1983 in spaceflight
The following is an outline of 1983 in spaceflight.
| Rockets | |
|---|---|
| Maiden flights | Atlas H Space Shuttle Challenger |
| Retirements | Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D |
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 6 |
| Total travellers | 25 |
Launches
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
February | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
March | |||||||
| 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] | |||||||
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 |
Vandenberg SLC-4W |
| ||||
| 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 | |||
| Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts; Failed to dock with Salyut 7 | |||||||
May | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
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 | 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 | ||
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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 |
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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Crewed 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 MusgraveDonald 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 LyakhovAleksandr 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 LyakhovAleksandr Aleksandrov |
Installed a second new solar panel, increasing electrical output by 50%. |
References
Generic references:
Spaceflight portal
Spaceflight portal- 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".
- 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
- Ottawan (2005). "Mission: STS 6". The Space Race. TheSpaceRace.com. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
- "STS-6". Space Shuttle Mission Archives. NASA. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
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