Kosmos 573
USSR spacecraft
Facts
18 properties- Instance of
- uncrewed spaceflight, Soyuz 7K-T[2]
- Launch date
- 1973-06-15
- Part of
- Soyuz programme[4]
- Duration
- 2,880 minute[15]
- Landing date
- 1973-06-17
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz
- Location of landing
- Kazakhstan[12]
- Mass
- 6,800 kg[16]
- Operator
- Soviet space program[3]
- Organizer
- Soviet space program[9]
- Satellite of
- low Earth orbit
- Significant event
- rocket launch, landing[10][11]
- Start point
- Baikonur Cosmodrome[13]
- Type of orbit
- low Earth orbit[6]
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- June 17, 1973[8]
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- June 15, 1973[7]
- Vessel
- Soyuz 7K-T[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kosmos 573
es Cosmos 573
fr Kosmos 573
hu Koszmosz–573
ja コスモス573号
ru Космос-573
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Kosmos 573 was an uncrewed spaceflight [1]. The mission was part of the Soviet Union's Kosmos program, which encompassed a wide range of satellite and spacecraft launches for various scientific, military, and technological purposes.
Kosmos 573 launched on June 15, 1973 . It served as a test flight for the Soyuz spacecraft, specifically designed to evaluate systems and components without a human crew onboard [1]. The mission aimed to gather data critical for subsequent crewed flights. Kosmos 573 reentered Earth's atmosphere and landed on June 17, 1973 .