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1963 in spaceflight
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A North American X-15 made two suborbital flights in July and August, becoming the first reusable spacecraft
Orbital launches
First4 January
Last21 December
Total70
Successes50
Failures17
Partial failures3
Catalogued55
Rockets
Maiden flightsAtlas LV-3A Agena-D
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-B
Polyot 11A59
Scout X-2B
Scout X-3M
Scout X-4
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar
TAT SLV-2A Agena-B
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D
Voskhod 11A57
RetirementsAtlas LV-3B
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-B
Scout X-2B
Scout X-2M
Scout X-3M
Crewed flights
Orbital3
Suborbital2
Total travellers4
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Orbital and Suborbital launches

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Main articles: 1963 in spaceflight (January–March), 1963 in spaceflight (April-June), 1963 in spaceflight (July–September), and 1963 in spaceflight (October-December)

Deep space rendezvous

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Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
5 April Luna 4 Flyby of the Moon Failed lander, closest approach: 8,336 kilometres (5,180 mi)
19 June Mars 1 First flyby of Mars Closest approach: 193,000 kilometres (120,000 mi), communications system failed before flyby

Notable creations of orbital debris

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Date/Time (UTC) Source object Event type Pieces tracked Remarks
9 May[1] Westford-2 Communications experiment 46[1] As part of an experiment to facilitate international telecommunications, the US Military deployed an artificial space ring consisting of hundreds of millions of tiny copper needles[2] which would act as antennas reflecting radio signals at the target wavelength of 8 GHz. A large proportion of the needles were not dispersed properly and remained stuck in clumps that were discovered and tracked by the SSN between 1966 and 1991. As of October 2013[update], 46 of the 144 detected debris clumps remain in orbit.[1] The needles that were properly dispersed are believed to have decayed.[1]

This event prompted international protests[3][4][5][6] and influenced the drafting of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.[3]

Orbital launch statistics

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By country

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Country Launches Successes Failures Partial
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 Soviet Union 		24 15 9 0
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 United States 		46 35 8 3
World 70 50 17 3

By rocket

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Rocket Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B 👁 Image
 United States		 3 1 1 1
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D 👁 Image
 United States		 5 5 0 0 Maiden flight
Atlas LV-3B 👁 Image
 United States		 1 1 0 0 Retired
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-B 👁 Image
 United States		 1 1 0 0 Only flight
Delta B 👁 Image
 United States		 6 6 0 0
Delta C 👁 Image
 United States		 1 1 0 0
Kosmos-2I 63S1 👁 Image
 Soviet Union		 8 4 4 0
Molniya 8K78 👁 Image
 Soviet Union		 1 0 1 0
Molniya-L 8K78L 👁 Image
 Soviet Union		 3 1 2 0 Maiden flight
Polyot 11A59 👁 Image
 Soviet Union		 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight
Scout X-2B 👁 Image
 United States		 1 0 1 0 Only flight
Scout X-2M 👁 Image
 United States		 1 0 1 0 Retired
Scout X-3 👁 Image
 United States		 2 0 1 1
Scout X-3M 👁 Image
 United States		 1 1 0 0 Only flight
Scout X-4 👁 Image
 United States		 2 1 0 1 Maiden flight
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar 👁 Image
 United States		 2 2 0 0 Maiden flight
Thor DM-21 Agena-B 👁 Image
 United States		 1 1 0 0
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D (Thor DM-21 Agena-D) 👁 Image
 United States		 8 6 2 0 Redesignated midyear
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-B 👁 Image
 United States		 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D 👁 Image
 United States		 10 8 2 0 Maiden flight
Voskhod 11A57 👁 Image
 Soviet Union		 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight
Vostok-K 8K72K 👁 Image
 Soviet Union		 2 2 0 0
Vostok-2 8A92 👁 Image
 Soviet Union		 8 6 2 0

By orbit

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Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not Achieved Accidentally
Achieved 		Remarks
Low Earth 57 44 13 2
Medium Earth 5 4 1 0
High Earth 5 3 2 0 Including Highly elliptical orbits
Geosynchronous/transfer 2 2 0 0
Heliocentric 1 0 1 0

References

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d "West Ford Needles: Where are They Now?" (PDF). Orbital Debris Quarterly News. 17 (4). NASA. October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. ^ Shapiro, I. I.; Jones, H. M.; Perkins, C.W. (May 1964), "Orbital properties of the West Ford dipole belt", Proceedings of the IEEE, 52 (5): 469–518, doi:10.1109/proc.1964.2992
  3. ^ a b Terrill Jr., Delbert R. (May 1999), "The Air Force Role in Developing International Outer Space Law" (PDF), Air Force History and Museums Program, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University Press: 63, archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2018, retrieved 13 February 2016
  4. ^ Butrica, Andrew J. (ed.), "Beyond the Ionosphere: The Development of Satellite Communications", history.nasa.gov, The NASA History Series, NASA, archived from the original on 25 December 2017, retrieved 12 July 2017
  5. ^ Bondi, H. (June 1962), "West Ford Project, Introductory Note by the Secretary", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 3: 99, Bibcode:1962QJRAS...3...99.
  6. ^ "Protests Continue Abroad", The New York Times, London (published 23 October 1961), p. 12, 22 October 1961, ISSN 0362-4331


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