Cosmos 613

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Mission dates
Mission: Cosmos 613
COSPAR-ID : 1973-096A
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T ( GRAY index  11F615A8)
serial number 34A
Dimensions: 6570 kg
Launcher: Soyuz (GRAY index 11A511)
Crew: no
Begin: November 30, 1973, 05:16  UTC
Starting place: Baikonur 1/5
Landing: January 29, 1974, 05:29 UTC
Flight duration: 60d 0h 13m
Rotation time : 89.1 min
Orbit inclination : 51.6 °
Apogee : 295 km
Perigee : 195 km
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Soyuz 12
(manned) 		Soyuz 13
(manned)

Kosmos 613 is the code name for an unmanned flight of the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz , which carried out tests in earth orbit in the winter of 1973/74. 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 November 30th at 05:16 UTC from the Soviet spaceport Baikonur on board a Soyuz rocket . A two-month long-term test of all systems was carried out in space. The landing took place on January 29, 1974 at 05:29 UTC.

The US mission Skylab 4 took place parallel to this flight , during which the long-term record for a manned stay in space was improved to just under three months.

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