Salyut 5 (Almaz OPS-3), the third and final Soviet military Almaz orbital station, flown under the civilian Salyut designation. Proton-K from Baikonur Site 81/23 placed the manned reconnaissance station in LEO for two successful crew visits.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 19.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 8th
- of 29 Proton-K flights
- Date and time
- 22 June 1976, 18:04 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-K
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1976-057
- Launches in 1976
- 58th of 131
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