美国国防部1986年新版的《苏联军事力量》小册子中,报导苏联1986年2月20日发射了先进的“和平号”太空站,苏联称它为第三代“礼炮号”轨道站。并提到八十年代末可能发射一个比“和平号”大得多的太空站。小册子中还谈到苏联将在今年或1987年进行一次航天飞机飞行,发射台已经建成,正进行新的重型空间助推器试验。据说,中型助推器试飞试验已经成功。 The 1986 US Department of Defense brochure entitled “Soviet Forces” reported that the Soviet Union launched the “Mir” space station on February 20, 1986, and the Soviet Union called it the third generation of “Salyut” orbital stations. And mentioned that it might launch a much larger space station than the Mir at the end of the eighties. The booklet also states that the Soviet Union will carry out a space shuttle flight this year or 1987 with the launch pad already under way and is conducting a new heavy space booster test. It is said that midsize booster test flight has been successful.