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    TKS (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

    The TKS spacecraft (Russian: Транспортный корабль снабжения, Transportnyi Korabl’ Snabzheniia, Transport Supply Spacecraft, GRAU index 11F72) was a Soviet spacecraft conceived in the late 1960s for resupply flights to the military Almaz space station. The spacecraft was designed for both crewed and … See more

    The TKS spacecraft was designed by Vladimir Chelomei (the VA capsule) and V. N. Bugayskiy (the FGB block) as a crewed spacecraft launched … See more

    The TKS design, which has never been flown crewed, has gone on to provide the basic structure for several later space-station components, such as:
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    Big Gemini – Proposed U.S. equivalent to the TKS spacecraft
    Manned Orbiting Laboratory – U.S. Air Force equivalent to Almaz space station See more

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    VA spacecraft test flights
    Four flights with eight VA spacecraft without an FGB module were conducted to speed up the development of the TKS spacecraft:
    • Orbital test of a pair of two VA spacecraft Kosmos 881 and … See more

    Some VA capsules are on display in museums or in storage.
    Known articles include:
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  2. TKS - Encyclopedia Astronautica

    Sep 27, 2012 · TKS capsule interior Left control panel of the descent capsule of the TKS spacecraft. The TKS crew instruments were assembled from the same building blocks as those used in the Soyuz series of spacecraft. The standard …

  3. TKS transport ship 11F72 - RussianSpaceWeb.com

    The TKS was designed to be launched on a Proton rocket and carry a three-person crew, along with up to eight small film return capsules and other supplies for the Almaz station. The TKS was equipped with the I11F77 propulsion …

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  4. TKS (spacecraft) - Wikiwand

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    13.2 m (43.31 ft)
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  6. Salyut 7 - Encyclopedia Astronautica

    Kosmos 1267 / Salyut 7. This detailed painting was the first revelation in the West of the configuration of the TKS spacecraft. Russian manned space station, launched 1982-04-19. Salyut 7 was the back-up article for Salyut 6 and very …

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    TKS capsule interior Left control panel of the descent capsule of the TKS spacecraft. The TKS crew instruments were assembled from the same building blocks as those used in the Soyuz series of spacecraft. The standard clock, …

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  9. TKS follow-on - RussianSpaceWeb.com

    Follow-on to the TKS series. In addition to the heavy-lift launch-vehicle, Khrunichev concurrently proposed a new manned spacecraft, loosely based on the company's long-lasting TKS family of space tugs and modules.

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  10. TKS (11F72) - Gunter's Space Page

    7 rows · Gunter's Space Page - Information on Launch vehicles, Satellites, Space Shuttle and Astronautics.

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  11. Functional Cargo Block - Wikipedia

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