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Salyut 3: Description, Station operations & Background

Salyut 3 (Russian: Салют-3, lit. 'Salute 3', also known as OPS-2 or Almaz 2) was a Soviet space station launched on 25 June 1974. It was the second Almaz military space station, and the first such station to be launched successfully. It was included in the Salyut program to disguise its true military nature. Due to the military nature of the station, the…

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Salyut 3 topic overview

The analysis highlights Description, Station operations and Background as prominent areas in the source structure around Salyut 3.

Related topics
45
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
49
Extracted relationships
94
Concept neighborhoods
20
Bridge connections
49

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Description · 16 topics
Overview · 10 topics
Station operations · 10 topics
Background · 9 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Apoapsis altitude
Initial: 270 km (170 mi; 150 nmi) Final: 272 km (169 mi; 147 nmi)
Call sign
Salyut 3
Carrier rocket
Proton-K No. 283-01
COSPAR ID
1974-046A
Crew
2
Days in orbit
213 days

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Background

Description

Station operations

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Salyut 3 connects Entity context

The extracted context around Salyut 3 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Salyut 3 → Alexander Nudelman, Due, Following, Later Russian, Nudelman, Nudelman NR-30, Nudelman-Rikhter, Pavel Popovich, Rikhter R-23, Salyut, Some, Soyuz, The, The Salyut, These, Vulkan, West Another extracted example is Salyut 3 → Apollo, At, August, Deke Slayton's, Demin, Due, Gennadi Sarafanov, Lev Demin, Salyut, Soyuz, Soyuz Test Project, The, The Igla, They, This. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Salyut 3

Top relations

related to On-board gun · 17
Salyut 3 → Alexander Nudelman, Due, Following, Later Russian, Nudelman, Nudelman NR-30, Nudelman-Rikhter, Pavel Popovich, Rikhter R-23, Salyut, Some, Soyuz, The, The Salyut, These, Vulkan, West
related to Soyuz 15 · 15
Salyut 3 → Apollo, At, August, Deke Slayton's, Demin, Due, Gennadi Sarafanov, Lev Demin, Salyut, Soyuz, Soyuz Test Project, The, The Igla, They, This
related to Soyuz 14 · 12
Salyut 3 → After, Asia, Earth, Earth-observation, July, On, Pavel Popovich, Salyut, Soyuz, The, They, Yury Artyukhin
related to Uncrewed operations · 10
Salyut 3 → Due, Earth, Following, Igla, NASA, Other, Salyut, September, Soyuz, The
related to Description · 9
Salyut 3 → Exercise, It, Its, Pingvin, Priboy, Salyut, Some, The, Velcro
related to Launch · 9
Salyut 3 → Earth's, Its, June, Proton, Salyut, Soviet Air Force, The, To, Western
related to Station operations · 4
Salyut 3 → One, Only, Salyut, Soyuz
Apoapsis altitude · 1
Salyut 3 → Initial: 270 km (170 mi; 150 nmi) Final: 272 km (169 mi; 147 nmi)
Call sign · 1
Salyut 3 → Salyut 3
Carrier rocket · 1
Salyut 3 → Proton-K No. 283-01

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

station salyut soyuz space military soviet crew 14 launched almaz 15 gun launch spacecraft sources civilian union also included nasa

Salyut 3 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 94 structured relationships around Salyut 3. Examples in this analysis include Salyut 3 → Apoapsis altitude → Initial: 270 km (170 mi; 150 nmi) Final: 272 km (169 mi; 147 nmi) and Salyut 3 → Call sign → Salyut 3. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Salyut 3Apoapsis altitudeInitial: 270 km (170 mi; 150 nmi) Final: 272 km (169 mi; 147 nmi)1.00infobox
Salyut 3Call signSalyut 31.00infobox
Salyut 3Carrier rocketProton-K No. 283-011.00infobox
Salyut 3COSPAR ID1974-046A1.00infobox
Salyut 3Crew21.00infobox
Salyut 3Days in orbit213 days1.00infobox
Salyut 3Days occupied15 days1.00infobox
Salyut 3Diameter4.15 m (13.6 ft) max.1.00infobox
Salyut 3Launch25 June 1974, 04:15:00 UTC1.00infobox
Salyut 3Launch padBaikonur, Site 81/231.00infobox
Salyut 3Length14.55 m (47.7 ft)1.00infobox
Salyut 3Mass18,900 kg (41,700 lb) at launch1.00infobox
Salyut 3Orbital inclination51.6°1.00infobox
Salyut 3Orbital period89.1 minutes1.00infobox
Salyut 3Periapsis altitudeInitial: 219 km (136 mi; 118 nmi) Final: 268 km (167 mi; 145 nmi)1.00infobox
Salyut 3Pressurised volume90 m3 (3,200 cu ft)1.00infobox
Salyut 3Reentry24 January 19751.00infobox
Salyut 3SATCAT no.073421.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Salyut 3 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Station, Launched and Mission. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Salyut 3
    • Station
    • Launched
    • Mission
    • Space
    • Civilian
    • Soyuz
    • First
    • Orbit
    • Gun
    • Military
    • Soviet
    • Spacecraft
  • salyut 3
    • Station
    • Launched
    • Mission
    • Space
    • Civilian
    • Soyuz
    • First
    • Orbit
    • Gun
    • Military
    • Soviet
    • Spacecraft
  • space station
    • Union
    • Civilian
    • Military
    • First
    • Stations
    • Gun
    • Soyuz
    • Station
    • Final
    • Mission
    • Orbital
    • Cosmonauts
  • salyut
    • Station
    • Launched
    • Mission
    • Space
    • Civilian
    • Soyuz
    • First
    • Orbit
    • Gun
    • Military
    • Soviet
    • Spacecraft
  • salyut 4
    • Station
    • Launched
    • Mission
    • Space
    • Civilian
    • Soyuz
    • First
    • Orbit
    • Gun
    • Military
    • Soviet
    • Spacecraft
  • salyut 5
    • Station
    • Launched
    • Mission
    • Space
    • Civilian
    • Soyuz
    • First
    • Orbit
    • Gun
    • Military
    • Soviet
    • Spacecraft
  • salyut 1
    • Station
    • Launched
    • Mission
    • Space
    • Civilian
    • Soyuz
    • First
    • Orbit
    • Gun
    • Military
    • Soviet
    • Spacecraft
  • salyut 6
    • Station
    • Launched
    • Mission
    • Space
    • Civilian
    • Soyuz
    • First
    • Orbit
    • Gun
    • Military
    • Soviet
    • Spacecraft

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Salyut 3, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Salyut 3 with Description. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Salyut 3 — Description · splits 33 ⟂ 17
Salyut 3 — Overview · splits 39 ⟂ 11
Salyut 3 — Station operations · splits 39 ⟂ 11
Salyut 3 — Background · splits 40 ⟂ 10

Map overview Semantic statistics

Salyut 3

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples94
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Salyut 3 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Description, Station operations & Background, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Salyut 3 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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