Wednesday, September 20, 1989

Soyuz 13

  1973-103A


To compensate for delays in the DOS program, Mishin's engineers modified an old-style 7K-T with solar panels to carry a scientific payload including the Orion-2 ultraviolet telescope and a multispectral camera. The payload was mounted in the nose of the BO, replacing the docking system. 11F615A8 No. 33 was launched in Dec 1973 on an 8 day mission with crew Pyotr Klimuk and Valentin Lebedev.


Soyuz-13 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1973 Dec 18  1155:00 Launch by Soyuz 11A511  KB 
 1157 Blok BVGD sep 
 1159 Blok A sep 
 1159? Blok-I burn  
 1203  Blok I MECO 
 1203  Blok-I sep 
 1630? Orion-2 telescope cover sep 
 1440   88.85 188 x 247 x 51.57 
 1630?  Orbit raise 
1973 Dec 19  0700   89.30 223 x 256 x 51.58 
1973 Dec 25    214 x 238 x 51.57 
 1600   89.02 215 x 238 x 51.57 
1973 Dec 26  0804? Retrofire 
 0807?  DO CO 
 0820?  Modules sep 
 0826?  Entry 
 0850:35  Landed 200 km SW of Karaganda 

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