Interkosmos-13 (DS-U2-IK), a cooperative Soviet-bloc science satellite studying dynamic processes in Earth’s magnetosphere and polar ionosphere. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk lofted the craft on 27 March 1975 for Interkosmos partners including Czechoslovakia and the USSR.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 320 kg
- Flight
- 101st
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 27 March 1975, 14:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1975-022
- Launches in 1975
- 23rd of 132
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