Following Salyut 5, the Soviet Ministry of Defence judged in 1978 that the time consumed by station maintenance outweighed the benefits relative to automatic reconnaissance satellites.
Tras a Salyut 5, en 1978, o ministerio de defensa soviético considerou que o tempo consumido polo mantemento da estación non compensaba os beneficios proporcionados polos satélites de recoñecemento non tripulados.