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Crew
Dobrovolsky Patsayev Volkov
06 June 1971 04:55 GMT. Duration: 23.77 days. Call Sign: Yantar (Amber ). Backup Crew: Kolodin, Kubasov, Leonov. Nation: USSR. Launch Site: Baikonur . Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511. Program: Salyut. Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7KT-OK. Payload: Soyuz 7K-OKS s/n 32. Mass: 6,790 kg. Perigee: 163 km. Apogee: 237 km. Inclination: 51.5 deg. Period: 88.4 min. References: 1 , 2 , 6 , 32 , 33 , 60 .
Salyut 1Salyut 1 - The Salyut 1 was the world's first space station. It was developed in a crash project that took military Almaz space station hulls and equipped them with Soyuz systems.

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