Cosmos 613

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

05:20:00

Friday November 30, 1973

Mission Details

Launch Notes

Uncrewed test flight of the Soyuz vessel.

Cosmos 613

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Cosmos 613 was a Soyuz spacecraft sent into orbit to test the ship during extended journeys in space. Cosmos 613 will remain in orbit for two months before successfully landing in the USSR. This is Soyuz's 21th flight. The Soyuz is a Soviet crewed spaceship, developed to made manned lunar missions. This version called 7K will fly 4 times on the giant launcher N1, and several tens of times on Proton to fly over the Moon, which will be successful during the mission Zond 4. Soyuz will become the first spacecraft to transport living beings to the Moon during the flight of Zond 5, with two turtles. Subsequently, it is adapted to low orbit and will fly on the Soyuz launcher to serve the Salyut and Mir stations and the ISS.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

6,800 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Soyuz

Active 1966 to 1976

OKB-1 logo

Manufacturer

OKB-1

Rocket

Height: 48.47m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 6,640 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,456 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3m

Height: 12.8m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

Site 1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

23 hr 32 min

Stats

Soyuz


23rd

Mission

3rd

Mission of 1973

OKB-1


799th

Mission

80th

Mission of 1973

1973


103rd

Orbital launch attempt