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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 15

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 6, 1983, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radar calibration satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-6

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 4, 1983, 6:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-6 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite into orbit for NASA, forming an integral part of NASAs in-space 10. It was also the first Space Shuttle mission involving a spacewalk. It was the first mission in which the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) was used.

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Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 57

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 2, 1983, 2:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 75

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 31, 1983, 10:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 37

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 30, 1983, 1:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas E | NOAA 8

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 28, 1983, 3:52 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 24, 1983, 8:55 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

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Proton-K/D-1 | Astron

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 23, 1983, 12:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soviet astronomy orbital station for UV and X-ray astrophysical observations

Elliptical Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 56

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 16, 1983, 6:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz-U | Zenit-6U 74

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 16, 1983, 8:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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