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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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Atlas Agena B | Midas 7

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 9, 1963, 8:06 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Medium Earth Orbit
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Thor Delta B | Telstar 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 7, 1963, 11:38 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Communications satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 10

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 28, 1963, 8:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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Thor Agena D | KH-5 8

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 26, 1963, 8:12 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.

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Scout X-2M | DSAP-1 F4

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 26, 1963, midnight
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The DSAP-1 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 1) satellites series, also known as P-35, was the first series of military meteorologal satellites of the USA.

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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 9

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 22, 1963, 8:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Omega 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
April 13, 1963, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Omega satellites were technology demonstrators to develop technologies for the Meteor-1 satellite program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-P1 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
April 6, 1963, 3:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The DS-P1 series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

Low Earth Orbit
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Scout X-3 | Transit-5A 2

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 5, 1963, 3:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Operational prototype satellite

Polar Orbit
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