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Old 17-December-2007, 09:30 PM
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Obviously, Salyut 7 must have been in a considerably lower orbit. Slylab was in the upper levels of the Thermosphere where the temperatures are around the 1000C and above range. Salyut 7 must have been lower orbit closer to the Mesosphere where the temperature is much colder -100C.