1983 in spaceflight

1983 in spaceflight
Rockets
Maiden flights	Atlas H; Space Shuttle Challenger
Retirements	Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D
Crewed flights
Orbital	6
Total travellers	25
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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
20 January 17:26	Vostok-2M			Site 16/2

		Tselina-D 39)		Low Earth	ELINT	4 January 2022 00:04	Successful
February
9 February 13:47	Atlas H			SLC-3E

		OPS-0252 (NOSS 5)	US Navy	Low Earth	SIGINT	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of Atlas H
March
2 March 09:37	Proton-K			Baikonur Site 200/39

		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			SLC-3W

		NOAA-8 (NOAA-E)	NOAA	Sun-synchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Spacecraft failed in June 1984^[1]
April
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			SLC-4W

		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
19 May 22:26	Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D			LC-36A

		Intelsat 506	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Final flight of Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D
June
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			SLC-4E

		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
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
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
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
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	8 December 23:47	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts; Maiden flight of Spacelab Long Module

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Suborbital launches


Date and time ( UTC )	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January-March
7 February 08:44	Minuteman 1B			Vandenberg AFB, LF-06		US Air Force

		Reentry vehicle	USAF	Suborbital	ABM target	7 February	Successful
		Target for HOE 1, was not intercepted.
7 February 09:10	HOE		HOE 1	Kwajalein Missile Range		US Air Force

		HOE 1	USAF	Suborbital	ABM test	7 February	Spacecraft failure
		Failed to intercept the target.
April-June
28 May	Minuteman 1B			Vandenberg AFB, LF-03		US Air Force

		Reentry vehicle	USAF	Suborbital	ABM target	28 May	Successful
		Target for HOE 2, was not intercepted.
28 May	HOE		HOE 2	Meck Island, Kwajalein Missile Range		US Air Force

		HOE 2	USAF	Suborbital	ABM test	28 May	Spacecraft failure
		Failed to intercept the target.
July-September
October-December
15 December	Minuteman 1B			Vandenberg AFB, LF-03		US Air Force

		Reentry vehicle	USAF	Suborbital	ABM target	15 December	Successful
		Target for HOE, was not intercepted.
15 December	HOE		HOE 3	Meck Island, Kwajalein Missile Range		US Air Force

		HOE 3	USAF	Suborbital	ABM test	15 December	Spacecraft failure
		Failed to intercept the target.

Deep-space rendezvous

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

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	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

Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
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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.
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Generic references:

Spaceflight portal

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.

[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.

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