Cosmos 573

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Mission dates
Mission: Cosmos 573
COSPAR-ID : 1973-041A
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T ( GRAY index  11F615A8)
serial number 36
Dimensions: 6750 kg
Launcher: Soyuz (GRAY index 11A511)
Crew: no
Begin: June 15, 1973, 06:00  UTC
Starting place: Baikonur 1/5
Landing: June 17, 1973, 06:01 UTC
Flight duration: 2d
Rotation time : 89.5 min
Orbit inclination : 51.6 °
Apogee : 329.2 km
Perigee : 196.2 km
◄ Before / After ►
Kosmos 496
(unmanned) 		Soyuz 12
(manned)
Previous manned mission:
Soyuz 11

Kosmos 573 is the code name for an unmanned flight of the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz , which carried out tests in earth orbit in the summer of 1973. It was customary in the Soviet Union to give official names only to successful missions. Failed flights were mostly not announced at all and test flights were only announced under the general cover name Kosmos.

The flight

The launch took place on June 15, 1973 around 6 a.m. UTC from the Soviet spaceport Baikonur on board a Soyuz rocket . All the systems that were improved after the Soyuz 11 disaster were tested in space. In contrast to the first test flight with Kosmos 496 , this spaceship was not equipped with solar cells. The landing took place on June 17, 1973 at 06:01 UTC.

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