Mission type | Test flight |
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COSPAR ID | 1973-096A |
SATCAT no. | 6957 |
Mission duration | 60 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-T No.34A[1] |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 30 November 1973, 05:20:00 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 29 January 1974, 05:29 | UTC
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 251 kilometres (156 mi)[2] |
Apogee altitude | 383 kilometres (238 mi)[2] |
Inclination | 51.5 degrees[2] |
Period | 90.86 minutes[2] |
Epoch | 31 December 1973[2] |
Kosmos 613 (Russian: Космос 613 meaning Cosmos 613) was a long-duration orbital storage test of the Soyuz Ferry in preparation for long stays attached to a space station.