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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name               = Kosmos 213
| mission_type       = Uncrewed spacecraft
| operator           = OKB-1
| COSPAR_ID          = 1968-030A
| SATCAT             = 03193
| mission_duration   = 5 days

| spacecraft         = [[Engineering:Soyuz (spacecraft)|Soyuz]]
| spacecraft_type    = [[Engineering:Soyuz 7K-OK|Soyuz 7K-OK]] # 7
| manufacturer       = OKB-1
| launch_mass        = 6000 kg<ref name="Cosmos"/>

| launch_date        = 15 April 1968, 09:34:18 GMT
| launch_rocket      = [[Engineering:Soyuz (rocket)|Soyuz 11A511 s/n U15000-06]]
| launch_site        = Baikonur, Site 1/5
| launch_contractor  = OKB-1

| landing_date       = 20 April 1968
| landing_site       =

| orbit_epoch        = 15 April 1968
| orbit_reference    = [[Astronomy:Geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]<ref name="Trajectory"/>
| orbit_regime       = [[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|Low Earth]]
| orbit_periapsis    = 193 km
| orbit_apoapsis     = 245 km
| orbit_inclination  = 51.4°
| orbit_period       = 89.16 minutes
| apsis              = gee

| docking            = 
 {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
   | docking_target  = [[Engineering:Kosmos 212|Kosmos 212]]
   | docking_type    = dock
   | docking_date    = 15 April 1968
   | undocking_date  = 15 April 1968
   | time_docked     = 
}}
}}

'''Kosmos 213''' ({{lang-ru|Космос 213}} meaning ''Cosmos 213'') was one of a series of Soviet [[Engineering:Soyuz programme|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|telemetry]] systems equipped with space-borne memory units. [[Engineering:Kosmos 212|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,<ref name="launchlog">{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launch Log|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=24 January 2014}}</ref> the [[Engineering:Soyuz (rocket)|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 {{convert|193|km}}, an apogee of {{convert|245|km}}, an inclination of 51.4°, and an orbital period of 89.16 minutes,<ref name="Trajectory">{{cite web|title=Cosmos 213: Trajectory 1968-030A|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1968-030A|website=nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA|date=27 February 2020|access-date=19 April 2020}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> and had a mass of {{convert|6000|kg}}.<ref name="Cosmos">{{cite web|title=Cosmos 213: Display 1968-030A |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1968-030A|website=nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA|date=27 February 2020|access-date=19 April 2020}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

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