Kosmos 213

Mission type	Uncrewed spacecraft
Operator	OKB-1
COSPAR ID	1968-030A
SATCAT no.	03193
Mission duration	5 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Soyuz
Spacecraft type	Soyuz 7K-OK # 7
Manufacturer	OKB-1
Launch mass	6000 kg[1]
Start of mission
Launch date	15 April 1968, 09:34:18 GMT
Rocket	Soyuz 11A511 s/n U15000-06
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Contractor	OKB-1
End of mission
Landing date	20 April 1968
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric[2]
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	193 km
Apogee altitude	245 km
Inclination	51.4°
Period	89.16 minutes
Epoch	15 April 1968
Docking with Kosmos 212
Docking date	15 April 1968
Undocking date	15 April 1968

Kosmos 213 (Russian: Космос 213 meaning Cosmos 213) was one of a series of Soviet Soyuz programme test spacecraft whose purpose was to further test and develop the passenger version. Scientific data and measurements were relayed to earth by multichannel telemetry systems equipped with space-borne memory units. Kosmos 212 and Kosmos 213 automatically docked in orbit on April 15, 1968. Both spacecraft landed on Soviet territory.

Mission

On 15 April 1968 at 09:34:18 GMT,^[3] the Soyuz 11A511 s/n U15000-06 booster and Kosmos 213 were set up at Site 1/5 of Baikonur Cosmodrome and the planned mission could be carried out. Kosmos 213 was operated in a low Earth orbit, it had a perigee of 193 kilometres (120 mi), an apogee of 245 kilometres (152 mi), an inclination of 51.4°, and an orbital period of 89.16 minutes,^[2] and had a mass of 6,000 kilograms (13,000 lb).^[1]