Salyut 5 ( meaning
Salute 5), also known as
OPS-3, was a
Soviet space station. Launched in 1976 as part of the
Salyut programme, it was the third and last
Almaz space station to be launched for the Soviet military. Two
Soyuz missions visited the station, each manned by two
cosmonauts. A third Soyuz mission attempted to visit the station, but failed to dock, whilst a fourth mission was planned but never launched.