Rocket launches in1963
Valentina Tereshkova lifts off on Vostok 6 in June, becoming the first woman in space two days after Valery Bykovsky's Vostok 5 — both cosmonauts orbit at the same time, passing within five kilometres of each other at closest approach. In the USA, Gordon Cooper completes the final Mercury mission in May, and a Delta in July places Syncom 2 into the first geosynchronous orbit, pointing the way toward the communications-satellite industry.
Monthly Cadencecomplete
◇APR·peak·17 launches↓5%·vs 1962
- launches
- 141 launches
- success · 105/141
- 74% success · 105/141
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1963 Launch Leaders
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141 launches
Jan 4, 1963Failure | Sputnik 25 Russia•Molniya |
Jan 7, 1963 | OPS 0048 USA•Thor DM-21 Agena-D |
Jan 10, 1963Failure | Mk.6 REV USA•Titan II |
Jan 16, 1963 | OPS 0180 USA•Thor DM-21 Agena-B |
Jan 22, 1963 | CM-106 USA•Jupiter |
Jan 25, 1963Failure | NTMP K-9 USA•Atlas D |
Jan 29, 1963 | SM-8 USA•Titan I |
Jan 31, 1963 | NTMP K-12 USA•Atlas D |
Feb 3, 1963Failure | Luna 1963B Russia•Molniya |
Feb 6, 1963 | Mk.6 REV USA•Titan II |
Feb 13, 1963 | NTMP K-8 USA•Atlas D |
Feb 14, 1963 | Syncom 1 USA•Delta B |
Feb 16, 1963Failure | Mk.6 REV USA•Titan II |
Feb 19, 1963 | DSAP-1 F3 USA•Scout X-3M |
Feb 28, 1963 | NTMP K-10 USA•Atlas D |
Feb 28, 1963Failure | OPS 0583 USA•Thor TAT SLV-2A Agena-D |
Mar 1, 1963 | ABRES REX-1 USA•Atlas F |
Mar 10, 1963Failure | ICBM test USA•Atlas D |
Mar 12, 1963 | ICBM test USA•Atlas D |
Mar 15, 1963Failure | ICBM test USA•Atlas D |
Mar 16, 1963 | ICBM test USA•Atlas F |
Mar 16, 1963Failure | NTMP K-14 USA•Atlas D |
Mar 18, 1963Failure | OPS 0627 USA•Thor TAT SLV-2A Agena-D |
Mar 21, 1963 | Kosmos 13 Russia•Vostok 2 |
Mar 21, 1963 | Mk.6 REV USA•Titan II |
Mar 21, 1963 | ICBM test USA•Atlas F |
Mar 24, 1963Failure | ICBM test USA•Atlas F |
Mar 28, 1963 | Saturn-Apollo 4 USA•Saturn I |
Mar 30, 1963 | NTMP K-17 USA•Titan I |
Apr 1, 1963 | OPS 0720 USA•Thor DM-21 Agena-D |
Apr 2, 1963 | Luna 4 Russia•Molniya |
Apr 3, 1963 | Explorer 17 USA•Delta B |
Apr 5, 1963 | V-1 USA•Titan I |
Apr 5, 1963Failure | Transit-5A 2 USA•Scout X-3 |
Apr 6, 1963Failure | Kosmos 14 Russia•Kosmos |
Apr 13, 1963 | Kosmos 14 Russia•Kosmos |
Apr 13, 1963 | NTMP K-21 USA•Titan I |
Apr 19, 1963 | N-21 USA•Titan II |
Apr 22, 1963 | Kosmos 15 Russia•Vostok 2 |
Apr 22, 1963 | Unnamed flight Russia•R-7 A |
Apr 24, 1963 | ICBM test USA•Atlas E |
Apr 26, 1963Failure | DSAP-1 F4 USA•Scout X-2M |
Apr 26, 1963Failure | OPS 1008 USA•Thor DM-21 Agena-D |
Apr 27, 1963 | Mk.6 REV USA•Titan II |
Apr 27, 1963 | ABRES REX-2 USA•Atlas F |
Apr 28, 1963 | Kosmos 16 Russia•Vostok 2 |
May 1, 1963Failure | V-4 USA•Titan I |
May 7, 1963 | Telstar 2 USA•Delta B |
May 9, 1963 | Mk.6 REV USA•Titan II |
May 9, 1963 | Midas 7 USA•Atlas Agena B LV-3 |
May 13, 1963 | Mk.6 REV USA•Titan II |
May 15, 1963 | Mercury-Atlas 9 USA•Atlas D |
May 18, 1963 | Unnamed flight Russia•R-7 A |
May 18, 1963 | OPS 0924 USA•Thor TAT SLV-2A Agena-D |
May 22, 1963 | Kosmos 17 Russia•Kosmos |
May 22, 1963 | RFD-1 USA•Scout X-3 |
May 24, 1963 | Kosmos 18 Russia•Vostok 2 |
May 24, 1963 | Mk.6 REV USA•Titan II |
May 29, 1963Failure | Mk.6 REV USA•Titan II |
Jun 1, 1963Failure | Kosmos 19a Russia•Kosmos |
Jun 4, 1963 | ICBM test USA•Atlas E |
Jun 12, 1963Failure | Midas 8 USA•Atlas Agena B LV-3 |
Jun 12, 1963 | NTMP USA•Atlas D |
Jun 12, 1963 | OPS 0954 USA•Thor TAT SLV-2A Agena-D |
Jun 14, 1963 | Vostok 5 Russia•Vostok K |
Jun 15, 1963 | FTV 1292 USA•Thor DM-21 Agena-D |
Jun 16, 1963 | Transit-5A 3 USA•Scout X-3 |
Jun 16, 1963 | Vostok 6 Russia•Vostok K |
Jun 19, 1963 | TIROS-7 USA•Delta B |
Jun 20, 1963 | Mk.6 REV USA•Titan II |
Jun 27, 1963 | OPS 0999 USA•Thor TAT SLV-2A Agena-D |
Jun 28, 1963 | CRL-1 USA•Scout X-4 |
Jun 29, 1963 | OPS 1440 USA•Thor TAT SLV-2A Agena-B |
Jul 3, 1963 | ICBM test USA•Atlas E |
Jul 10, 1963Failure | Zenit-2 Russia•Vostok 2 |
Jul 12, 1963 | KH-7 Gambit 4001 USA•Atlas Agena D LV-3 |
Jul 16, 1963 | SM-24 USA•Titan I |
Jul 19, 1963 | OPS 1266 USA•Thor DM-21 Agena-D |
Jul 19, 1963 | Midas 9 USA•Atlas Agena B LV-3 |
Jul 20, 1963Failure | Re-Entry 3 USA•Scout X-3A |
Jul 26, 1963 | Syncom 2 USA•Delta B |
Jul 26, 1963Failure | ICBM test USA•Atlas E |
Jul 30, 1963 | ICBM test USA•Atlas E |
Jul 31, 1963 | OPS 1370 USA•Thor TAT SLV-2A Agena-D |
Jul 31, 1963 | ICBM test USA•Atlas D |
Aug 6, 1963 | Kosmos 19 Russia•Kosmos |
Aug 15, 1963 | SM-7 USA•Titan I |
Aug 21, 1963 | Pod T-202 USA•Titan II |
Aug 22, 1963Failure | Kosmos 20 Russia•Kosmos |
Aug 24, 1963Failure | Test flight Japan•Lambda 2 |
Aug 24, 1963 | NTMP USA•Atlas E |
Aug 25, 1963 | OPS 1419 USA•Thor TAT SLV-2A Agena-D |
Aug 28, 1963 | ICBM test USA•Atlas D |
Aug 29, 1963 | OPS 1561 USA•Thor SLV-2 Agena-D |
Aug 30, 1963 | SM-56 USA•Titan I |
Sep 5, 1963 | OGO 1 USA•Atlas Agena B LV-3 |
Sep 6, 1963 | KH-7 Gambit 4002 USA•Atlas Agena D LV-3 |
Sep 6, 1963Failure | ICBM test USA•Atlas D |
Sep 11, 1963Failure | ICBM test USA•Atlas D |
Sep 17, 1963 | SM-83 USA•Titan I |
Sep 18, 1963 | ASSET-1 USA•Thor DSV-2F |
Sep 23, 1963 | Mk.6 REV USA•Titan II |
Sep 23, 1963 | OPS 1353 USA•Thor TAT SLV-2A Agena-D |
Sep 25, 1963Failure | ICBM test USA•Atlas E |
Sep 27, 1963Failure | DSAP-1 F5 USA•Scout X-2B |
Sep 28, 1963 | Transit 5BN-1 USA•Thor DSV-2A Ablestar |
Oct 4, 1963Failure | ICBM test USA•Atlas F |
Oct 7, 1963Failure | ICBM test USA•Atlas D |
Oct 14, 1963 | Unnamed flight Russia•R-7 A |
Oct 17, 1963 | Vela 1A/1B USA•Atlas Agena D LV-3 |
Oct 18, 1963 | Kosmos 20 Russia•Vostok 2 |
Oct 24, 1963Failure | Kosmos 21 Russia•Kosmos |
Oct 25, 1963 | KH-7 Gambit 4003 USA•Atlas Agena D LV-3 |
Oct 28, 1963Failure | ABRES WAC-1/SSP 21/FLIP USA•Atlas F |
Oct 29, 1963 | OPS 2437 USA•Thor TAT SLV-2A Agena-D |
Nov 1, 1963 | Polyot 1 Russia•Polyot |
Nov 1, 1963 | Pod T USA•Titan II |
Nov 4, 1963 | ABRES REX-3 USA•Atlas D |
Nov 9, 1963 | N-27 USA•Titan II |
Nov 9, 1963Failure | OPS 2268 USA•Thor SLV-2 Agena-D |
Nov 11, 1963Failure | Kosmos 21 Russia•Molniya |
Nov 13, 1963Failure | ICBM test USA•Atlas D |
Nov 14, 1963 | SM-68 USA•Titan I |
Nov 16, 1963 | Kosmos 22 Russia•Voskhod |
Nov 27, 1963 | Explorer 18 USA•Delta C |
Nov 27, 1963 | Test flight vehicle USA•Atlas Centaur-B LV-3C |
Nov 27, 1963 | OPS 2260 USA•Thor SLV-2 Agena-D |
Nov 28, 1963Failure | Zenit-2 Russia•Vostok 2 |
Dec 5, 1963 | Transit 5BN-2 USA•Thor DSV-2A Ablestar |
Dec 11, 1963 | Ionosphere mission Japan•Lambda 2 |
Dec 12, 1963 | Pod T USA•Titan II |
Dec 13, 1963 | Kosmos 23 Russia•Kosmos |
Dec 17, 1963 | Pod T USA•Titan II |
Dec 18, 1963 | ABRES LORV-8 USA•Atlas D |
Dec 18, 1963 | KH-7 Gambit 4004 USA•Atlas Agena D LV-3 |
Dec 18, 1963 | ICBM test USA•Atlas F |
Dec 19, 1963 | Kosmos 24 Russia•Vostok 2 |
Dec 19, 1963 | Explorer 19 USA•Scout X-4 |
Dec 21, 1963 | TIROS-8 USA•Delta B |
Dec 21, 1963 | OPS 1388 USA•Thor TAT SLV-2A Agena-D |
Jul 11, 1964 | Ionosphere mission Japan•Lambda 3 |
