In Russia, included the first combat space station of the time of the USSR “Diamond”. It is reported by the TV channel “Star”.
The strategic spacecraft of the Soviet era “revived” specifically for the program “Military Acceptance”. The transfer also told about the equipment and functionality of the station itself.
“First-invail to include consoles. We see the indication that the onboard voltage is normal, we see that all the transparencies are tanned. Green and blue – notifying, orange – warning, accompanied by beep, and red – emergency,” – Explained the developer of the on-board automation orbital station “Almaz” Leonid Shelepin.
It is noted that during the flight station most of the time moved in automatic mode by the program laid on Earth. However, she was also innovative at that time, manual control mode. At the same time, a relatively small station was 34 engine – 17 reserve and 17 mains.
A series of Almaz orbital stations was developed under the leadership of the designer of Vladimir Chelyai in the 1960s at the military-industrial complex “Scientific and Production Association of Engineering”. The device was created to maintain photo and radio applications, as well as to manage land military facilities with the Earth’s orbit. The draft for a long time was strictly classified, but recently information about it has become available.