KSP - Salyut 4

This video showcases aspects of Salyut 4, utilizing Kerbal Space Program and various mods, including Tantares, Scatterer, Chatterer, PlanetShine, and others.

Salyut 1 was the world's first space station when it was launched in 1971. However when Skylab was launched two years later it had a full suite of scientific equipment that overshadowed the limited equpiment on the Soviet station.

Salyut 2 and 3 were Almaz space stations secretly launched as civilian stations. Salyut 4 became the next DOS station put into orbit at the end of 1974. It was essentially the same station as Salyut 1 but had a much fuller set of equipment, akin to Skylab's loadout, which required using three larger solar panels instead of the four smaller ones on Salyut 1.

The station was in orbit for 770 days and has two expeditionary crews in 1975 for a total of 92 days. Lastly, an uncrewed Soyuz was left attached to the station for 90 days for testing equipment viability after three months. This confirmed that much longer duration expeditions on later space stations were viable.


If you wish to learn more about the real-life mission:

https://www.russianspaceweb.com/salyu...

https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/he...

https://www.orbitalfocus.uk/Diaries/S...

If you have Kerbal Space Program and wish to try it out:

https://kerbalx.com/gc1ceo/Urit-500-B...