1983 in spaceflight

Summary

The following is an outline of 1983 in spaceflight.

1983 in spaceflight
Rockets
Maiden flightsAtlas H
Space Shuttle Challenger
RetirementsAtlas-Centaur SLV-3D
Crewed flights
Orbital6
Total travellers25

Launches

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)
Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January

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20 January
17:26
  Vostok-2M   Plesetsk Site 16/2  
  Kosmos 1437 (Tselina-D 39) Low Earth ELINT 4 January 2022
00:04
Successful

February

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9 February
13:47
 Atlas H  Vandenberg SLC-3E  
 OPS-0252 (NOSS 5) US Navy Low Earth SIGINT In orbit Successful
Maiden flight of Atlas H

March

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2 March
09:37
 Proton-K  Baikonur Site 200/39  
 Kosmos 1443 (TKS-3) FGB Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 19 September
00:28
Successful
 Kosmos-1443 (TKS-3) VA Low Earth (Salyut 7) Sample return 23 August Successful
28 March
15:52
 Atlas E/Star-37S-ISS  Vandenberg SLC-3W  
 NOAA-8 (NOAA-E) NOAA Sun-synchronous Meteorology In orbit Spacecraft failure
Spacecraft failed in June 1984[1]

April

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4 April
18:30
 Space Shuttle Challenger  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-6 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 9 April
18:53
Successful
 TDRS-1 (TDRS-A) NASA Geostationary Communications In orbit Operational
Crewed orbital flight with four astronauts; Maiden flight of Space Shuttle Challenger
15 April
18:45
 Titan 24B  Vandenberg SLC-4W  
 OPS-2925 (KH-8-53) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 21 August Successful
20 April
13:10
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Soyuz T-8 Low Earth
Planned: Docked to Salyut 7
Salyut 7 EO-2 22 April
13:28
Docking failure
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts; Failed to dock with Salyut 7

May

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19 May
22:26
 Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D  Cape Canaveral LC-36A  
 Intelsat 506 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
Final flight of Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D

June

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9 June
23:23
 Atlas H  Vandenberg SLC-3E  
 OPS-6432 (NOSS 6) US Navy Low Earth SIGINT In orbit Successful
16 June
11:59
 Ariane 1  Kourou ELA  CNES
 Eutelsat 1F1 Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
 Oscar 10 AMSAT Geosynchronous transfer Amateur radio In orbit Successful
Eutelsat 1F1 retired in 1996
18 June
11:33
 Space Shuttle Challenger  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-7 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 24 June
14:56
Successful
 Anik C2 Telesat Canada Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geostationary
Communications In orbit Successful
 Palapa B1 Telkom Indonesia Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
 SPAS-I NASA Low Earth (Challenger) Microgravity research 24 June
14:56
Successful
  OSTA-2 NASA Low Earth (Challenger) Scientific experiments 24 June
14:56
Successful
Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts; including the first female American astronaut, Sally Ride
Anik C2 retired 7 January 1998
20 June
18:45
 Titan 34D  Vandenberg SLC-4E  
 OPS-0721 (KH-9-18) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 21 March 1984 Successful
 OPS-3899 (SSF-C-7) NRO Sun-synchronous ELINT In orbit Successful
27 June
09:12
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Soyuz T-9 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EO-2 23 November
19:58
Successful
Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts

July

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14 July
10:21
 Atlas E/SGS-2  Vandenberg SLC-3W  
 GPS-8 US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
31 July
15:41
 Titan 34B  Vandenberg SLC-4W  
 OPS-7304 (Jumpseat 7) NRO Molniya SIGINT In orbit Successful

August

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17 August
12:08
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Progress 17 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 17 September
23:43
Successful
30 August
06:32
 Space Shuttle Challenger  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-8 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 5 September
07:40
Successful
 INSAT 1B ISRO Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
 Payload Flight Test Article NASA Low Earth (Challenger) Payload compatibility testing 5 September
07:40
Successful
Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts

October

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19 October
00:45
 Ariane 1  Kourou ELA  CNES
 Intelsat 507 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
20 October
09:59
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur  
 Progress 18 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 16 November
04:18
Successful

November

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18 November
06:32
 Atlas E/Star-37S-ISS  Vandenberg SLC-3W  
 DMSP 5D-2 F7 US Air Force Sun-synchronous Meteorology In orbit Successful
28 November
16:00
 Space Shuttle Columbia  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-9 NASA Low Earth Microgravity research 8 December
23:47
Successful
  Spacelab Long Module 1 NASA/ESRO Low Earth (Columbia) Microgravity research
Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts; Maiden flight of Spacelab Long Module

Deep-space rendezvous

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Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
10 October Venera 15 Entered Cytherean orbit Radar mapper mission
14 October Venera 16 Entered Cytherean orbit Radar mapper mission
21 October ISEE-3/ICE 4th flyby of the Moon Closest approach: 17,440 kilometres (10,840 mi)
22 December ISEE-3/ICE 5th flyby of the Moon Closest approach: 120 kilometres (75 mi)

EVAs

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Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks
7 April
21:05
4 hours
10 minutes
8 April
01:15
STS-6 ( Challenger)  Story Musgrave
 Donald H. Peterson
Test spacesuits and tools for future space construction.[2] First spacewalk from a Space Shuttle.[3]
1 November
04:47
2 hours
50 minutes
07:36 Salyut 7 EO-2  Vladimir Lyakhov
 Aleksandr Aleksandrov
Installed a new solar panel to increase the station's electrical output.
3 November
03:47
2 hours
55 minutes
06:42 Salyut 7 EO-2  Vladimir Lyakhov
 Aleksandr Aleksandrov
Installed a second new solar panel, increasing electrical output by 50%.

References

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  • Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
  • Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
  • Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.[dead link]
  • Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
  • Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report". Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  • McDowell, Jonathan. "GCAT Orbital Launch Log".
  • Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
  • Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
  • Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
  • Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
  • "ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
  • "NSSDCA Master Catalog". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
  • "Space Calendar". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.[dead link]
  • "Space Information Center". JAXA.[dead link]
  • "Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).
Generic references:
  Spaceflight portal

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. ^ Ottawan (2005). "Mission: STS 6". The Space Race. TheSpaceRace.com. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  3. ^ "STS-6". Space Shuttle Mission Archives. NASA. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2009.