Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
05:20:00
Friday November 30, 1973
Uncrewed test flight of the Soyuz vessel.
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
23rd
Mission
3rd
Mission of 1973
799th
Mission
80th
Mission of 1973
103rd
Orbital launch attempt