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1983 in spaceflight
Rockets
Maiden flightsAtlas H
Space Shuttle Challenger
RetirementsAtlas-Centaur SLV-3D
Crewed flights
Orbital6
Total travellers25
1983 in spaceflight
← 1982
1984 →

The following is an outline of 1983 in spaceflight.

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

February

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9 February
13:47
👁 United States
Atlas H
👁 United States
Vandenberg SLC-3E
👁 United States
👁 United States
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
👁 Soviet Union
Proton-K
👁 Soviet Union
Baikonur Site 200/39
👁 Soviet Union
👁 Soviet Union
Kosmos 1443 (TKS-3) FGB
Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 19 September
00:28
Successful
👁 Soviet Union
Kosmos-1443 (TKS-3) VA
Low Earth (Salyut 7) Sample return 23 August Successful
28 March
15:52
👁 United States
Atlas E/Star-37S-ISS
👁 United States
Vandenberg SLC-3W
👁 United States
👁 United States
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
👁 United States
Space Shuttle Challenger
👁 United States
Kennedy LC-39A
👁 United States
United Space Alliance
👁 United States
STS-6
NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 9 April
18:53
Successful
👁 United States
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
👁 United States
Titan 24B
👁 United States
Vandenberg SLC-4W
👁 United States
👁 United States
OPS-2925 (KH-8-53)
NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 21 August Successful
20 April
13:10
👁 Soviet Union
Soyuz-U
👁 Soviet Union
Baikonur Site 1/5
👁 Soviet Union
👁 Soviet Union
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
👁 United States
Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D
👁 United States
Cape Canaveral LC-36A
👁 United States
👁 United Nations
Intelsat 506
Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
Final flight of Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D

June

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9 June
23:23
👁 United States
Atlas H
👁 United States
Vandenberg SLC-3E
👁 United States
👁 United States
OPS-6432 (NOSS 6)
US Navy Low Earth SIGINT In orbit Successful
16 June
11:59
👁 France
Ariane 1
👁 France
Kourou ELA
👁 France
CNES
👁 France
Eutelsat 1F1
Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
👁 West Germany
Oscar 10
AMSAT Geosynchronous transfer Amateur radio In orbit Successful
Eutelsat 1F1 retired in 1996
18 June
11:33
👁 United States
Space Shuttle Challenger
👁 United States
Kennedy LC-39A
👁 United States
United Space Alliance
👁 United States
STS-7
NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 24 June
14:56
Successful
👁 Canada
Anik C2
Telesat Canada Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geostationary
Communications In orbit Successful
👁 Indonesia
Palapa B1
Telkom Indonesia Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
👁 West Germany
SPAS-I
NASA Low Earth (Challenger) Microgravity research 24 June
14:56
Successful
👁 West Germany
👁 United States
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
👁 United States
Titan 34D
👁 United States
Vandenberg SLC-4E
👁 United States
👁 United States
OPS-0721 (KH-9-18)
NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 21 March 1984 Successful
👁 United States
OPS-3899 (SSF-C-7)
NRO Sun-synchronous ELINT In orbit Successful
27 June
09:12
👁 Soviet Union
Soyuz-U
👁 Soviet Union
Baikonur Site 1/5
👁 Soviet Union
👁 Soviet Union
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
👁 United States
Atlas E/SGS-2
👁 United States
Vandenberg SLC-3W
👁 United States
👁 United States
GPS-8
US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
31 July
15:41
👁 United States
Titan 34B
👁 United States
Vandenberg SLC-4W
👁 United States
👁 United States
OPS-7304 (Jumpseat 7)
NRO Molniya SIGINT In orbit Successful

August

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17 August
12:08
👁 Soviet Union
Soyuz-U
👁 Soviet Union
Baikonur Site 1/5
👁 Soviet Union
👁 Soviet Union
Progress 17
Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 17 September
23:43
Successful
30 August
06:32
👁 United States
Space Shuttle Challenger
👁 United States
Kennedy LC-39A
👁 United States
United Space Alliance
👁 United States
STS-8
NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 5 September
07:40
Successful
👁 India
INSAT 1B
ISRO Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
👁 United States
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
👁 France
Ariane 1
👁 France
Kourou ELA
👁 France
CNES
👁 United Nations
Intelsat 507
Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
20 October
09:59
👁 Soviet Union
Soyuz-U
👁 Soviet Union
Baikonur
👁 Soviet Union
👁 Soviet Union
Progress 18
Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 16 November
04:18
Successful

November

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

Suborbital launches

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

January-March

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7 February
08:44
👁 United States
Minuteman 1B
👁 United States
Vandenberg AFB, LF-06
👁 United States
US Air Force
👁 United States
Reentry vehicle
USAF Suborbital ABM target 7 February Successful
Target for HOE 1, was not intercepted.
7 February
09:10
👁 United States
HOE
HOE 1 👁 United States
Meck Island, Kwajalein Missile Range
👁 United States
US Air Force
👁 United States
HOE 1
USAF Suborbital ABM test 7 February Spacecraft failure
Failed to intercept the target.

April-June

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28 May 👁 United States
Minuteman 1B
👁 United States
Vandenberg AFB, LF-03
👁 United States
US Air Force
👁 United States
Reentry vehicle
USAF Suborbital ABM target 28 May Successful
Target for HOE 2, was not intercepted.
28 May 👁 United States
HOE
HOE 2 👁 United States
Meck Island, Kwajalein Missile Range
👁 United States
US Air Force
👁 United States
HOE 2
USAF Suborbital ABM test 28 May Spacecraft failure
Failed to intercept the target.

July-September

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October-December

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15 December 👁 United States
Minuteman 1B
👁 United States
Vandenberg AFB, LF-03
👁 United States
US Air Force
👁 United States
Reentry vehicle
USAF Suborbital ABM target 15 December Successful
Target for HOE, was not intercepted.
15 December 👁 United States
HOE
HOE 3 👁 United States
Meck Island, Kwajalein Missile Range
👁 United States
US Air Force
👁 United States
HOE 3
USAF Suborbital ABM test 15 December Spacecraft failure
Failed to intercept the target.

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) 👁 United States
Story Musgrave
👁 United States
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 👁 Soviet Union
Vladimir Lyakhov
👁 Soviet Union
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 👁 Soviet Union
Vladimir Lyakhov
👁 Soviet Union
Aleksandr Aleksandrov
Installed a second new solar panel, increasing electrical output by 50%.

References

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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.