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The following is an outline of 1983 in spaceflight.
Rockets | |
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Maiden flights | Atlas H Space Shuttle Challenger |
Retirements | Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 6 |
Total travellers | 25 |
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) |
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
Januaryedit | |||||||
20 January 17:26 |
Vostok-2M | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | |||||
Kosmos 1437 (Tselina-D 39) | Low Earth | ELINT | 4 January 2022 00:04 |
Successful | |||
Februaryedit | |||||||
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 | |||||||
Marchedit | |||||||
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] | |||||||
Apriledit | |||||||
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 | |||||||
Mayedit | |||||||
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 | |||||||
Juneedit | |||||||
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 | |||||||
Julyedit | |||||||
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 | ||
Augustedit | |||||||
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 | |||||||
Octoberedit | |||||||
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 | |||
Novemberedit | |||||||
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 |
Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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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) |
Start Date/Time | Duration | End Time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
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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%. |