Salyut 2

Soviet space station which was launched in 1973
Vehicle space_station Q838179
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Salyut 2 was a space station developed by the Soviet Union. It operated as a space station under the jurisdiction of the Soviet Union.

Salyut 2

Summary

Salyut 2 is a space station[1]. It draws 91 Wikipedia views per month (space_station category, ranking #14 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • Salyut 2 is in the country of Soviet Union[3].
  • Salyut 2's image is recorded as Salyut 3 drawing.png[4].
  • Salyut 2's instance of is recorded as space station[5].
  • Salyut 2's logo image is recorded as Salyut program insignia.svg[6].
  • Salyut 2's follows is recorded as Salyut 1[7].
  • Salyut 2's follows is recorded as DOS-2[8].
  • Salyut 2's followed by is recorded as Salyut 3[9].
  • Salyut 2's followed by is recorded as Kosmos 557[10].
  • Salyut 2's part of the series is recorded as Salyut programme[11].
  • Salyut 2's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1973-017A[12].
  • Salyut 2's part of is recorded as Almaz[13].
  • Salyut 2's has use is recorded as espionage[14].
  • Salyut 2's space launch vehicle is recorded as Proton-K[15].
  • Salyut 2's SCN is recorded as 06398[16].
  • Salyut 2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Earth[17].
  • Salyut 2's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1973-04-03T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Salyut 2's UTC date of spacecraft landing is recorded as +1973-05-28T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Salyut 2's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +1973-05-28T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Salyut 2's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01kkt3[21].
  • Salyut 2's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[22].
  • Salyut 2's maximum capacity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q319604', 'amount': '+3'}[23].
  • Salyut 2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.000158'}[24].
  • Salyut 2's orbits completed is recorded as {'amount': '+866'}[25].
  • Salyut 2's start point is recorded as Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/23[26].
  • Salyut 2's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+14.55'}[27].

Why It Matters

Salyut 2 draws 91 Wikipedia views per month (space_station category, ranking #14 of 20).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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