1963 in spaceflight (October-December)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between October and December 1963. For an overview of the whole year, see 1963 in spaceflight.[1][2]

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 3/4003/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 10/9059A) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 21 January 1964 Successful
SRV 602 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return September Successful
Pundit 1 (P-11 4001) US Air Force Low Earth ELINT 23 May 1965 Successful

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 24/9060) 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 AC-2 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 25/9061) 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.

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 №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 4/4004/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 26/9062) 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
Pundit 2 (P-11 4101) US Air Force Low Earth ELINT 7 November 1964 Successful
Final KH-4 flight, large amount of damage to film due to corona effect.

Suborbital flights

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
1 October
10:47 		Nike-Apache Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 1 October Successful
Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi)
1 October
17:00 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
NASA Suborbital Solar 1 October Successful
Apogee: 219 kilometres (136 mi)
1 October
19:39:05 		UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Andrew Jackson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 1 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
1 October R-12 Dvina Makat MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 1 October Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
1 October R-16U Baikonur Site 41/3 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 1 October Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
2 October
15:10 		Skylark-7 Woomera LA-2 RAE
Cambridge
UCL 		Suborbital Ionospheric 2 October Successful
Apogee: 148 kilometres (92 mi)
2 October Nike-Tomahawk 9A Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Test flight 2 October Launch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
4 October
05:17:49 		SM-65F Atlas Vandenberg LC-576G US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 4 October Launch failure
4 October
05:18:07 		UGM-27 Polaris A3 USNS Observation Island, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 4 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 October LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LC-394A-6 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 4 October Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
4 October R-12 Dvina Makat MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 4 October Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
7 October
20:00 		Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
BRL Suborbital Magnetospheric 7 October Successful
Apogee: 165 kilometres (103 mi)
7 October
21:31 		SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576B-3 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 7 October Launch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
9 October
23:14 		Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 9 October Successful
Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
10 October
10:33 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy 10 October Launch failure
Apogee: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
10 October
23:13 		Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 10 October Successful
Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
10 October Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 10 October Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
11 October R-12 Dvina Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 11 October Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
12 October Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 12 October Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
14 October
05:34 		Black Brant II Churchill DRTE
DRTE Suborbital Ionospheric
Auroral		 14 October Successful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
14 October MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 14 October Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
14 October R-7A Semyorka Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 14 October Successful
Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi)
15 October
09:51 		Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE
UCL/QUB Suborbital Aeronomy 15 October Successful
Apogee: 210 kilometres (130 mi)
15 October
11:48 		Skylark-7 Woomera LA-2 RAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy 15 October Successful
Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
15 October
15:09 		Skylark-7 Woomera LA-2 RAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy 15 October Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
15 October
16:05 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
NASA Suborbital Solar 15 October Successful
Apogee: 197 kilometres (122 mi)
15 October
19:22 		Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE
UCL/QUB Suborbital Aeronomy 15 October Successful
Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi)
15 October R-12 Dvina Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 15 October Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
16 October
16:30:02 		UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Andrew Jackson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 16 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 October MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 16 October Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
17 October
10:52 		Black Knight 201 Woomera LA-5 ELDO/RAE
ELDO/RAE Suborbital Missile test 17 October Successful
Apogee: 527 kilometres (327 mi)
17 October
16:50 		Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
CNES Suborbital Ionospheric 17 October Successful
Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
17 October UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LC-394A-3 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 17 October Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
18 October
07:09 		Véronique Hammaguira Blandine CNES
CERMA Suborbital Biological research 18 October Successful
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
18 October
09:20 		Black Brant II Churchill CARDE
CARDE Suborbital Aeronomy 18 October Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
18 October R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 18 October Launch failure
18 October MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 18 October Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
21 October MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 21 October Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
22 October R-16U Plesetsk PU-11 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 22 October Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
22 October Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 22 October Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
23 October MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 23 October Launch failure
23 October R-16U Baikonur Site 41/3 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 23 October Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
23 October Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 23 October Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
23 October Nike-Zeus 3 White Sands LC-38 US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 23 October Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
24 October
05:30 		Véronique Hammaguira Blandine CNES
CERMA Suborbital Biological research 24 October Launch failure
Apogee: 88 kilometres (55 mi)
24 October UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Sam Houston, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 24 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
24 October UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Sam Houston, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 24 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
24 October UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Sam Houston, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 24 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
24 October UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Sam Houston, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 24 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
25 October R-5B Pobeda Plesetsk AN
AN Suborbital Aeronomy 25 October Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 October
02:00 		Black Brant II Churchill DRTE
DRTE Suborbital Ionospheric
Auroral		 26 October Successful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
26 October
16:14:04 		UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Andrew Jackson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 26 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
26 October R-12 Dvina Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 26 October Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
28 October
03:15 		SM-65F Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-11 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital REV test 28 October Launch failure
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
28 October MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 28 October Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
28 October Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 28 October Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
29 October
02:53 		Black Brant II Churchill CARDE
CARDE Suborbital Aeronomy 29 October Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
29 October Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 29 October Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
30 October
14:26 		Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE
RAE Suborbital Test flight 30 October Successful
Apogee: 186 kilometres (116 mi)
30 October Dragon Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
DMA Suborbital Test flight 30 October Successful
Apogee: 470 kilometres (290 mi)
31 October
16:50 		Aerobee-150A Wallops Island LA-1 NASA
CNES Suborbital Ionospheric 31 October Successful
Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
31 October
18:00 		Nike-Cajun Eglin US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Ionospheric 31 October Successful
Apogee: 112 kilometres (70 mi)
31 October
21:17 		Nike-Apache Wallops Island LA-2 NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 31 October Successful
Apogee: 134 kilometres (83 mi)
31 October UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LC-394A-5 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 31 October Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
October Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital Target October Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
1 November
20:14:54 		LGM-25C Titan II Cape Canaveral LC-15 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Test flight 1 November Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
1 November Nike-Zeus 3 White Sands LC-38 US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 1 November Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
1 November Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 1 November Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
1 November Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 1 November Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
2 November UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LC-394A-2 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 2 November Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
4 November
09:34 		SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576A-1 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital REV Test 4 November Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
4 November
10:00 		Nike-Apache White Sands US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 4 November Successful
Apogee: 215 kilometres (134 mi)
4 November
10:31 		Nike-Cajun Kwajalein US Navy
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 4 November Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
4 November
12:26 		Nike-Cajun Kwajalein US Navy
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 4 November Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
4 November
15:10 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 KPNO
KPNO Suborbital Aeronomy 4 November Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
5 November
00:00 		Nike-Cajun White Sands US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 5 November Successful
Apogee: 164 kilometres (102 mi)
5 November UR-200 Baikonur Site 90/19 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 5 November Launch failure
5 November R-12 Dvina Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 5 November Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
5 November R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 5 November Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
6 November Nike-Cajun Eglin US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy 6 November Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
7 November
17:00:02 		LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 7 November Launch failure
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
7 November Black Brant III Point Arguello LC-A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 7 November Successful
Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
9 November
16:26 		Nike-Cajun Kwajalein US Navy
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 9 November Successful
Apogee: 141 kilometres (88 mi)
9 November LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395C US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 9 November Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 November
18:48:05 		UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Andrew Jackson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 11 November Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
12 November
18:58 		Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy 12 November Successful
Apogee: 223 kilometres (139 mi)
13 November
16:27:57 		LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-31B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 13 November Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 November
22:35:39 		SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576B-2 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 13 November Launch failure
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
13 November
23:00 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 13 November Successful
Apogee: 262 kilometres (163 mi)
14 November
14:30 		MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 14 November Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
14 November
14:58 		Nike-Cajun Kwajalein US Navy
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 14 November Successful
Apogee: 127 kilometres (79 mi)
14 November Nike-Zeus 3 Kwajalein US Army
US Army Suborbital ABM test 14 November Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
14 November HGM-25A Titan I Vandenberg LC-395A-1 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 14 November Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 November
16:54:42 		UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Andrew Jackson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 16 November Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 November R-12 Dvina Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 16 November Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 November
18:15 		Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 17 November Successful
Apogee: 370 kilometres (230 mi)
18 November Honest John-Nike-Nike Point Arguello LC-A NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 18 November Successful
Apogee: 163 kilometres (101 mi)
19 November
00:05 		Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE
Birmingham
UCW
UCL 		Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar		 19 November Launch failure
19 November R-14 Chusovaya Plesetsk RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 19 November Launch failure
20 November
17:31 		MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 20 November Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
21 November
12:55 		Nike-Apache Thumba NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 21 November Successful
Apogee: 208 kilometres (129 mi). First suborbital rocket launch from India.
21 November Nike-Tomahawk 9A Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Test flight 21 November Successful
Apogee: 292 kilometres (181 mi)
22 November
21:00 		Nike-Tomahawk 9A Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Test flight 22 November Successful
Apogee: 292 kilometres (181 mi)
22 November R-16U Baikonur Site 41/3 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 22 November Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
23 November R-12 Dvina Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 23 November Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
23 November R-16U Baikonur Site 41/4 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 23 November Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
26 November
18:16 		Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 26 November Successful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
26 November
18:44 		Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 26 November Successful
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
27 November
06:10:59 		UGM-27 Polaris A3 USNS Observation Island, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 27 November Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
27 November
17:50 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NRL
NRL Suborbital Solar 27 November Successful
Apogee: 216 kilometres (134 mi)
27 November LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LC-394A-6 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 27 November Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
27 November R-12 Dvina Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 27 November Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
28 November Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 28 November Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 November Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 28 November Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
29 November UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LC-394A-5 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 29 November Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 November R-12 Dvina Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 29 November Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
2 December
04:15 		Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE
RAE Suborbital Test flight 2 December Successful
Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi)
3 December
04:59 		Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE
Birmingham
UCW
UCL 		Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar		 3 December Launch failure
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
3 December
08:00:29 		R-36 Baikonur Site 67/21 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 3 December Successful
Apogee: 903 kilometres (561 mi)
3 December R-12 Dvina Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 3 December Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
3 December R-12 Dvina Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 3 December Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
4 December R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 4 December Launch failure
4 December R-12 Dvina Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 4 December Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
5 December Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar 5 December Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
5 December MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 5 December Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
7 December
13:11 		Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 7 December Successful
Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi)
7 December
13:43:00 		Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 7 December Successful
Apogee: 141 kilometres (88 mi)
8 December R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 8 December Launch failure
9 December
05:24 		Astrobee-200 Churchill US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy
Auroral		 9 December Launch failure
Apogee: 242 kilometres (150 mi)
9 December R-14 Chusovaya Plesetsk RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 9 December Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
10 December
03:11:17 		UGM-27 Polaris A3 Cape Canaveral LC-25A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 10 December Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
10 December R-12 Dvina Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 10 December Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
11 December
01:00:06 		UGM-27 Polaris A3 USNS Observation Island, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 11 December Launch failure
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
11 December
05:00 		Lambda 2 Kagoshima LA-L ISAS
Tokyo
Kyoto 		Suborbital Ionospheric 11 December Successful
Apogee: 410 kilometres (250 mi)
11 December Nike-Zeus 3 White Sands LC-38 US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 11 December Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
12 December
08:50 		Kappa-8L Kagoshima ISAS
ISAS Suborbital Aeronomy
Fields		 12 December Successful
Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi)
12 December
16:50 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar 12 December Successful
Apogee: 325 kilometres (202 mi)
12 December
19:06 		HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 12 December Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
12 December
20:00:01 		LGM-25C Titan II Cape Canaveral LC-15 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Test flight 12 December Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
12 December R-12 Dvina Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 12 December Launch failure
12 December R-16U Baikonur Site 41/3 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 12 December Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
13 December
22:32 		Nike-Apache White Sands NASA
NASA Suborbital Solar
Ionospheric		 13 December Launch failure
Apogee: 73 kilometres (45 mi)
13 December R-36 Baikonur Site 67/21 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 13 December Launch failure
13 December LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LC-394A-1 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 13 December Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 December UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LC-394A-3 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 13 December Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
17 December
17:17:34 		Blue Scout Junior SLV-1C Vandenberg LC-4300C US Air Force
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Communications 17 December Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
17 December LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395D US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Test flight 17 December Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
17 December R-12 Dvina Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 17 December Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
18 December
03:00 		LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 18 December Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
18 December
09:52:27 		SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576A-1 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital REV Test 18 December Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
18 December
22:56:22 		SM-65F Atlas Vandenberg LC-576G US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 18 December Successful
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
18 December Nike-Cajun Kwajalein US Navy
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 18 December Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
18 December Nike-Cajun Kwajalein US Navy
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 18 December Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
20 December UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LC-394A-5 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 20 December Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
20 December R-16U Baikonur Site 41/3 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 20 December Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
21 December R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 21 December Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
24 December R-5B Pobeda Plesetsk AN
AN Suborbital Aeronomy 24 December Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
25 December R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 25 December Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
29 December Plesetsk MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 29 December Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
30 December R-14 Chusovaya Plesetsk RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 30 December Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
December Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital Target December Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
December T-7A Shijiedu SIED
SIED Suborbital Test flight December Successful
Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
Unknown A-350Zh Sary Shagan LC-6 PRO
PRO Suborbital Missile test Unknown Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
Unknown R-21 Project 658 Submarine, RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test Unknown Successful
Apogee: 293 kilometres (182 mi)
Unknown R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test Unknown Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
Unknown Trailblazer-2M Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital REV Test Unknown Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)

Reference

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