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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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Thor Delta B | Explorer 17

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 3, 1963, 2 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Explorer 17 carried four pressure gauges for the measurement of total neutral particle density, two mass spectrometers for the measurement of certain neutral particle concentrations, and two electrostatic probes for ion concentration and electron temperature measurements.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya 8K78 | Luna-4

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 2, 1963, 8:16 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Failed a course correction maneuver and missed the Moon, remaining instead in Earth orbit.

Lunar Orbit
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Thor Agena D | KH-4 20

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 1, 1963, 11:01 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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Saturn I | Saturn SA-4

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 28, 1963, 8:11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth and last suborbital test flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle.

Suborbital
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 8

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 21, 1963, 8:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-6 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 18, 1963, 9:13 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4 19

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 28, 1963, 9:48 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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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Scout X-3M | DSAP-1 F3

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 19, 1963, 4:52 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Thor Delta B | Syncom 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 14, 1963, 5:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Syncom 1 was designed to be the first test of a communications satellite in geosynchronous orbit.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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