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This is a list of spaceflights launched between October and December 1963. For launches between July and September, see 1963 in spaceflight (July–September). For an overview of the whole year, see 1963 in spaceflight.

Orbital launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
October
17 October 02:37	Atlas LV-3A Agena-D			Cape Canaveral LC-13		US Air Force
		Vela 1A	US Air Force	High Earth	Nuclear test detection Radiation research	In orbit	Successful
		Vela 1B	US Air Force	High Earth	Nuclear test detection Radiation research	In orbit	Successful
		ERS-12	US Air Force	Highly elliptical	Particle research	5 February 1966	Successful
		Vela spacecraft deactivated after five years
18 October 09:29:58	Vostok-2			Baikonur Site 1/5
		Kosmos 20 (Zenit-2 #13)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	26 October	Successful
24 October	Kosmos 63S1			Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
		DS-A1 #4		Intended: Low Earth	Technology Radiation	24 October	Launch failure
		Second stage malfunctioned 353 seconds into the launch
25 October 18:59:27	Atlas LV-3A Agena-D			Point Arguello LC-2-3		US Air Force
		OPS 2196 (KH-7 #4003/AFP-206 SV-953)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	29 October	Successful
29 October 21:19	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-3-4		US Air Force
		OPS 2437 (KH-5 #9059A)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	21 January 1964	Successful
		SRV 602	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	September	Successful
		Hitchhiker 2 (P-11 #3)	US Air Force	Low Earth	ELINT	23 May 1965	Successful
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → November
1 November 08:56	Polyot			Baikonur Site 31/6
		Polyot 1 (I-150/I-2B #1)		Low Earth	ASAT test Technology	16 October 1982	Successful
		Maiden flight of Polyot rocket, non-intercept flight test of I-2B antisatellite weapon
9 November 20:27:54	Thor SLV-2 Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-1-2		US Air Force
		OPS 2268 (KH-4 #9060)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	9 November	Launch failure
		SRV 632	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return
		Failed to orbit
11 November 06:23:35	Molniya			Baikonur Site 1/5
		Kosmos 21 (Venera 3MV-1A #1)		Intended: Heliocentric Achieved: Low Earth	Venus flyby	14 November	Launch failure
		Loss of control during coast phase, upper stage fired at incorrect orientation, spacecraft deployed into useless orbit
16 November 10:34	Voskhod			Baikonur Site 1/5
		Kosmos 22 (Zenit-4 #1)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	22 November	Successful
		Maiden flight of Voskhod rocket
27 November 02:30:01	Delta C			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		US Air Force
		Explorer 18 (IMP-A/IMP-1/S-74)	NASA	Highly elliptical	Magnetospheric	30 November 1965	Successful
		Maiden flight of Delta C, spacecraft ceased operations on 10 May 1965
27 November 19:03:23	Atlas LV-3C Centaur-B			Cape Canaveral LC-36A		NASA
			NASA	Low Earth	Test flight	30 July 1989	Successful
		Only flight of Atlas LV-3C Centaur-B, first successful Atlas-Centaur launch, first firing of a rocket engine fuelled by liquid hydrogen in space
27 November 21:15:40	Thor SLV-2 Agena-D			Point Arguello LC-1-1		US Air Force
		OPS 2260 (KH-4 #9061)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	15 December	Successful
		SRV 637	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	Unknown	Spacecraft failure
		First Thor launch from Point Arguello, SRV failed to deorbit
28 November	Vostok-2			Baikonur Site 1/5
		Zenit-2 #14		Intended: Low Earth	Optical imaging	28 November	Launch failure
		Upper stage failure, spacecraft commanded to self-destruct
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → December
5 December 21:51	Thor DSV-2A Ablestar			Vandenberg LC-75-1-1		US Air Force
		Transit 5BN-2	US Navy	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
		Transit 5E-3	US Navy	Low Earth	Radiation	In orbit	Successful
		Transit 5BN-2 carried a SNAP-9A nuclear power system, and became the first operational navigation satellite
13 December 14:15	Kosmos 63S1			Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
		Kosmos 23 (Omega-1 #2)		Low Earth	Technology	27 March 1964	Successful
18 December 21:45:30	Atlas LV-3A Agena-D			Point Arguello LC-2-3		US Air Force
		OPS 2372 (KH-7 #4004/AFP-206 SV-954)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	20 December	Successful
19 December 09:28:58	Vostok-2			Baikonur Site 1/5
		Kosmos 24 (Zenit-2 #15)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	28 December	Successful
19 December 18:49:25	Scout X-4			Point Arguello LC-D		US Air Force
		Explorer 19 (AD-A/S-56b)	NASA	Medium Earth	Air density	10 May 1981	Partial launch failure Partial spacecraft failure
		Achieved lower than planned orbit, tracking beacon did not have enough power to communicate with ground stations, but spacecraft could still be tracked by visual observation
21 December 09:30:00	Delta B			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		US Air Force
		Tiros-8 (Tiros-H/A-53)	ESSA	Low Earth	Weather	In orbit	Successful
21 December 21:45	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-1-2		US Air Force
		OPS 1388 (KH-4 #9062)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	8 January 1964	Partial spacecraft failure
		SRV 642	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	December	Successful
		Hitchhiker 3 (P-11 #4)	US Air Force	Low Earth	ELINT	7 November 1964	Successful
		Final KH-4 flight, large amount of damage to film due to corona effect
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Suborbital flights

Reference

1. "Worldwide Space Launches". Retrieved 8 August 2024.
2. "Orbital Launches of 1963". Retrieved 8 August 2024.

External links

• Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
• Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
• Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.
• Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
• Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report". Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
• McDowell, Jonathan. "GCAT Orbital Launch Log".
• Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
• Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
• Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
• Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
• "ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
• "NSSDCA Master Catalog". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
• "Space Calendar". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
• "Space Information Center". JAXA.
• "Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).
• "Rocket Launch Manifest". Next Spaceflight.

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