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 Laboratoire des Etoiles (STARLAB) launching on SLA-28, 11 January 1975. | |
| Station statistics | |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1975-023A |
| SATCAT no. | 6633 |
| Call sign | STARLAB |
| Crew | 3 per mission |
| Launch | 11 January 1975 |
| Carrier rocket | Artemis V(B) |
| Launch pad | RL16(A), Baie Noire Launch Facility |
| Mission status | Ongoing |
| Mass | 76.5 t |
| Length | 20.2 m |
| Width | 16 m |
| Height | 11 m |
| Diameter | 4.25 m |
| Atmospheric pressure | (34 kPa) Oxygen 74%, Nitrogen 26% |
| Periapsis altitude | 150 km |
| Apoapsis altitude | 150 km |
| Orbital inclination | 0.0° |
| Orbital period | 1.5 hr |
| Orbits per day | 17.5 |
| Days in orbit | 1,825 (5 years) |
| No. of orbits | 31,937 |
| Statistics as of Beginning of Starlabo 23 | |
The Star Laboratory (Galatean: Лаборатуаре де Этуаиль, tr. Laboratoire des Etoiles), commonly referred to as StarLab (Galatean: СтарЛабо, tr. StarLabo) is a Galatean space station launched by the Continental Air and Space Administration in January of 1975. Operating for just over 5 years, it has been visited by 22 crews, with the 23rd, Starlabo 23 currently visiting the station. Operations include an orbital worskhop, solar observatory, Vulkan observation and hundreds of experiments.