Soyuz 13, a crewed mission by Klimuk and Lebedev on a modified 7K-T with the Orion 2 UV observatory replacing the docking system; the first dedicated Soviet science flight and first mission controlled from Kaliningrad.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.8 T
- Flight
- 24th
- of 32 Soyuz 11A511 flights
- Date and time
- 18 December 1973, 11:55 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 11A511
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1973-103
- Launches in 1973
- 110th of 116
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