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Scout X-3 | Transit-5A 3

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 16, 1963, 1:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Operational prototype satellite

Polar Orbit
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Thor Agena D | Poppy 4A & 4B

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 15, 1963, 2:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok-K | Vostok 5

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 14, 1963, 11:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Vostok 5 was a joint mission with Vostok 6 which launched two days after Vostok 5. The capsule was piloted by Cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky. The mission was intended to last 8 days, but the capsule returned to Earth just after 5 due to a lower then intended orbit and solar flare activity. The mission began on 14 June 1963, 11:58:58 UTC and ended on 19 June 1963, 11:06 UTC.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4 21

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 12, 1963, 11:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas Agena B | Midas 8

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 12, 1963, midnight
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

MIDAS Series 3 (Military Defense Alarm System) early warning satellite.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-MT 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
June 1, 1963, 2:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The DS-MT satellites were a series of Soviet technolgy demonstration satellites launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 11

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 24, 1963, 10:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-A1 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
May 22, 1963, 3 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

DS-A1 satellite designed to test techniques and equipment for communication and navigation systems.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-6 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 18, 1963, 10:21 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-6 (Keyhole 6, codenamed Lanyard) was an early attempt to gain higher resolution imagery, which flew only one successful mission in 1963. It was part of the Corona program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 9

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 15, 1963, 1:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mercury-Atlas 9 was the final manned spaceflight of the United States' Mercury program. It carried the Faith 7 spacecraft with astronaut Gordon Cooper to orbit where it completed 22 orbits seconds before reentry. The mission lasted for, 34 hours, 19 minutes & 49 seconds. This was the last time an American was launched to space on a solo orbital mission. The mission had several technical problems, the biggest which was a short-circuit in the bus bar serving the 250 volt main inverter causing the automatic stabilization and control system to stop working during the 21st orbit. In the end Cooper had to use lines he had drawn on the window and his wristwatch to correctly execute burns to safely re-enter the atmosphere.

Low Earth Orbit
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