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The 97 spacecrafts launched in 1963:

1) Luna 2) Discoverer 58 / KH-4 3) Ferret 3 4) Luna
5) Syncom 1 6) P-35-3 / DAPP 3 7) Discoverer 59 / KH-4 8) Lanyard-8001 / KH-6 1
9) Hitchhiker / P-11 1 10) Kosmos 13 (Zenit-2 #9) 11) Discoverer 60 / KH-4 12) Luna 4
13) Explorer 17 / AE-A 14) Transit 5A2 15) Kosmos (DS-P1 #2) 16) Kosmos 14 (Omega-1#1)
17) Kosmos 15 (Zenit-2 #8) 18) P-35-4 / DAPP 4 19) Discoverer 61 / KH-4 20) Kosmos 16 (Zenit-2 #10)
21) Telstar 2 22) Midas 7 23) ERS 5 / TRS 2 24) ERS 6 / TRS 3
25) DASH 1 26) Wesfort 2 27) Mercury 9 (MA-9 / Mercury-Atlas 9) 28) Flashlight
29) Lanyard 8002 / KH-6 2 30) Kosmos 17 (DS-A1 #2) 31) Kosmos 18 (Zenit-2 #11) 32) Kosmos (DS-MT No. 1)
33) Discoverer 62 / KH-4 34) Midas 8 35) TRS 7 / ERS 7 36) TRS 8
37) Vostok 5 38) FTV 1292 39) Lofti 2A 40) Solrad 6A / GRAB
41) Radose 112 42) Ferret 130 43) Surcal 1C-133 44) Transit 5A3
45) Vostok 6 46) Tiros 7 47) Discoverer 63 / KH-4 48) Hitchhiker 1 / P-11 2
49) GRS 50) Ferret 4 51) Kosmos (Zenit-2 No. 12) 52) Improve Samos 1 / KH-7 1
53) Discoverer 64 / KH-4 54) Midas 9 55) TRS 10 / ERS 10 56) TRS 9 / ERS 9
57) DASH 2 58) Syncom 2 59) Lanyard 8003 / KH-6 60) Kosmos 19 (DS-P1 #3)
61) Kosmos (DS-A1 #3) 62) Discoverer 65 / KH-4A 63) Discoverer 66 / KH-4 64) LAMPO
65) Improve Samos 2 / KH-7 2 66) Discoverer 67 / KH-4A 67) P-35-5 / DAPP 5 68) Transit 5E 1Transit 5E 1
69) Transit 5BN1 70) APL SN 39 71) Vela Hotel 1 / Vela 1A 72) Vela Hotel 2 / Vela 1B
73) ERS 12 / TRS 5 74) Kosmos 20 (Zenit-2 #13) 75) Kosmos (DS-A1 #4) 76) Improve Samos 3 / KH-7 3
77) Subsatellite 78) Discoverer 68 / KH-5 79) Hitchhiker 2 80) Poliot 1 (Polet or Polyot)
81) Discoverer 69 / KH-4 82) Kosmos 21 (3MV-1 #1) 83) Kosmos 22 (Zenit-4 #1) 84) Explorer 18 / IMP A
85) AC-2 / Atlas-Centaur 2 86) Discoverer 70 / KH-4 87) Kosmos (Zenit-2 #14) 88) "Unidentified"
89) Transit 5BN2 90) Transit 5E 3 91) Kosmos 23 (Omega-1 #2) 92) Improve Samos 4 / KH-7 4
93) Kosmos 24 (Zenit-2 #15) 94) Explorer 19 / AD-A 95) Tiros 8 96) Discoverer 71 / KH-4
97) Hitchhiker 3 / P-11 A3
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Spacecraft Entries
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Luna
Spacecraft:  E-6 No. 1
Chronologies: 1963 payload #1 ; 1963-001A ; 256th spacecraft.
Type: Lunar probe
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 4 January 1963 at 8h49 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78 T103-09).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-001A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 58 / CORONA 9051 / KH-4
Spacecraft:  OPS 0048
Chronologies: 1963 payload #2 ; 1963-002A ; 257th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaisance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 7 January 1963 at 21h09 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 369 / Agena D 1157).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-002A ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Ferret 3
Spacecraft:  Program 102 (BK) ; OPS 0180
Chronologies: 1963 payload #3 ; 1963-003A ; 258th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 16 January 1963 at 21h59 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-3-5, by a Thor-Agena B (Thor 363 / Agena B? 2313).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-003A ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan McDowell's USAF imaging programs' 9.3.1: SAMOS ;
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Luna
Spacecraft:  E-6 No. 2
Chronologies: 1963 payload #4 ; 1963 1st loss ; 259th spacecraft.
Type: Lunar probe
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 3 February 1963 at 9h29 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78 G103-10).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  TRW Space Log ;
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Syncom 1
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Chronologies: 1963 payload #5 ; 1963-004A ; 260th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (technology)
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 14 February 1963 at 5h35 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta DM-3B (Thor Delta B 358 / Delta 16).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-004A ; TRW Space Log ;
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P-35-3 / DAPP 3
Spacecraft:  OPS 0240
Chronologies: 1963 payload #6 ; 1963-005A ; 261st spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Source : A, Parsch
Launch: 19 February 1963 at 16h33 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-D, by a Scout (Scout X-3M S126).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-005A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 59 / CORONA 9052 / KH-4
Spacecraft:  OPS 0583
Chronologies: 1963 payload #7 ; 1963 2nd loss ; 262nd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 28 February 1963 at 21h48 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-3-5, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C 354 / Agena D 1159).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's NNNS6301 ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Lanyard-8001 / KH-6 1
Spacecraft:  OPS 0627
Chronologies: 1963 payload #8 ; 1963 3rd loss ; 263rd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 18 March 1963 at 21h13 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-3-4, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C 360 / Agena D 1164).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's P11 ; TRW Space Log ;
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Hitchhiker / P-11 1
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #9 ; 1963 4th loss ; 264th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
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Launch: 18 March 1963 at 21h13 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-3-4, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C 360 / Agena D 1164).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 13
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 9
Chronologies: 1963 payload #10 ; 1963-006A ; 265th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 March 1963 at 8h24 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-006A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 60 / CORONA 9053 / KH-4
Spacecraft:  OPS 0720
Chronologies: 1963 payload #11 ; 1963-007A ; 266th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 1st April 1963 at 23h01 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-3-5, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 376 / Agena D 1160).
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Mission: Film capsule recovered 3.1 days after launch.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-007A ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Luna 4
Spacecraft:  E-6 No. 3
Chronologies: 1963 payload #12 ; 1963-008A ; 267th spacecraft.
Type: Lunar probe
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 2 April 1963 at 8h24 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78L G103-11).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-008A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Explorer 17 / AE-A
Spacecraft:  S-6
Chronologies: 1963 payload #13 ; 1963-009A ; 268th spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 3 April 1963 at 2h00 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Cosmodrome's LC-17A, by a Delta DM-3B (Thor Delta B 357 / Delta 17).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-009A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Transit 5A2
Spacecraft:  Transit VA-2
Chronologies: 1963 payload #14 ; 1963 5th loss ; 269th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: U.S. Navy
Launch: 5 April 1963 at 3h01 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-D, by a Scout (X-3 S119).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's NNNS6302 ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos
Spacecraft:  DS-P1 No. 2
Chronologies: 1963 payload #15 ; 1963 6th loss ; 270th spacecraft.
Type: Antimissile technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union Defense ministry
Launch: 6 April 1963 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's Mayak-2, by a Kosmos B-1 (63S1).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 14
Spacecraft: Omega-1 No. 1
Chronologies: 1963 payload #16 ; 1963-010A ; 271st spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 13 April 1963 at 11h02 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's  Mayak-2, by a Kosmos B-1 (63S1).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-010A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 15
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 8
Chronologies: 1963 payload #17 ; 1963-011A ; 272nd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union Defense ministry
Launch: 22 April 1963 at 8h24 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-011A ; TRW Space Log ;
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P-35-4 / DAPP 4
Spacecraft:  OPS 1298 ; Data Acquisition and Processing Program
Chronologies: 1963 payload #18 ; 1963 7th loss ; 273rd spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Source : A, Parsch
Launch: 26 April 1963, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-D, by a Scout (Scout X-2M S121).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's NNNS6303 ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 61 / CORONA 9055A (ARGON) / KH-4
Spacecraft:  OPS 1008
Chronologies: 1963 payload #19 ; 1963 8th loss ; 274th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 26 April 1963 at 20h13 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 372 / Agena D 1411).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's NNNS6304 ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Kosmos 16
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 10
Chronologies: 1963 payload #20 ; 1963-012A ; 275th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissnce
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 April 1963 at 9h36 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-012A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Telstar 2
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #21 ; 1963-013A ; 276th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: ATT
Launch: 7 May 1963 at 11h38 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta DM-3B (Thor Delta B 366, Delta 18).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-013A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Midas 7
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #22 ; 1963-014A ; 277th spacecraft.
Type: Missile early warning
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 9 May 1963 at 20h06 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-1-2, by an Atlas-Agena B (Atlas LV-3A 119D / Agena B S01 1206).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-014A ; TRW Space Log ;
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ERS 5 / TRS 2
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #23 ; 1963-014C ; 278th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 9 May 1963 at 20h06 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-1-2, by an Atlas-Agena B (Atlas LV-3A 119D / Agena B S01 1206).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-014B ; TRW Space Log ;
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ERS 6 / TRS 3
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Chronologies: 1963 payload #24 ; 1963-014D ; 279th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 9 May 1963 at 20h06 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-1-2, by an Atlas-Agena B (Atlas LV-3A 119D / Agena B S01 1206).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-014C ; TRW Space Log ;
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DASH 1
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Chronologies: 1963 payload #25 ; 1963-014B ; 280th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: [U.S. Air Force?]
Launch: 9 May 1963 at 20h06 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-1-2, by an  Atlas-Agena B (Atlas LV-3A 119D / Agena B S01 1206).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-014B ; TRW Space Log ;
 
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Westford 2
Spacecraft:  Westford Needles
Chronologies: 1963 payload #26 ; 1963-014 ; 281st spacecraft.
Type: Communications (technology)
Sponsor: [U.S. Air Force?]
Launch: 9 May 1963 at 20h06 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-1-2, by an Atlas-Agena B (Atlas LV-3A 119D / Agena B S01 1206).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  TRW Space Log ;
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Mercury 9 (MA-9 / Mercury-Atlas 9)
Spacecraft:  Spacecraft No. 20 / Faith 7
Chronologies: 1963 payload #27 ; 1963-015A ; 282nd spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spaceship
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 15 May 1963 at 13h04 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-14, by an Atlas D (130D).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-015A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Flashlight
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #28 ; 1963-015B ; 283rd spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 15 May 1963 at 13h04 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-14, by an Atlas D (130D).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; TRW Space Log ;
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Lanyard 8002 / KH-6 2
Spacecraft:  OPS 0924
Chronologies: 1963 payload #29 ; 1963-016A ; 284th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 18 May 1963 at 22h21 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-3-5, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C 364 / Agena D 1165).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-016A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 17
Spacecraft:  DS-A1 No. 2
Chronologies: 1963 payload #30 ; 1963-017A ; 285th spacecraft.
Type: Military Earth upper atmosphere studies & technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 22 May 1963 at 3h00 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's Mayak-2, by a Kosmos B-1 (63S1).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-017A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 18
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 11
Chronologies: 1963 payload #31 ; 1963-018A ; 286th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaisance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 24 May 1963 at 10h48 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-018A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos
Spacecraft:  DS-MT No. 1
Chronologies: 1963 payload #32 ; 1963 9th loss ; 287th spacecraft.
Type: Earth/space studies (civil)
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 1st June 1963 at 2h50 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's Mayak-2, by a Kosmos B-1 (63S1).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 62 / CORONA 9054 / KH-4
Spacecraft:  OPS 0954
Chronologies: 1963 payload #33 ; 1963-019A ; 288th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 12 June 1963 at 23h58 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-3-4, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C 362 / Agena D 1161).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-019A ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Midas 8
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #34 ; 1963 10th loss ; 289th spacecraft.
Type: Missile early warning
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 13 June 1963, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-1-2, by an Atlas-Agena B (Atlas LV-3A 139D / Agena B SPS 1204).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  TRW Space Log ;
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TRS 7 / ERS 7
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Chronologies: 1963 payload #35 ; 1963 11th loss ; 290th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 13 June 1963, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-1-2, by an Atlas-Agena B (Atlas LV-3A 139D / Agena B SPS 1204).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ERS7 ; TRW Space Log ;
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TRS 8
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #36 ; 1963 12th loss ; 291st spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 13 June 1963, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-1-2, by an Atlas-Agena B (Atlas LV-3A 139D / Agena B SPS 1204).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  TRW Space Log ;
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Vostok 5
Spacecraft:  Vostok-3A No. 7
Chronologies: 1963 payload #37 ; 1963-020A ; 292nd spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spaceship
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 14 June 1963 at 11h59 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8K72K).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-020A ; TRW Space Log ;
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FTV 1292
Spacecraft:  NRL PL130?
Chronologies: 1963 payload #38 ; 1963-021A ; 293rd spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force & U.S. Navy
Launch: 15 June 1963 at 14h29 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 378 / Agena D 2353).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  TRW Space Log ;
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Lofti 2A
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #39 ; 1963-021B ; 294th spacecraft.
Type: Communications technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force & U.S. Navy
Launch: 15 June 1963 at 14h29 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 378 / Agena D 2353).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-021B ; TRW Space Log ;
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Solrad 6A
Spacecraft:  SR 6A / GRAB
Chronologies: 1963 payload #40 ; 1963-021C ; 295th spacecraft.
Type: Solar radiations studies
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force & U.S. Navy
Launch: 15 June 1963 at 14h29 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 378 / Agena D 2353).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-021C ; TRW Space Log ;
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Radose 112
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Chronologies: 1963 payload #41 ; 1963-021D ; 296th spacecraft.
Type: Radiations studies
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force & U.S. Navy
Launch: 15 June 1963 at 14h29 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 378 / Agena D 2353).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-021D ; TRW Space Log ;
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Ferret 130
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #42 ; 1963-021E ; 297th spacecraft.
Type: [Electronic intelligence?]
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force & U.S. Navy
Launch: 15 June 1963 at 14h29 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 378 / Agena D 2353).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-021E ; TRW Space Log ;
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Surcal 1C-133
Spacecraft:  Surveillance Calibration
Chronologies: 1963 payload #43 ; 1963-021F ; 298th spacecraft.
Type: "Surveillance calibration" 
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force & U.S. Navy
Launch: 15 June 1963 at 14h29 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 378 / Agena D 2353).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-021F ; TRW Space Log ;
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Transit 5A3
Spacecraft:  Transit VA-3
Chronologies: 1963 payload #44 ; 1963-022A ; 299th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: U.S. Navy
Launch: 16 June 1963 at 1h49 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-D, by a Scout (X-3 S120).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-022A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Vostok 6
Spacecraft:  Vostok-3A No. 8
Chronologies: 1963 payload #45 ; 1963-023A ; 300th spacecraft.
Type: Pilotes spacecraft
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 16 June 1963 at 9h30 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8K72K).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-023A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Tiros 7
Spacecraft:  Tiros G / A-52
Chronologies: 1963 payload #46 ; 1963-024A ; 301st spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 19 June 1963 at 9h50 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta DM-3B (Thor Delta B 359 / Delta 19).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-024A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 63 / CORONA 9056 / KH-4
Spacecraft:  OPS 0999
Chronologies: 1963 payload #47 ; 1963-025A ; 302nd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 27 June 1963 at 0h37 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-2, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C 381 / Agena D 1166).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-025A ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Hitchhiker 1 / P-11 2
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #48 ; 1963-025B ; 303rd spacecraft.
Type: Radiations studies
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 27 June 1963 at 0h37 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-2, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C 381 / Agena D 1166).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-025B ; TRW Space Log ;
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GRS
Spacecraft:  AFCRL A ; Geophysical Research Satellite
Chronologies: 1963 payload #49 ; 1963-026A ; 304th spacecraft.
Type: Geophysics
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 28 June 1963 at 21h19 UTC, from Wallops Island LA-3, by a Scout (X-4 S113).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-026A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Ferret 4
Spacecraft:  Program 102 (BK) ; OPS 1440
Chronologies: 1963 payload #50 ; 1963-027A ; 305th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic Intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force 
Launch: 29 June 1963 at 22h30 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-3-5, by a Thor-Agena B (TA Thor 380 / Agena B 2314).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-027A ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan McDowell's USAF imaging programs' 9.3.1: SAMOS ;
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Kosmos
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 12
Chronologies: 1963 payload #51 ; 1963 13th loss ; 306th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 July 1963, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  TRW Space Log ;
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 GAMBIT 1 / Improve Samos 1  / KH-7 1
Spacecraft:  OPS 1467 ; AFP-206 / SV 951
Chronologies: 1963 payload #52 ; 1963-028A ; 307th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 12 July 1963 at 20h46 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base (Point Arguello)'s LC2-3, by an.Atlas-Agena D (Atlas LV-3A 201D / Agena D S01A 4702).
Orbit: 173 km x 211 km x 95.3°
Decayed: 18 July 1963 (after 5,2 days)
Mission: The first GAMBIT mission was designated 4001. After the photographic phase of the mission was completed, the reentry vehicle separated and came down over the ocean northwest of Hawaii, where it was caught in mid-air by a C-130 aircraft. Its film was then transported to Eastman Kodak in Rochester, New York, where it was processed and copied and then sent to Washington for analysis. Then the engineering phase of the mission began. The Orbital Control Vehicle was separated from the Agena and put through a series of tests to determine its stability and other characteristics. Its performance during these tests is unknown, but it did not totally silence GAMBIT’s skeptics, particularly in the CIA.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-028A ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan McDowell's USAF imaging programs' Satellite Summary: KH-7 (Program 206) ; Space Review's 5 Jan 09 ; 
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Discoverer 64 / CORONA 9057 / KH-4
Spacecraft:  OPS 1266
Chronologies: 1963 payload #53 ; 1963-029A ; 308th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 18 July 1963 at 0h00 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 388 / Agena D 1412).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-029A ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Midas 9
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #54 ; 1963-030A ; 309th spacecraft.
Type: Missile early warning
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 18 July 1963 at 3h51 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-1-2, by an Atlas-Agena B (Atlas LV-3A 75D / Agena B S01 1207).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-030A ; TRW Space Log ;
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TRS 10 / ERS 10
Spacecraft:  Environmental Research Satellite
Chronologies: 1963 payload #55 ; 1963-030B ; 310th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 18 July 1963 at 3h51 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-1-2, by an Atlas-Agena B (Atlas LV-3A 75D / Agena B S01 1207).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-030B ; TRW Space Log ;
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TRS 9 / ERS 9
Spacecraft:  Environmental Research Satellite
Chronologies: 1963 payload #56 ; 1963-030C ; 311th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 18 July 1963 at 3h51 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-1-2, by an Atlas-Agena B (Atlas LV-3A 75D / Agena B S01 1207).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-030C ; TRW Space Log ;
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DASH 2
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #57 ; 1963-030D ; 312th spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 18 July 1963 at 3h51 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-1-2, by an Atlas-Agena B (Atlas LV-3A 75D / Agena B S01 1207).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-030D ; TRW Space Log ;
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Syncom 2
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #58 ; 1963-031A ; 313th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (technology)
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 26 July 1963 at 14h33 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta DSV-3B (Thor Delta B 370 / Delta 20).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-031A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Lanyard 8003 / KH-6 3
Spacecraft:  OPS 1370 / KH-6 s/n 8003
Chronologies: 1963 payload #59 ; 1963-032A ; 314th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 31 July 1963 at 0h00 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-2, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C 382 / Agena D 1167).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-032A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 19
Spacecraft:  DS-P1 No. 3
Chronologies: 1963 payload #60 ; 1963-033A ; 315th spacecraft.
Type: Antimissile technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 6 August 1963 at 6h00 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's Mayak-2, by a Kosmos B-1 (63S1).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-033A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos
Spacecraft:  DS-A1 No. 3
Chronologies: 1963 payload #61 ; 1963 14th loss ; 316th spacecraft.
Type: Military Earth upper atmosphere studies & technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 22 August 1963, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's Mayak-2, by a Kosmos B-1 (63S1).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 65 / CORONA 1001 / KH-4A
Spacecraft:  OPS 1419
Chronologies: 1963 payload #62 ; 1963-034A ; 317th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 25 August 1963 at 0h30 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-3-4, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C  377 / Agena D 1162).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-034A ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Discoverer 66 / CORONA 9058A / KH-4
Spacecraft:  OPS 1561
Chronologies: 1963 payload #63 ; 1963-035A ; 318th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 29 August 1963 at 20h31 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-3-5, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2A  394 / Agena D 1169).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-035A ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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LAMPO
Spacecraft:  0.1 Square Meter Target
Chronologies: 1963 payload #64 ; 1963-035B ; 319th spacecraft.
Type: Radar monitoring
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 29 August 1963 at 20h31 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-3-5, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2A  394 / Agena D 1169).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-035B ; TRW Space Log ;
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 GAMBIT 2 / Improve Samos 2 / KH-7 2
Spacecraft:  OPS 1947 ; AFP-206 / SV 952
Chronologies: 1963 payload #65 ; 1963-036A ; 320th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 6 September 1963 at 19h30 UTC, from Vendenberg Air Force Base (Point Arguello)'s LC2-3, by an Atlas-Agena D (Atlas LV-3A 212D / Agena D S01A 4701).
Orbit: 182 km x 270 km x 94.2°
Decayed: 13 September 1963 (7.1 days)
Mission: the second GAMBIT spacecraft on mission 4002 was successful.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-036A ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan McDowell's USAF imaging programs' Satellite Summary: KH-7 (Program 206) ; Space Review's 5 Jan 09 ; 
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Discoverer 67 / CORONA 1002 / KH-4A
Spacecraft:  OPS 1353
Chronologies: 1963 payload #66 ; 1963-037A ; 321st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 23 September 1963 at 23h00 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-2, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C 383 / Agena D 1163).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-037A ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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P-35-5 / DAPP 5
Spacecraft:  OPS 1610 ; Data Acquisition and Processing Program
Chronologies: 1963 payload #67 ; 1963 15th loss ; 322nd spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Source : A, Parsch
Launch: 27 September 1963 at 11h17 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-D, by a Scout (Scout X-2B S132).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's NNNS6305 ; TRW Space Log ;
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Transit 5E 1
Spacecraft:  APL SN 39
Chronologies: 1963  payload #68 ; 1963-038A ; 323rd spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 28 September 1963 at 20h22 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Able-Star (Thor Ablestar 375 AB013).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  TRW Space Log ;
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Transit 5BN1
Spacecraft:  Transit VE-1 / APL SN-39
Chronologies: 1963 payload #69 ; 1963-038B ; 324th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 28 September 1963 at 20h22 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Able-Star (Thor Ablestar 375 AB013).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-038B ; TRW Space Log ;
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APL SN 39
Spacecraft:
Chronologies: 1963 payload #70 ; 1963-038C ; 325th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 28 September 1963 at 20h22 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Able-Star (Thor Ablestar 375 AB013).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-038C ; TRW Space Log ;
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Vela Hotel 1 / Vela 1A
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #71 ; 1963-039A ; 326th spacecraft.
Type: Nuclear explosion detection
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 17 October 1963 at 2h37 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's LC-13, by an Atlas-Agena D (Atlas LV-3A 197D / Agena D 1801).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-039A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Vela Hotel 2 / Vela 1B
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #72 ; 1963-039B ; 327th spacecraft.
Type: Nuclear explosion detection
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 17 October 1963 at 2h37 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's LC-13, by an Atlas-Agena D (Atlas LV-3A 197D / Agena D 1801).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-039B ; TRW Space Log ;
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ERS 12 / TRS 5
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #73 ; 1963-039C ; 328th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 17 October 1963 at 2h37 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's LC-13, by an Atlas-Agena D (Atlas LV-3A 197D / Agena D 1801).
Orbit:
Decayed: 5 February 1966
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-039C ; TRW Space Log; Spacewarn No. 550 ;
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Kosmos 20
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 13
Chronologies: 1963 payload #74 ; 1963-040A ; 329th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 18 October 1963 at 9h30 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-040A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos
Spacecraft:  DS-A1 No. 4
Chronologies: 1963 payload #75 ; 1963 16th loss ; 330th spacecraft.
Type: Military Earth upper atmosphere studies & technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 24 October 1963, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's Mayak-2, by a Kosmos B-1 (63S1).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  TRW Space Log ;
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GAMBIT 3 / Improve Samos 3 / KH-7 3
Spacecraft:  OPS 2196 ; AFP-206 / SV 953
Chronologies: 1963 payload #76 ; 1963-041A ; 331st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 25 October 1963 at 18h59 UTC, from Point Arguello's LC2-3, by an Atlas-Agena D (Atlas LV-3A 224D / Agena D S01A 4703).
Orbit: 123 km x 313 km x 99.1°
Decayed: 29 October 1963 (4.0 days)
Mission: The third GAMBIT mission, number 4003, was also successful. The Agena again remained attached. The film was ejected after the photographic phase and the capsule recovered. The OCV was then put through various tests once the intelligence goals had been achieved.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-041A ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan McDowell's USAF imaging programs' Satellite Summary: KH-7 (Program 206) ; Space Review's 5 Jan 09 ; 
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Subsatellite
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #77 ; 1963-041B ; 332nd spacecraft.
Type: Technology?
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 25 October 1963 at 18h59 UTC, from Point Arguello's LC2-3, by an Atlas-Agena D (Atlas LV-3A 224D / Agena D S01A 4703).
Orbit: 123 km x 313 km x 99.1°
Decayed: 29 October 1963 (4.0 days)
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  National Space Science Data Center's 1963-041B ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan McDowell's USAF imaging programs' Satellite Summary: KH-7 (Program 206) ;

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Discoverer 68 / CORONA 9059A / KH-5
Spacecraft:  OPS 2437
Chronologies: 1963 payload #78 ; 1963-042A ; 333rd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 29 October 1963 at 21h19 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-3-4, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C 386 / Agena D 1601).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-042A ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Hitchhiker 2
Spacecraft:  P-11 No. A3
Chronologies: 1963 payload #79 ; 1963-042B ; 334th spacecraft.
Type: Radar monitoring
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 29 October 1963 at 21h19 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-3-4, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C 386 / Agena D 1601).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-042B ; TRW Space Log ;
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Poliot 1 (Polet or Polyot)
Spacecraft:  I-2B No. 1
Chronologies: 1963 payload #80 ; 1963-043A ; 335th spacecraft.
Type: Technollogy (military)
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 1st November 1963 at 8h56 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, by a Polyot (11A59).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-043A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 69 / CORONA 9060 / KH-4
Spacecraft:  OPS 2268
Chronologies: 1963 payload #81 ; 1963 17th loss ; 336th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 9 November 1963 at 20h27UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-2, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2A 400 / Agena D 1171).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's NNNS6306 ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Kosmos 21
Spacecraft:  3MV-1 No. 1
Chronologies: 1963 payload #82 ; 1963-044A ; 337th spacecraft.
Type: Venus probe
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 11 November 1963 at 6h23 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-044A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 22
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4 No. 1
Chronologies: 1963 payload #83 ; 1963-045A ; 338th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 16 November 1963 at 10h48 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-045A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Explorer 18 / IMP A
Spacecraft:  Interplanetary Monitoring Program
Chronologies: 1963 payload #84 ; 1963-046A ; 339th spacecraft.
Type: Radiations studies
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 27 November 1963 at 2h30 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta DSV-3C (Thor Delta C 387 / Delta 21).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-046A ; TRW Space Log ;
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AC-2 / Atlas-Centaur 2
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #85 ; 1963-047A ; 340th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 27 November 1963 at 19h03 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-36A, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas LV-3C AC-2 / Centaur D 126D).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-047A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 70 / CORONA 9061 / KH-4
Spacecraft:  OPS 2260
Chronologies: 1963 payload #86 ; 1963-048A ; 341st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 27 November 1963 at 21h15 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-1-1, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2A 406 / Agena D 1172).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-048A ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Kosmos
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 14
Chronologies: 1963 payload #87 ; 1963 18th loss ; 342nd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 November 1963, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  TRW Space Log ;
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"Unidentified"
Spacecraft: 
Chronologies: 1963 payload #88 ; 1963-049A ; 343rd spacecraft.
Type: [?]
Sponsor: U.S. Navy
Launch: 5 December 1963 at 21h51 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Able-Star (Thor Ablestar 385 AB015).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ;  TRW Space Log ;
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Transit 5BN2
Spacecraft:  Transit VBN-2
Chronologies: 1963 payload #89 ; 1963-049B ; 344th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: U.S. Navy
Launch: 5 December 1963 at 21h51 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Able-Star (Thor Ablestar 385 AB015).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-049B ; TRW Space Log ;
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Transit 5E 3
Spacecraft:  Transit VE-3
Chronologies: 1963 payload #90 ; 1963-049C ; 345th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: U.S. Navy
Launch: 5 December 1963 at 21h51 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-1, by a Thor-Able-Star (Thor Ablestar 385 AB015).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-049C ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 23
Spacecraft:  Omega-1 No. 2
Chronologies: 1963 payload #91 ; 1963-050A ; 346th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 13 December 1963 at 13h55 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's Mayak-2, by a Kosmos B-1 (63S1).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-050A ; TRW Space Log ;
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GAMBIT 4 / Improve Samos 4 / KH-7 4
Spacecraft:  OPS 2372 ; OPS 2372 / AFP-206  SV 954
Chronologies: 1963 payload #92 ; 1963-051A ; 347th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 18 December 1963 at 21h45 UTC, from Point Arguello's LC2-3, by an Atlas-Agena D (Atlas LV-3A 227D / Agena D S01A 4802).
Orbit: 126 km x 271 km x 97.9° 
Decayed: 20 December 1963 (1.3 d)
Mission: oN GAMBIT mission 4004, for the first time, the OCV and its payload detached from the Agena to conduct the photographic phase of the mission. It was successful, and the capsule was recovered the next day.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-051A ; TRW Space Log ;  Jonathan McDowell's USAF imaging programs' Satellite Summary: KH-7 (Program 206) ; Space Review's 5 Jan 09 ; 
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Kosmos 24
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 15
Chronologies: 1963 payload #93 ; 1963-052A ; 348th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 19 December 1963 at 09h29 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-052A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Explorer 19 / AD-A
Spacecraft:
Chronologies: 1963 payload #94 ; 1963-053A ; 349th spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 19 December 1963 at 18h49 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-D, by a Scout IX-4 S122R).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-053A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Tiros 8
Spacecraft:  Tiros H / A-53
Chronologies: 1963 payload #95 ; 1963-054A ; 350th spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 21 December 1963 at 9h30 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta DSV-3B (Thor Delta B 371 / Delta 22).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-054A ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 71 / CORONA 9062 / KH-4
Spacecraft: OPS 1388
Chronologies: 1963 payload #96 ; 1963-055A ; 351st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 21 December 1963 at 21h45 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-2, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C 398 / Agena D 1168).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-055A ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Hitchhiker 3 / P-11 A3
Spacecraft:  P-11 No. A4
Chronologies: 1963 payload #97 ; 1963-055B ; 352nd spacecraft.
Type: Radar monitoring
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 21 December 1963 at 21h45 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-75-1-2, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C 398 / Agena D 1168).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's 1963-055B ; TRW Space Log ;

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