Explore Salyut through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Salyut in a sentence
Salyut meaning
Any of the spacecraft involved in the Salyut programme, the first space station programme undertaken by the Soviet Union, from 1971 to 1986.
Synonyms of Salyut
Using Salyut
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of the spacecraft involved in the Salyut programme, the first space station programme undertaken by the Soviet Union, from 1971 to 1986.
- Useful related words include: space station, space platform, space laboratory.
Context around Salyut
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Salyut
- In this selection, "salyut" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, station, designated and sortie stand out and add context to how "salyut" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aboard the salyut 7 space and all designated salyut but among. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "salyut" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with salyut
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They started with a series of Salyut sortie stations from 1971 to 1986. (13 words)
The earlier Soviet stations were all designated "Salyut", but among these there were two distinct types: civilian and military. (19 words)
Jaehn flew to the Soviet space station Salyut 6 on Aug. 26, 1978 and spent almost eight days in space. (20 words)
This concept was expanded on Salyut 7, which "hard docked" with a TKS tug shortly before it was abandoned; this served as a proof-of-concept for the use of modular space stations. (33 words)
Hygiene Space toilet in the Zvezda Service Module Showers on space stations were introduced in the early 1970s on Skylab and Salyut 3. Benson, Charles Dunlap and William David Compton. (30 words)
National, ethnic and gender firsts * The first woman to perform an EVA was Soviet Svetlana Savitskaya on July 25, 1984 while aboard the Salyut 7 space station. (27 words)
Example sentences (6)
Jaehn flew to the Soviet space station Salyut 6 on Aug. 26, 1978 and spent almost eight days in space.
Hygiene Space toilet in the Zvezda Service Module Showers on space stations were introduced in the early 1970s on Skylab and Salyut 3. Benson, Charles Dunlap and William David Compton.
National, ethnic and gender firsts * The first woman to perform an EVA was Soviet Svetlana Savitskaya on July 25, 1984 while aboard the Salyut 7 space station.
The earlier Soviet stations were all designated "Salyut", but among these there were two distinct types: civilian and military.
They started with a series of Salyut sortie stations from 1971 to 1986.
This concept was expanded on Salyut 7, which "hard docked" with a TKS tug shortly before it was abandoned; this served as a proof-of-concept for the use of modular space stations.