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Kosmos 13 (Russian: Космос 13 meaning Cosmos 13) or Zenit-2 No.9 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1963. A Zenit-2 spacecraft Kosmos 13 was the eighth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched and had a mass of 4730.0 kilograms (10427.9 lb).A Vostok-2 rocket serial number T15000-01 was used to launch Kosmos 13. The launch took place from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 08:30:01 UTC on 21 March 1963.