NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Intercosmos 13

Launch Time
Thu Mar 27, 1975 14:30 UTC

Rocket

Cosmos-3M
Image Credit: OKB-586
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 1,486 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 32.42 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.44 m
Fairing Height: 5.72 m

Mission Details

Intercosmos 13

Intercosmos-13 is a satellite of the DS-U2 constellation. The satellites of the latter are used to test different systems for future Soviet military satellites.
It will test mainly new methods of communication with the ground, new radar systems, anti-satellites tests and modes of power supply by nuclear battery.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 315.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1975

23rd orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

122nd mission
4th mission of 1975
109th successful mission
32nd consecutive successful mission