1983 in spaceflight
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Maiden flights |
Atlas H
Space Shuttle Challenger |
Retirements | Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D |
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Orbital | 6 |
Total travellers | 25 |
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Launches
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(⚀ = CubeSat ) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
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20 January
17:26 |
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Low Earth | ELINT |
4 January 2022
00:04 |
Successful | ||
February |
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9 February
13:47 |
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US Navy | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Successful | |
Maiden flight of Atlas H | ||||||
March |
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2 March
09:37 |
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Low Earth ( Salyut 7 ) | Logistics |
19 September
00:28 |
Successful | ||
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Low Earth (Salyut 7) | Sample return | 23 August | Successful | ||
28 March
15:52 |
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NOAA | Sun-synchronous | Meteorology | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | |
Spacecraft failed in June 1984 [1] | ||||||
April |
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4 April
18:30 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment |
9 April
18:53 |
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NASA | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |
Crewed orbital flight with four astronauts; Maiden flight of Space Shuttle Challenger | ||||||
15 April
18:45 |
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NRO | Sun-synchronous | Reconnaissance | 21 August | Successful | |
20 April
13:10 |
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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 |
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Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
Final flight of Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D | ||||||
June |
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9 June
23:23 |
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US Navy | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Successful | |
16 June
11:59 |
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Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
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AMSAT | Geosynchronous transfer | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
Eutelsat 1F1 retired in 1996 | ||||||
18 June
11:33 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment |
24 June
14:56 |
Successful | |
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Telesat Canada |
Current:
Graveyard
Operational: Geostationary |
Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
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Telkom Indonesia | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
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NASA | Low Earth ( Challenger ) | Microgravity research |
24 June
14:56 |
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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 |
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20 June
18:45 |
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NRO | Sun-synchronous | Reconnaissance | 21 March 1984 | Successful | |
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NRO | Sun-synchronous | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | |
27 June
09:12 |
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Low Earth (Salyut 7) | Salyut 7 EO-2 |
23 November
19:58 |
Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts | ||||||
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14 July
10:21 |
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US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |
31 July
15:41 |
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NRO | Molniya | SIGINT | In orbit | Successful | |
August |
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17 August
12:08 |
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Low Earth (Salyut 7) | Logistics |
17 September
23:43 |
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30 August
06:32 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment |
5 September
07:40 |
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ISRO | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
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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 |
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Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
20 October
09:59 |
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Low Earth (Salyut 7) | Logistics |
16 November
04:18 |
Successful | ||
November |
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18 November
06:32 |
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US Air Force | Sun-synchronous | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | |
28 November
16:00 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity research |
8 December
23:47 |
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NASA/ ESRO | Low Earth ( Columbia ) | Microgravity research | |||
Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts; Maiden flight of Spacelab Long Module | ||||||
Deep-space rendezvous
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) |
EVAs
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 ) |
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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 |
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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 |
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Installed a second new solar panel, increasing electrical output by 50%. |
References
- Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com" .
- Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now" .
- Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)" . CelesTrak.
- 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. "Jonathan's Space Report" .
- 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 .
- "Space Information Center" . JAXA .
- "Хроника освоения космоса" [ Chronicle of space exploration ] . CosmoWorld (in Russian).
Footnotes
- ↑ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details" . Archived from the original on 24 July 2020 . Retrieved 21 August 2019 .
- ↑ Ottawan (2005). "Mission: STS 6" . The Space Race . TheSpaceRace.com . Retrieved 15 February 2009 .
- ↑ "STS-6" . Space Shuttle Mission Archives . NASA. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015 . Retrieved 14 February 2009 .
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