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Payload

SOYUZ 13

DecayedPayloadLEO

SOYUZ 13 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on December 18, 1973 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
December 18, 1973 at 11:55 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Soyuz 13

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
238 km
Periapsis
213 km
Inclination
51.57°
Orbital period
89.01 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
6,620.42 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1973-103A
NORAD catalog №
6982
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
December 26, 1973

End of mission

Last active / ended
December 26, 1973
Time in service
8 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed