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Salyut.

Any of the spacecraft involved in the Salyut programme, the first space station programme undertaken by the Soviet Union, from 1971 to 1986.

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noun/sɑːlˈjuːt/
  1. Any of the spacecraft involved in the Salyut programme, the first space station programme undertaken by the Soviet Union, from 1971 to 1986.

Where this word comes from

From Russian Салют (Saljut), from салют (saljut, “salute; fireworks”). Doublet of salute.

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