1983 in spaceflight

none January 2014 January 2014 yes yes yes yes 1983 Atlas H099 Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D 6 25 Timeline of spaceflight 1982 1984 The following is an outline of 1983 in spaceflight. 2 right on Launches August 2008 1983 |colspan="8"| January |- 1 20 January 17:26 USSR Vostok-2M USSR Plesetsk Site 16/2 USSR USSR Kosmos 1437 (Tselina-D 39) Low Earth ELINT Successful 4 January 2022 00:04 |colspan="8"| February |- 1 9 February 13:47 USAAtlas H USAVandenberg SLC-3E USA Maiden flight of Atlas H USAOPS-0252 (NOSS 5) US Navy Low Earth SIGINT Successful |colspan="8"| March |- 2 2 March 09:37 USSRProton-K USSRBaikonur Site 200/39 USSR USSRKosmos 1443 (TKS-3) FGB Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics Successful 19 September 00:28 USSRKosmos-1443 (TKS-3) VA Low Earth (Salyut 7) Sample return Successful 23 August 1 28 March 15:52 USAAtlas E/Star-37S-ISS USAVandenberg SLC-3W USA Spacecraft failed in June 1984https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1983-022A NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details 21 August 2019 24 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200724130607/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1983-022A live USANOAA-8 (NOAA-E) NOAA Sun-synchronous Meteorology Spacecraft failure |colspan="8"| April |- 2 4 April 18:30 USA099 USAKennedy LC-39A USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with four astronauts; Maiden flight of Space Shuttle Challenger USASTS-6 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment Successful 9 April 18:53 USATDRS-1 (TDRS-A) NASA Geostationary Communications Operational 1 15 April 18:45 USATitan 24B USAVandenberg SLC-4W USA USAOPS-2925 (KH-8-53) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance Successful 21 August 1 20 April 13:10 USSRSoyuz-U USSRBaikonur Site 1/5 USSR Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts; Failed to dock with Salyut 7 USSRSoyuz T-8 Low EarthPlanned: Docked to Salyut 7 Salyut 7 EO-2 Docking failure 22 April 13:28 |colspan="8"| May |- 1 19 May 22:26 USAAtlas-Centaur SLV-3D USACape Canaveral LC-36A USA Final flight of Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D UNIntelsat 506 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications Successful |colspan="8"| June |- 1 9 June 23:23 USAAtlas H USAVandenberg SLC-3E USA USAOPS-6432 (NOSS 6) US Navy Low Earth SIGINT Successful 2 16 June 11:59 FRAAriane 1 FRAKourou ELA FRACNES Eutelsat 1F1 retired in 1996 FRAEutelsat 1F1 Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communications Successful West GermanyOscar 10 AMSAT Geosynchronous transfer Amateur radio Successful 5 18 June 11:33 USASpace Shuttle Challenger USAKennedy LC-39A USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts; including the first female American astronaut, Sally RideAnik C2 retired 7 January 1998 USASTS-7 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment Successful 24 June 14:56 CANAnik C2 Telesat Canada Current: GraveyardOperational: Geostationary Communications Successful IndonesiaPalapa B1 Telkom Indonesia Geostationary Communications Successful West GermanySPAS-I Low Earth (Challenger) NASA Microgravity research Successful 24 June 14:56 West GermanyUSAOSTA-2 NASA Low Earth (Challenger) Scientific experiments Successful 24 June 14:56 2 20 June 18:45 USATitan 34D USAVandenberg SLC-4E USA USAOPS-0721 (KH-9-18) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance Successful 21 March 1984 USAOPS-3899 (SSF-C-7) NRO Sun-synchronous ELINT Successful 1 27 June 09:12 USSRSoyuz-U USSRBaikonur Site 1/5 USSR Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts USSRSoyuz T-9 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EO-2 Successful 23 November 19:58 |colspan="8"| July |- 1 14 July 10:21 USAAtlas E/SGS-2 USAVandenberg SLC-3W USA USAGPS-8 US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Successful 1 31 July 15:41 USATitan 34B USAVandenberg SLC-4W USA USAOPS-7304 (Jumpseat 7) NRO Molniya SIGINT Successful |colspan="8"| August |- 1 17 August 12:08 USSRSoyuz-U USSRBaikonur Site 1/5 USSR USSRProgress 17 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics Successful 17 September 23:43 3 30 August 06:32 USASpace Shuttle Challenger USAKennedy LC-39A USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts USASTS-8 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment Successful 5 September 07:40 INDINSAT 1B ISRO Geostationary Communications Successful USAPayload Flight Test Article NASA Low Earth (Challenger) Payload compatibility testing Successful 5 September 07:40 |colspan="8"| October |- 1 19 October 00:45 FRAAriane 1 FRAKourou ELA FRACNES UNIntelsat 507 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 20 October 09:59 USSRSoyuz-U USSRBaikonur USSR USSRProgress 18 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics Successful 16 November 04:18 |colspan="8"| November |- 1 18 November 06:32 USAAtlas E/Star-37S-ISS USAVandenberg SLC-3W USA USADMSP 5D-2 F7 US Air Force Sun-synchronous Meteorology Successful 2 28 November 16:00 USASpace Shuttle 102 no USAKennedy LC-39A USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts; Maiden flight of Spacelab Long Module USASTS-9 NASA Low Earth Microgravity research Successful 2 8 December 23:47 2 23pxUSASpacelab Long Module 1 NASA/ESRO Low Earth (Columbia) Microgravity research inherit inherit |} 1983 Suborbital launches yes |colspan=8| January-March |- 1 7 February 08:44 USA Minuteman 1B USA Vandenberg AFB, LF-06 USA US Air Force Target for HOE 1, was not intercepted. USA Reentry vehicle USAF Suborbital ABM target 7 February Successful 1 7 February 09:10 USA HOE HOE 1 USA Meck Island, Kwajalein Missile Range USA US Air Force Failed to intercept the target. USA HOE 1 USAF Suborbital ABM test 7 February Spacecraft failure |colspan=8| April-June |- 1 28 May USA Minuteman 1B USA Vandenberg AFB, LF-03 USA US Air Force Target for HOE 2, was not intercepted. USA Reentry vehicle USAF Suborbital ABM target 28 May Successful 1 28 May USA HOE HOE 2 USA Meck Island, Kwajalein Missile Range USA US Air Force Failed to intercept the target. USA HOE 2 USAF Suborbital ABM test 28 May Spacecraft failure |colspan=8| July-September |- |colspan=8| October-December |- 1 15 December USA Minuteman 1B USA Vandenberg AFB, LF-03 USA US Air Force Target for HOE, was not intercepted. USA Reentry vehicle USAF Suborbital ABM target 15 December Successful 1 15 December USA HOE HOE 3 USA Meck Island, Kwajalein Missile Range USA US Air Force Failed to intercept the target. USA HOE 3 USAF Suborbital ABM test 15 December Spacecraft failure |} Deep-space rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks10 October Venera 15 Entered Cytherean orbit Radar mapper mission14 October Venera 16 Entered Cytherean orbit Radar mapper mission21 October ISEE-3/ICE 4th flyby of the Moon Closest approach: 17440 km22 December ISEE-3/ICE 5th flyby of the Moon Closest approach: 120 km EVAs Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks7 April21:054 hours10 minutes8 April01:15STS-6 (099 no)USAStory MusgraveUSADonald H. PetersonTest spacesuits and tools for future space construction.http://www.thespacerace.com/forum/index.php?topic=1102.0 Mission: STS 6 15 February 2009 Ottawan 2005 The Space Race TheSpaceRace.com First spacewalk from a Space Shuttle.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-6.html STS-6 Space Shuttle Mission Archives NASA 2009-02-14 11 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150511014302/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-6.html live 1 November04:472 hours50 minutes07:36Salyut 7 EO-2USSRVladimir LyakhovUSSRAleksandr AleksandrovInstalled a new solar panel to increase the station's electrical output.3 November03:472 hours55 minutes06:42Salyut 7 EO-2USSRVladimir LyakhovUSSRAleksandr AleksandrovInstalled a second new solar panel, increasing electrical output by 50%. References Footnotes 1983 on expanded Category:Spaceflight by year