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1960s

50 records

  1. 1963

    1. 1963-04-01 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 62/9053 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1963-04-02 launch

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      Luna 4, or E-6 No.4 (Ye-6 series), sometimes known in the West as Lunik 4, was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1963 as part of the Luna program to attempt the first soft landing on the Moon.

    3. 1963-04-03 launch

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      Thor Delta B launched on the Explorer 17 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1963-04-05 launch failure

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      Scout X-3 launched on the Transit VA-2 (N-2) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch failure.

    5. 1963-04-06 launch failure

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the DS-P1 No. 2 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch failure.

    6. 1963-04-13 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-14 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1963-04-22 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-15 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1963-04-26 launch failure

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      Scout X-2M launched on the OPS 1298 (AF-4) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch failure.

    9. 1963-04-26 launch failure

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 63/9055A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch failure.

    10. 1963-04-28 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-16 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1963-05-07 launch

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      Thor Delta B launched on the Telstar 2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1963-05-09 launch

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      Atlas Agena B launched on the Midas 7 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1963-05-18 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 64/LANYARD 2 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1963-05-22 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-17 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1963-05-24 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-18 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1963-06-01 launch failure

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the DS-MT No. 1 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch failure.

    17. 1963-06-12 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 65/9054 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1963-06-12 launch failure

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      Atlas Agena B launched on the Midas 8 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-2. Launch failure.

    19. 1963-06-14 launch

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      Vostok 8K72 (K) launched on the Vostok-5 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1963-06-15 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the POPPY 2/NRL Comp 3 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Partial launch success/failure.

    21. 1963-06-16 launch

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      Scout X-3 launched on the Transit VA-3 (N-3) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1963-06-16 launch

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      Vostok 8K72 (K) launched on the Vostok-6 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 1963-06-19 launch

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      Thor Delta B launched on the Tiros 7 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1963-06-27 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 66/9056 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 1963-06-29 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena B launched on the OPS 1440 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1963-07-12 launch

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      Atlas Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC2-3. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 1963-07-19 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 67/9057 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1963-07-19 launch

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      Atlas Agena B launched on the Midas 9 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1963-07-26 launch

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      Thor Delta B launched on the Syncom 2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1963-07-31 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 68/LANYARD 3 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1963-08-06 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-19 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 1963-08-22 launch failure

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the DS-A1 No. 3 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch failure.

    33. 1963-08-25 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 69/1001 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 1963-08-29 launch

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      Thor SLV-2 Agena D launched on the CORONA 70/9058A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 1963-09-06 launch

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      Atlas Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC2-3. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 1963-09-23 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 71/1002 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1963-09-27 launch failure

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      Scout X-2B launched on the OPS 1610 (AF-5) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch failure.

    38. 1963-09-28 launch

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      Thor Ablestar (2) launched on the Transit VBN-1 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 1963-10-17 launch

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      Atlas Agena D launched on the Vela 1A/1B flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC13. Launch vehicle success.

    40. 1963-10-18 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-20 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    41. 1963-10-24 launch failure

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the DS-A1 No. 4 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch failure.

    42. 1963-10-25 launch

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      Atlas Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC2-3. Launch vehicle success.

    43. 1963-10-29 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 72/9059A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    44. 1963-11-01 launch

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      Polyot 11A59 launched on the Polyot flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    45. 1963-11-09 launch failure

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      Thor SLV-2 Agena D launched on the CORONA 73/9060 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch failure.

    46. 1963-11-11 launch

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      Kosmos 21, also known as 3MV-1A and 3MV-1 No.1, was a Soviet spacecraft.

    47. 1963-11-16 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-22 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    48. 1963-11-23

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      Doctor Who () by Sydney Newman, Donald Wilson, C. E. Webber

      Doctor Who — series premiere (1963-11-23).

    49. 1963-11-27 launch

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      Thor Delta C launched on the Explorer 18 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    50. 1963-11-27 launch

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      Atlas Centaur launched on the Centaur R&D flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36A. Launch vehicle success.

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