Previous Spaceflight Launches
Filter by Agency, Locations or Vehicles
Show All Launches
Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 31
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 12, 1983, 6:20 p.m.
Delta 3924 | Satcom 1R
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 11, 1983, 10:39 p.m.
Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 76
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 8, 1983, 8:30 a.m.
Proton-K/DM | Raduga 12
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 8, 1983, 4:45 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 15
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 6, 1983, noon
Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-6
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy 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.
Low Earth OrbitMolniya-M | Molniya-1T 57
Russian Space Forces | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 2, 1983, 2:02 a.m.
Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 75
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 31, 1983, 10:50 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Parus 37
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 30, 1983, 1:10 a.m.
Atlas E | NOAA 8
Convair | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 28, 1983, 3:52 p.m.
