Orbital launches in 1983

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Orbital launches in 1983

Launches by month:

Launches by launch sites

* for airborne launches the take off site of the carrier aircraft is considered

Countries:

Russia	100
United States	22
Japan	3
Europe	2
India	1
China	1
Total	129

Rockets:

Soyuz-U	42
Kosmos-3M	21
Proton	12
Molniya-M	11
Delta 3000	8
Tsyklon 3	5
Vostok-2M	4
Space Shuttle	4
Atlas E	3
Others	19

Launch sites:

Plesetsk	63
Baikonur	33
Vandenberg	11
Cape Canaveral	11
Kapustin Yar	4
Others	7

Launches:

Date	Site	Rocket	Payload	Outcome
1983-01-12	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1428 (Parus #36)	success
1983-01-19	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1429 - 1436 (Strela-1M #257 - 264)	success
1983-01-20	Plesetsk	Vostok-2M 8A92M	Kosmos 1437 (Tselina-D #39)	success
1983-01-25	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Taifun-2 #14 / 24 Romb	failure
1983-01-26	Vandenberg	Delta 3000 3910	IRAS / PIX 2	success
1983-01-27	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1438 (Zenit-6U #72, Argon #72)	success
1983-02-04	Tanegashima	N-2 Star-37E	CS 2a (Sakura 2A)	success
1983-02-06	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1439 (Yantar-2K #28, Feniks #28)	success
1983-02-09	Vandenberg	Atlas H	Parcae 5A / Parcae 5B / Parcae 5C / MSD 5 / LIPS 2	success
1983-02-10	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1440 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #10)	success
1983-02-16	Plesetsk	Vostok-2M 8A92M	Kosmos 1441 (Tselina-D #40)	success
1983-02-20	Kagoshima	Mu Mu-3S	Astro B (Tenma)	success
1983-02-25	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1442 (Yantar-4K1 #7, Oktan #7)	success
1983-03-02	Baikonur	Proton K	Kosmos 1443 (TKS 3)	success
1983-03-02	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1444 (Zenit-6U #73, Argon #73)	success
1983-03-11	Plesetsk	Molniya-M 8K78M ML	Molniya-3 20 (Molniya-3 34L)	success
1983-03-12	Baikonur	Proton K/DM	Ekran 18L	success
1983-03-15	Kapustin Yar	Kosmos-3MP 65MP	Kosmos 1445 (BOR-4 403)	success
1983-03-16	Plesetsk	Molniya-M 8K78M ML	Molniya-1K 56 (Molniya-1K 65L)	success
1983-03-16	Baikonur	Soyuz-U2 11A511U2	Kosmos 1446 (Zenit-6U #74, Argon #74)	success
1983-03-23	Baikonur	Proton K/D-1	Astron 1A 602	success
1983-03-24	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1447 (Nadezhda #2)	success
1983-03-28	Vandenberg	Atlas E Star-37S-ISS	NOAA 8	success
1983-03-30	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1448 (Parus #37)	success
1983-03-31	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1449 (Zenit-6U #75, Argon #75)	success
1983-04-02	Baikonur	Molniya-M 8K78M ML	Molniya-1T 57 (Molniya-1T 68L)	success
1983-04-04	Cape Canaveral	Space Shuttle	Challenger F1 / TDRS 1 [IUS]	success
1983-04-06	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1450 (Taifun-1 #15, Vektor #15)	success
1983-04-08	Baikonur	Proton K/DM	Raduga 12 (Gran' 23L)	success
1983-04-08	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1451 (Zenit-6U #76, Argon #76)	success
1983-04-11	Cape Canaveral	Delta 3000 3924	Satcom 1R	success
1983-04-12	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1452 (Strela-2M #31)	success
1983-04-15	Vandenberg	Titan 3B 24B	KH-8 53	success
1983-04-17	Sriharikota	SLV	Rohini RS-D2	success
1983-04-19	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1453 (Taifun-2 #15) / 22 Romb	success
1983-04-20	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Soyuz T-8	success
1983-04-22	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1454 (Yantar-2K #29, Feniks #29)	success
1983-04-23	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Kosmos 1455 (Tselina-D #41)	success
1983-04-25	Plesetsk	Molniya-M 8K78M 2BL	Kosmos 1456 (US-K #29)	success
1983-04-26	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1457 (Yantar-4K1 #8, Oktan #8)	success
1983-04-28	Cape Canaveral	Delta 3000 3914	GOES 6	success
1983-04-28	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1458 (Zenit-4MKT #23, Fram #23)	success
1983-05-06	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1459 (Parus #38)	success
1983-05-06	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1460 (Zenit-6U #77, Argon #77)	success
1983-05-07	Baikonur	Tsyklon 2 11K69	Kosmos 1461 (US-P #16)	success
1983-05-17	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1462 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #11)	success
1983-05-19	Cape Canaveral	Atlas-Centaur Atlas SLV-3D / Centaur-D1AR	Intelsat-5 6	success
1983-05-19	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1463 (Taifun-1B #5, Yug #5)	success
1983-05-24	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1464 (Parus #39)	success
1983-05-26	Vandenberg	Delta 3000 3914	Exosat	success
1983-05-26	Kapustin Yar	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1465 (Taifun-2 #16) / 4 Romb	success
1983-05-26	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1466 (Yantar-4K1 #9, Oktan #9)	success
1983-05-31	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1467 (Zenit-6U #78, Argon #78)	success
1983-06-02	Baikonur	Proton K/D-1	Venera-15	success
1983-06-07	Baikonur	Proton K/D-1	Venera 16	success
1983-06-07	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1468 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #12)	success
1983-06-09	Vandenberg	Atlas H	Parcae 6A / Parcae 6B / Parcae 6C / MSD 6	success
1983-06-14	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1469 (Zenit-6U #79, Argon #79)	success
1983-06-16	Kourou	Ariane 1	ECS 1	success
1983-06-18	Cape Canaveral	Space Shuttle	Challenger F2 / Anik C2 [PAM-D] / Palapa B1 [PAM-D	success
1983-06-20	Vandenberg	Titan 34D	KH-9 18 / P-801 7	success
1983-06-22	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Kosmos 1470 (Tselina-D #42)	success
1983-06-27	Vandenberg	Scout D	HILAT (P83-1)	success
1983-06-27	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Soyuz T-9	success
1983-06-28	Cape Canaveral	Delta 3000 3920/PAM	Galaxy 1	success
1983-06-28	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1471 (Yantar-2K #30, Feniks #30)	success
1983-06-30	Baikonur	Proton K/DM	Gorizont 17L	success
1983-07-01	Baikonur	Molniya-M 8K78M SOL	Prognoz 9	success
1983-07-05	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1472 (Zenit-6U #80, Argon #80)	success
1983-07-06	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1473 - 1480 (Strela-1M #265 - 272)	success
1983-07-08	Plesetsk	Molniya-M 8K78M 2BL	Kosmos 1481 (US-K #30)	success
1983-07-13	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1482 (Zenit-6U #81, Argon #81)	success
1983-07-14	Vandenberg	Atlas E SGS-2	GPS 8 (Navstar 8, OPS 9794)	success
1983-07-19	Baikonur	Molniya-M 8K78M ML	Molniya-1K 58 (Molniya-1K 66L)	success
1983-07-20	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1483 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #13)	success
1983-07-24	Baikonur	Vostok-2M 8A92M	Kosmos 1484 (Resurs-OE #1)	success
1983-07-26	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1485 (Zenit-6U #82, Argon #82)	success
1983-07-28	Cape Canaveral	Delta 3000 3920/PAM	Telstar 301 (Arabsat 1E)	success
1983-07-31	Vandenberg	Titan 3B 34B	Jumpseat 7	success
1983-08-03	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1486 (Strela-2M #32)	success
1983-08-05	Tanegashima	N-2 Star-37E	CS 2b (Sakura 2B)	success
1983-08-05	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1487 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #14)	success
1983-08-09	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1488 (Zenit-6U #83, Argon #83)	success
1983-08-10	Baikonur	Proton K/DM-2	Kosmos 1490 / 1491 / 1492 (Uragan #2 / #3, GLONASS #712 / #713, Uragan-GVM #3)	success
1983-08-10	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1489 (Yantar-4K1 #10, Oktan #10)	success
1983-08-17	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Progress 17	success
1983-08-19	Jiuquan	CZ-2C	FSW-0 5	success
1983-08-23	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1493 (Zenit-6U #84, Argon #84)	success
1983-08-25	Baikonur	Proton K/DM	Raduga (Gran' 24L)	success
1983-08-30	Plesetsk	Molniya-M 8K78M ML	Molniya-3 21 (Molniya-3 32L)	success
1983-08-30	Cape Canaveral	Space Shuttle	Challenger F3 / Insat 1B [PAM-D]	success
1983-08-31	Kapustin Yar	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1494 (Taifun-2 #17) / 24 Romb	success
1983-09-03	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1495 (Zenit-4MKT #24, Fram #24)	success
1983-09-07	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1496 (Yantar-4K1 #11, Oktan #11)	success
1983-09-08	Cape Canaveral	Delta 3000 3924	Satcom 2R	success
1983-09-09	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1497 (Zenit-6U #85, Argon #85)	success
1983-09-14	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1498 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #15)	success
1983-09-17	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1499 (Zenit-6U #86, Argon #86)	success
1983-09-22	Cape Canaveral	Delta 3000 3920/PAM	Galaxy 2	success
1983-09-26	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Soyuz T-10A	failure
1983-09-28	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Kosmos 1500 (Okean-OE #1)	success
1983-09-29	Baikonur	Proton K/DM	Ekran 25L	success
1983-09-30	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1501 (Taifun-2 #18) / 24 Romb	success
1983-10-05	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1502 (Taifun-1B #6, Yug #6)	success
1983-10-12	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1503 (Strela-2M #33)	success
1983-10-14	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1504 (Yantar-4K2 #3, Kobalt #3)	success
1983-10-19	Kourou	Ariane 1	Intelsat-5 7	success
1983-10-20	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Progress 18	success
1983-10-21	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1505 (Zenit-6U #87, Argon #87)	success
1983-10-26	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1506 (Tsikada #10)	success
1983-10-28	Plesetsk	Vostok-2M 8A92M	Meteor-2 10	success
1983-10-29	Baikonur	Tsyklon 2 11K69	Kosmos 1507 (US-P #17)	success
1983-11-11	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1508 (Taifun-1 #16, Vektor #16)	success
1983-11-17	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1509 (Zenit-6U #88, Argon #88)	success
1983-11-18	Vandenberg	Atlas E Star-37S-ISS	DMSP-5D2 07	success
1983-11-23	Plesetsk	Molniya-M 8K78M ML	Molniya-1K 59 (Molniya-1K 64L)	success
1983-11-24	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Kosmos 1510 (Geo-IK #4, Musson #4)	success
1983-11-28	Cape Canaveral	Space Shuttle	Columbia F6	success
1983-11-30	Baikonur	Proton K/DM	Gorizont 18L	success
1983-11-30	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1511 (Yantar-4K1 #12, Oktan #12)	success
1983-12-07	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1512 (Zenit-6U #89, Argon #89)	success
1983-12-08	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1513 (Parus #40)	success
1983-12-14	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1514 (Bion #6)	success
1983-12-15	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Kosmos 1515 (Tselina-D #43)	success
1983-12-21	Plesetsk	Molniya-M 8K78M ML	Molniya-3 22 (Molniya-3 35L)	success
1983-12-27	Kapustin Yar	Kosmos-3MP 65MP	Kosmos 1517 (BOR-4 406)	success
1983-12-27	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1516 (Yantar-1KFT #3, Kometa #3)	success
1983-12-28	Plesetsk	Molniya-M 8K78M 2BL	Kosmos 1518 (US-K #31)	success
1983-12-29	Baikonur	Proton K/DM-2	Kosmos 1519 / 1520 (Uragan #4 / #5, GLONASS #714 / #715, Uragan-GVM #4)	success