Salyut 1 (DOS-1), the world's first space station. Proton-K from Baikonur Site 81 lofted the ~19-tonne station on 19 April 1971; two crews visited—Soyuz 10 failed hard-dock, Soyuz 11 succeeded but the crew died on reentry.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 18.2 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 29 Proton-K flights
- Date and time
- 19 April 1971, 01:40 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-K
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1971-032
- Launches in 1971
- 35th of 133
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