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{{dablink|For launches in the first half of the year, see [[1963 in spaceflight (January–June)]], for launches in the second half, see [[1963 in spaceflight (July–December)]]}} |
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== Deep Space Rendezvous == |
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==Orbital launch summary== |
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===By country=== |
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==References== |
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===Footnotes=== |
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ANorth American X-15 made two suborbital flights in July and August, becoming the first reusable spacecraft
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Orbital launches | |
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First | 4 January |
Last | 21 December |
Total | 70 |
Successes | 50 |
Failures | 17 |
Partial failures | 3 |
Catalogued | 55 |
Rockets | |
Maiden flights | Atlas LV-3A Agena-D Atlas LV-3C Centaur-B Polyot 11A59 Scout X-2B Scout X-3M Scout X-4 Thor DSV-2A Ablestar TAT SLV-2A Agena-B TAT SLV-2A Agena-D Voskhod 11A57 |
Retirements | Atlas LV-3B Atlas LV-3C Centaur-B Scout X-2B Scout X-2M Scout X-3M |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 3 |
Suborbital | 2 |
Total travellers | 4 |
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Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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5 April | Luna 4 | Flyby of the Moon | Failed lander, closest approach: 8,336 kilometres (5,180 mi) |
19 June | Mars 1 | Flyby of Mars | Closest approach: 193,000 kilometres (120,000 mi), communications system failed before flyby |
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Orbital launch attempts by country in 1963 |
Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures |
Remarks |
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24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | |
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46 | 35 | 8 | 3 |
Orbital regime | Launches | Achieved | Not Achieved | Accidentally Achieved |
Remarks |
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Low Earth | 57 | 44 | 13 | 2 | |
Medium Earth | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
High Earth | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Including Highly elliptical orbits |
Geosynchronous/transfer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Heliocentric | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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