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Originally Posted by SLF:JAQ SFDJS
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.
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I doubt the ambient temperature had much effect since there's so little at such altitudes to make a difference. In any case, the altitudes overlapped: Salyut at 220-280 km, and Skylab at 270-275.