Salyut - 7 from Oscillator by BONGTOWER
Salyut 7 (Russian: Салют-7; English: Salute 7) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. It was first crewed in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5, and last visited in June 1986, by Soyuz T-15. Various crew and modules were used over its lifetime, including 12 crewed and 15 uncrewed launches in total.[1] Supporting spacecraft included the Soyuz T, Progress, and TKS spacecraft.
It was part of the Soviet Salyut programme, and launched on 19 April 1982 on a Proton rocket from Site 200/40 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Soviet Union. Salyut 7 was part of the transition from "monolithic" to "modular" space stations, acting as a testbed for docking of additional modules and expanded station operations. It was the tenth space station of any kind launched. Salyut 7 was the last space station of the Salyut Program, which was replaced by Mir.
Loss of power
On 11 February 1985, contact with Salyut 7 was lost. The station began to drift, and all systems shut down. At this time the station was uninhabited, after the departure of Leonid Kizim, Vladimir Solovyov and Oleg Atkov, and before the next crew arrived. It was once again decided to attempt to repair the station, which was performed by Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Viktor Savinykh on the Soyuz T-13 mission during June 1985, in what was in the words of author David S. F. Portree "one of the most impressive feats of in-space repairs in history". This operation forms the basis of the 2017 Russian film Salyut 7.
End of life
Salyut 7 was last inhabited in 1986 by the crew of Soyuz T-15, who ferried equipment from Salyut 7 to the new Mir space station. Between 19 and 22 August 1986, engines on Kosmos 1686 boosted Salyut 7 to a record-high mean orbital altitude of 475 km to forestall reentry until 1994. Retrieval at a future date by a Buran shuttle was also planned.
However, unexpectedly high solar activity in the late 1980s and early 1990s increased atmospheric drag on the station and sped its orbital decay. It finally underwent an uncontrolled reentry on 7 February 1991 over the town of Capitán Bermúdez in Argentina after it overshot its intended entry point, which would have placed its debris in uninhabited portions of the southern Pacific Ocean.
Tracklist
| 9. | Salyut - 7 | 7:37 |
Lyrics
The control is lost. The station is silent
Falling!! It's a question of time.
Salvation!! is on the way.
Two astronauts.
Are taking off.
Manual docking! There can be no mistake.
Frost inside! Darkness is everywhere.
Revitalize! Glitch in Power control system.
Human lives are at stake.
The fate of Salyut 7.
Years later! The fuel is almost at zero.
High solar activity.
Uncontrolled reentry
Fragments scatter.
Bright flashes like a falling comet.
Eternity!
We will move on.
Wormhole!
Forward to new worlds.
The future!
Is already here
Life or death!
Let Cosmos in.
Credits
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Bongtower - psychedelic stoner-doom band. Themes of songs about our universe, where there have always been interesting individuals with alternative thinking about people with a difficult ideology starting with inquisitors continuing scientists and ending with astronauts. Powerful, viscous and hypnotic riffs immerse you in history from occult rituals to deep space.