Kosmos 573 (Russian: Космос 573 meaning Cosmos 573) was an unmanned test of the Soyuz without solar arrays in 1973. It did not dock with a space station.[1][2][3]
Mission parametersedit
Spacecraft: Soyuz-7K-T
Mass: 6,800 kg (15,000 lb)
Crew: None
Launched: June 15, 1973
Landed: June 17, 1973
External linksedit
Spaceflight portal
Mir Hardware Heritage
Mir Hardware Heritage - NASA report (PDF format)
Mir Hardware Heritage (wikisource)
Referencesedit
^Soviet Space Programs, 1976-80: Manned space programs and space life sciences, page 503
^The Soyuz Launch Vehicle: The Two Lives of an Engineering Triumph By Christian Lardier, Stefan Barensky