shuttle them to the station and back to earth. In the OPS-2 design this hatch led to a forward airlock, with a second docking collar for either TKS or Soyuz ferries.
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Almaz forward hatch
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Almaz right exterior
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Aft view of the Almaz, showing the propellant tanks and the '11F668' article number on its side. While this number was used for Almaz-T radar satellites, this station, stored at MAI, has the internal systems of the Phase 1 Almaz. It may have been the s/n 100 ground simulator converted to an Almaz-T mock-up.
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Almaz right exterior
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Almaz right exterior
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Aft view of the Almaz, showing the airlock, ringed by propellant tanks. The KSI capsule ejection airlock juts out below the main docking hatch. A red plastic cover is seen over the engine bell of one of the two RD-0225 main engines. The downlink antenna of the Grafit communications system is on the lower left.
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Almaz right exterior
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Almaz airlock
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Side view of Almaz showing transition section globular air lock, with the KSI capsule airlock jutting out at an angle below, while the EVA tunnel extends at an angle to the top.
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Credit:
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Almaz airlock
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Almaz forward hatch
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Almaz transition section airlock, with the female docking cone for use with the Soyuz or TKS. At the bottom is the KSI airlock, used to jettison small capsules to return film to earth during the flight. The EVA hatch for spacewalks was located on the ceiling, out of sight.
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Credit:
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Almaz forward hatch
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Almaz right hatch
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Almaz forward tunnel. In the original design this led to the hatch in the heat shield of the VA crew return capsule.
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Credit:
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Almaz right hatch
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Salyut 3 on Pad
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The Salyut 3 station is protected with silver insulation blankets, which will be removed before launch. The large housing containing either the deployable whip antennae or the primitive SLAR is visible on the small-diameter section.
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Credit:
via Dietrich Haeseler
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Salyut 3 on Pad
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Almaz EVA panel
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The Almaz space station’s instrument panel in the small diameter section for controlling and observing extra-vehicular activity. A television monitor of the Albatros system provides views of the exterior of the station. This was mounted on the opposite wall across from the main control station.
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Credit:
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Almaz EVA panel
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Salyut 3 on Pad
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The Salyut 3 station is protected with silver insulation blankets, which will be removed before launch. The large housing containing either the deployable whip antennae or the primitive SLAR is visible on the small-diameter section.
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Credit:
via Dietrich Haeseler
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Salyut 3 on Pad
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Almaz camera station
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The crew station for the reconnaissance cameras of the Almaz military space station. The eyepiece of the Sokol-1 PKO Circular Observing Periscope is at top, followed by the enormous 340 cm diameter view plate of the POU-11 Panoramic Survey Unit. The operator is looking into the sight of the OD-5 Telescope Optical System. Hand controls for pointing of the cameras and triggering of the cameras are at either side of the OD-5 sight. The panel to the left of the POU-11 display contains typical Soyuz instrumentation: clock, earth globe instrument showing current station position, displays of the Igla docking system, and a multipurpose television monitor of the Albatros external television system. To the operator's left are panels of the BIPS On-board Information Distribution System.
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Almaz camera station
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Almaz main console
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The main console for operating the Almaz space station, placed to the left of the camera operation console. The familiar instruments found in Soyuz and the civilian Salyut space stations are all present - clockwise from upper left: The Albatros combined video / radar display for rendezvous and docking, and on Almaz, for external views of the station; the clock; the earth globe instrument for displaying position over the earth; the controls for calling up automatic spacecraft command sequences.
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Credit:
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Almaz main console
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Almaz forward panel
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Another Almaz control station, located in the station forward of the camera. Purpose unknown.
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Almaz forward panel
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Almaz main console
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Close-up of the main console for operating the station, with the familiar Soyuz-type globe, clock, and external television/radar scope instruments.
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Credit:
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Almaz main console
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Almaz comm panel
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Communications console of the BIPS On-board Information Distribution System of the Almaz, including keyboard. This was mounted to the left of the main space station control console, and allowed encrypted teletype communications with the earth as well as burst update of plans and procedures from the ground.
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Almaz comm panel
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Almaz
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An Almaz station being prepared for flight at the Khrunichev Factory in Moscow.
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Credit:
Khrunichev
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Almaz
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Almaz station engine
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Almaz station orientation engine.
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Credit:
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Almaz station engine
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RD-0225 Almaz engine
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RD-0225 main propulsion engine for Almaz space station
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Credit:
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RD-0225 Almaz engine
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Almaz cutaway
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The Almaz military station was first successfully launched into space as Salyut 3 in June 1974. The one meter diameter 'Agat' telescope could photograph airfields and missile complexes. There were also infrared and topographical cameras. A Nudelman cannon provided an active defence system in the event of an attack by an Apollo spacecraft. The Soviet military, based on the results of the Salyut 3 and 5 Almaz flights, lost interest in manned military space stations.
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Credit:
Videokosmos
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Almaz cutaway
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Almaz
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Almaz - configuration as flown on Salyut 3 / Salyut 5.
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Credit:
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Almaz
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Almaz - Soyuz
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Almaz - configuration as flown on Salyut 3 / Salyut 5 with Soyuz ferry craft.
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Credit:
© Reginaldo Miranda
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Almaz - Soyuz
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Almaz-1
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The Almaz station as flown during Phase 1 of the programme (Salyut 3 and 5).
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Credit:
Khrunichev
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Almaz-1
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Almaz 3
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Rare drawing of Salyut 3 Almaz space station. From left to right, docking port surrounded by manoeuvre engines and solar panels; main station body; forward ring with orientation engines.
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Credit:
Dmitry Pieson
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Almaz 3
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