Status
Success
Cosmos 613
Fri Nov 30, 1973 05:20 UTC
Uncrewed test flight of the Soyuz vessel.
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 613
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.