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noun
Any of the spacecraft involved in the Salyut programme, the first space station programme undertaken by the Soviet Union, from 1971 to 1986.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: space station, space platform, space laboratory
History
From Russian Салют (Saljut), from салют (saljut, “salute; fireworks”). Doublet of salute.
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