Manifest / 01Go
The Lightning God Defends (iQPS Launch 8)
Electron
ProviderRocket Lab
PadUnknown Pad
DateAug 20, 2026
Time (UTC)01:00 PM UTC
Launch clockT– to liftoff
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Confirmed to the minute00
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This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
Soyuz 13 launched on 18 December 1973, 11:55:00 UTC. It carried commander Pyotr Klimuk and flight engineer Valentin Lebedev into orbit. This mission was the second test flight of the modified Soyuz spacecraft. Crew spent 7 deays in orbit and carried out various astrophysical studies. They also obtained ultraviolet spectrograms of stars with the help of an Orion 2 Space Observatory onboard the spacecraft. Crew returned to Earth, landing on 26 December 1973, 08:50:35 UTC.
PayloadSoyuz 13
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerSoyuz
Stages3
Pad1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Site locked
1/5
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Global range
- Latitude
- 45.920°N
- Longitude
- 63.342°E
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
11:55 AM UTC - 11:55 AM UTC
Schedule History
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.
