1983 in spaceflight

1983 in spaceflight
Rockets
Maiden flights	Atlas H Space Shuttle Challenger
Retirements	Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D
Manned flights
Orbital	6
Total travellers	25

Launches

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

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

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]

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
	Manned orbital flight with four astronauts; Maiden flight of Space Shuttle Challenger
15 April 18:45	Titan 24B		Vandenberg SLC-4W
15 April 18:45	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
	Manned orbital flight with three cosmonauts; Failed to dock with Salyut 7

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

9 June 23:23	Atlas H		Vandenberg SLC-3E
9 June 23:23	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	Communications	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
	Manned orbital flight with five astronauts; including the first female American astronaut 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
	Manned orbital flight with two cosmonauts

14 July 10:21	Atlas E/SGS-2		Vandenberg SLC-3W
14 July 10:21	GPS-8	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
31 July 15:41	Titan 34B		Vandenberg SLC-4W
31 July 15:41	OPS-7304 (Jumpseat 7)	NRO	Molniya	SIGINT	In orbit	Successful

17 August 12:08	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5
17 August 12:08	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
	Manned orbital flight with five astronauts

19 October 00:45	Ariane 1		Kourou ELA		CNES
19 October 00:45	Intelsat 507	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
20 October 09:59	Soyuz-U		Baikonur
20 October 09:59	Progress 18		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	16 November 04:18	Successful

18 November 06:32	Atlas E/Star-37S-ISS		Vandenberg SLC-3W
18 November 06:32	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
	Manned orbital flight with six astronauts; Maiden flight of Spacelab Long Module

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	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%.

References

Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches". Gunter's Space Page.
"Space Information Center". JAXA.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report". Jonathan's Space Page.
"Mission Set Database". NASA GSFC.
"NASASpaceFlight.com".
"Launch Logs". Orbital Report News Agency.
"Space Calendar". NASA JPL.
"Southwest Space Archive".
"Launch Forecast". Space.com.
"Spaceflight Now".
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
"U.S. Space Objects Registry".
"Хроника освоения космоса ('Chronicle of space exploration')" (in Russian). Cosmoworld.ru.

Generic references:

Footnotes

↑
↑ Ottawan (2005). "Mission: STS 6". The Space Race. TheSpaceRace.com. Retrieved February 15, 2009.
↑ "STS-6". Space Shuttle Mission Archives. NASA. Retrieved 2009-02-14.

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Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).