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Hello and welcome. This is Michael Anas, and you're listening to episode number 439 of the Space Rocket History podcast.

And now, Sallute 3, Soyuz 14.

Back in March, on episode 434, I covered Salute 2, the first military OPS ALMAS space station launched under the Salute moniker.

Salute 2 was successfully inserted into orbit accompanied by the third stage,

the 8S-812 of the proton K rocket.

Three days later, a catastrophic event unfolded when the spent third stage of the proton exploded in space due to pressure changes

within its tanks. This explosion generated a large cloud of debris, some of which shared a similar

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