Salyut
Salyut Dolgovremennaya Orbitalnaya Stanziya (Long term orbital station) were crewed scientific research platforms. Salyut was also used as a cover for the highly secretive Almaz-OPS military station launches. Salyut 1 (DOS-1) was the first station to orbit and remained in space for 175 days. It was successfully visited by a crewed Soyuz 7K-OK. Salyut 4 (DOS-4) was successfully visited by both crewed and unmanned Soyuz 7K-T, proving the longevity of the systems in space.
DOS-1 Build Guide
- Octans Size 0.5 Docking Port A (Female)
- Grus 12-A Crew Compartment
- Andromeda Sphere Fuel Tank A (x14)
- Atria Active & Passive Extending Antennae
- Lepus CA-2 Low Gain Folding Antenna
- Atria-Octans Basic High Gain Antenna
- Octans Solar Panel B (x2 symmetry)
- Grus Size 1.5 Adapter
- Octans MOE 4B RCS (x2 symmetry)
- Grus 18-A Crew Compartment
- Grus Size 2 to Size 1.5 Crew Compartment
- Grus 25-A Crew Compartment
- Hamal Size 1 Gyroscope
- Tantares S5.35 "Rullekasse" Propulsion Unit
- Atria Active & Passive Extending Antennae
- Octans Solar Panel B (in 2x symmetry)
Salyut-1 (DOS-1) with Soyuz 7K-OK
Salyut 6 (DOS-5) featured a second aft docking port allowing Progress 7K-TG resupply craft to dock whilst keeping the Soyuz 7K-T and later Soyuz-T docked to the front. After crewed operation were discontinued, an unmanned TKS spacecraft was permanently docked to the station. The VA return capsule was separated and de-orbited. Salyut 7 (DOS-6) was outwardly similar to DOS-5. Various crew and modules were used over its 9 year lifetime, including Soyuz-T, Progress 7K-TG and TKS spacecraft.
DOS-5 Build Guide
- Octans Size 0.5 Docking Port A (Female)
- Tucana Size 1 to Size 0.5 Forward Adapter
- Tucana 12-A1 Airlock Section
- Atria Active & Passive Extending Antennae
- Atria-Octans Basic High Gain Antenna
- Tucana Size 1.5 to Size 1 Flat Adapter
- Tucana 18-A1 Command Module
- Cursa P-A2 Solar Array (in 2x symmetry plus 1 ventral)
- Tucana Size 2 to Size 1.5 Inline Adapter
- Tucana 25-A2 Tail Section
- Octans Linear MOE (x8 in two lots of 4x symmetry)
- Dorado Liquid Fuel Vent
- Tucana Size 2 to Size 0.5 Flat Adapter
- Tantares RD-0225 Rocket Engines (in 2x symmetry)
- Octans Size 0.5 Docking Port A (Female)
- Atria Active & Passive Folding Antennae
Salyut 6 (DOS-5) with Progress 7K-TG
DOS-6 Build Guide The build is almost identical to DOS-5 except the tail section uses the Tucana 25-A1 variant.
Salyut 7 (DOS-6) with TKS and Soyuz-T
DOS-7 and DOS-8 were equipped with docking sphere on the front that mounted multiple docking ports to allow for modular space station builds. Neither received Salyut designations as DOS-7 became the Mir Core Module and DOS-8 was used as the Zvezda Service Module on ISS.