Starlab

Starlab

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 Starlab 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, Starlab 23 currently visiting the station. Operations include an orbital worskhop, solar observatory, Vulkan observation and hundreds of experiments.