Status
Success
Intercosmos 13
Launch Time
Thu Mar 27, 1975 14:30 UTC
Thu Mar 27, 1975 14:30 UTC
Rocket
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