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1983 in spaceflight
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 1983 |
| maidens | Atlas H |
| retired | Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D |
| orbital | 6 |
| totalcrew | 25 |
The following is an outline of 1983 in spaceflight.
Launches
January
|- |d-date = 4 January 2022 |d-time = 00:04
February
|-
March
|- |d-date=19 September |d-time=00:28 |d-date=23 August
April
|- |d-date=9 April |d-time=18:53 |d-date=21 August Planned: Docked to Salyut 7 |d-date=22 April |d-time=13:28
May
|-
June
|- Anik C2 retired 7 January 1998 |d-date=24 June |d-time=14:56 Operational: Geostationary |d-date=24 June |d-time=14:56 |d-date=24 June |d-time=14:56 |d-date=21 March 1984 |d-date=23 November |d-time=19:58
July
|-
August
|- |d-date=17 September |d-time=23:43 |d-date=5 September |d-time=07:40 |d-date=5 September |d-time=07:40
October
|- |d-date=16 November |d-time=04:18
November
|- |o-span=2 |d-date=8 December |d-time=23:47 |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |}
Suborbital launches
January-March
|- |d-date =7 February |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date =7 February |d-time = |d-span = |o-span =
April-June
|- |d-date =28 May |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date =28 May |d-time = |d-span = |o-span =
July-September
|-
October-December
|- |d-date =15 December |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date =15 December |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |}
Deep-space rendezvous
| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 October | Venera 15 | Entered Cytherean orbit | Radar mapper mission |
| 14 October | Venera 16 | Entered Cytherean orbit | Radar mapper mission |
| 21 October | ISEE-3/ICE | 4th flyby of the Moon | Closest approach: 17440 km |
| 22 December | ISEE-3/ICE | 5th flyby of the Moon | Closest approach: 120 km |
EVAs
| Start date/time | Duration | End time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April | |||||||
| 21:05 | 4 hours | ||||||
| 10 minutes | 8 April | ||||||
| 01:15 | STS-6 () | USAStory Musgrave | |||||
| USADonald H. Peterson | Test spacesuits and tools for future space construction.{{cite web | url=http://www.thespacerace.com/forum/index.php?topic=1102.0 | title=Mission: STS 6 | access-date=15 February 2009 | last=Ottawan | year=2005 | work=The Space Race |
| 1 November | |||||||
| 04:47 | 2 hours | ||||||
| 50 minutes | 07:36 | Salyut 7 EO-2 | USSRVladimir Lyakhov | ||||
| USSRAleksandr Aleksandrov | Installed a new solar panel to increase the station's electrical output. | ||||||
| 3 November | |||||||
| 03:47 | 2 hours | ||||||
| 55 minutes | 06:42 | Salyut 7 EO-2 | USSRVladimir Lyakhov | ||||
| USSRAleksandr Aleksandrov | Installed a second new solar panel, increasing electrical output by 50%. |
References
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