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1963 In Spaceflight (January–March)
This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and June 1963. For an overview of the whole year, see 1963 in spaceflight. Orbital launches , colspan=8 style="background:white;", January , - , colspan=8 style="background:white;", February , - , colspan=8 style="background:white;", March , - , colspan=8 style="background:white;", , - , colspan=8 style="background:white;", Suborbital launches , colspan=8 style="background:white;", January , - , colspan=8 style="background:white;", February , - , colspan=8 style="background:white;", March , - Reference External links {{DEFAULTSORT:1963 in spaceflight (January-March) 1963 in spaceflight Spaceflight by year 1963-related lists, Spaceflight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spaceflight
Spaceflight (or space flight) is an application of astronautics to fly objects, usually spacecraft, into or through outer space, either with or without humans on board. Most spaceflight is uncrewed and conducted mainly with spacecraft such as satellites in orbit around Earth, but also includes space probes for flights beyond Earth orbit. Such spaceflights operate either by telerobotic or autonomous control. The first spaceflights began in the 1950s with the launches of the Soviet Sputnik satellites and American Explorer and Vanguard missions. Human spaceflight programs include the Soyuz, Shenzhou, the past Apollo Moon landing and the Space Shuttle programs. Other current spaceflight are conducted to the International Space Station and to China's Tiangong Space Station. Spaceflights include the launches of Earth observation and telecommunications satellites, interplanetary missions, the rendezvouses and dockings with space stations, and crewed spaceflights on sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SRV 608
SRV may refer to: Computing *SRV record as used in the Domain Name System */srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systems Music *Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues and blues-rock guitarist (1954–1990) *"S.R.V.", an instrumental track from guitarist Eric Johnson's 1996 album ''Venus Isle'' Government *''Statens Räddningsverk'', Rescue Services Agency (Sweden) Vehicles *Cirrus Design SRV, a budget Cirrus SR20 aircraft *Vauxhall SRV, a 1970 concept automobile *Submarine Rescue Vessel *SRV Dominator, a stormchasing automobile *Special Reconnaissance Vehicle of the Irish Army Ranger Wing Other uses *Safety relief valve * Score Runoff Voting, later named STAR voting *Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia, Italian for the Most Serene Republic of Venice *''Simian retrovirus'', a betaretrovirus *Social role valorization * Socialist Republic of Vietnam, official name of Vietnam *Stony River, Alaska Stony River (''Gidighuyghatno’ Xidochagg Qay’'' in Deg Xinag, ''K'qizaghetnu Hdakaq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SRV 610
SRV may refer to: Computing *SRV record as used in the Domain Name System */srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systems Music *Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues and blues-rock guitarist (1954–1990) *"S.R.V.", an instrumental track from guitarist Eric Johnson's 1996 album ''Venus Isle'' Government *''Statens Räddningsverk'', Rescue Services Agency (Sweden) Vehicles *Cirrus Design SRV, a budget Cirrus SR20 aircraft *Vauxhall SRV, a 1970 concept automobile *Submarine Rescue Vessel *SRV Dominator, a stormchasing automobile *Special Reconnaissance Vehicle of the Irish Army Ranger Wing Other uses *Safety relief valve * Score Runoff Voting, later named STAR voting *Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia, Italian for the Most Serene Republic of Venice *''Simian retrovirus'', a betaretrovirus *Social role valorization * Socialist Republic of Vietnam, official name of Vietnam *Stony River, Alaska Stony River (''Gidighuyghatno’ Xidochagg Qay’'' in Deg Xinag, ''K'qizaghetnu Hdakaq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is managed by the United States Space Force with on-orbit operations provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The (originally classified) mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973. They provide cloud cover imagery from polar orbits that are Sun-synchronous at nominal altitude of . History Early in 1963 The Aerospace Corporation recommended that the U.S. Air Force develop a dedicated military meterological satellite, and the Defense Department agreed. The main emphasis would be on cloud-cover photography, but planners expected to add more sophisticated equipment when it became available. Later, when civilian weather satellites improved their capabilities and could satisfy most military requirements, the Defense Department continued to prefer a separate sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 5
Space Launch Complex 5 (SLC-5) is a decommissioned launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States. Initially constructed as Launch Complex D (LC-D) in 1961, the facility was used by the Scout (rocket family), Scout family of Launch vehicle, launch vehicles from 1962 to 1994, carrying a variety of payloads for agencies like NASA, the United States Navy, and the United States Air Force. Currently, the pad is leased to Phantom Space Corporation for future use by their Daytona line of launch vehicles. History Scout (1962–1994) Space Launch Complex 5 started its life as Launch Complex D (LC-D), initially constructed by the United States Navy in 1961 as part of an expansion of rocketry activities around the Point Arguello area. It was designed to be part of Point Arguello Naval Air Station, which had been established two years earlier as a separate facility for Western Range (USSF), Western Range launches, operating alongside the United States Air Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scout X-3M
Scout may refer to: Youth movement *Scout (Scouting), a child, usually 10–18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement **Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the United Kingdom **Scouts BSA, section for 11 to 17 year olds in the United States of America **Scouts (Baden-Powell Scouts' Association), section is open to both boys and girls between the ages of 10–15 years, and are now formed into local Scout Troops *Scouting, Scouting Movement or Scout Movement **Traditional Scouting, a trend to return Scouting to traditional style and activities **World Organization of the Scout Movement, the international body for Scout organisations **The Scout Association, the national scout organisation for the United Kingdom * ''Scouting'' (magazine), a publication of Scouting America Military uses *Scout, to perform reconnaissance Units United States * Blazer's Scouts, a unit who conducted irregular warfare during the American Civil War *United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subsynchronous Orbit
A subsynchronous orbit is an orbit of a satellite that is nearer the planet than it would be if it were in synchronous orbit, i.e. the orbital period is less than the sidereal day of the planet. Technical considerations An Earth satellite that is in (a prograde) subsynchronous orbit will appear to drift eastward as seen from the Earth's surface. Economic importance in commercial spaceflight The '' Geosynchronous-belt subsynchronous orbital regime'' is regularly used in spaceflight. This orbit is typically used to house working communication satellites that have not yet been deactivated, and may be still be used again in geostationary service if the need arises. See also *Supersynchronous orbit *List of orbits This is a list of types of gravitational orbit classified by various characteristics. Common abbreviations List of abbreviations of common Earth orbits List of abbreviations of other orbits Classifications The following is a list of t ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geosynchronous Orbit
A geosynchronous orbit (sometimes abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds (one sidereal day). The synchronization of rotation and orbital period means that, for an observer on Earth's surface, an object in geosynchronous orbit returns to exactly the same position in the sky after a period of one sidereal day. Over the course of a day, the object's position in the sky may remain still or trace out a path, typically in a figure-8 form, whose precise characteristics depend on the orbit's inclination and eccentricity. A circular geosynchronous orbit has a constant altitude of . A special case of geosynchronous orbit is the geostationary orbit (often abbreviated ''GEO''), which is a circular geosynchronous orbit in Earth's equatorial plane with both inclination and eccentricity equal to 0. A satellite in a geostationary orbit remains in the same position in the sky to observers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syncom 1
Syncom (for "synchronous communication satellite") started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were developed and manufactured by the Space and Communications division of Hughes Aircraft Company (now the Boeing Satellite Development Center). Syncom 2, launched in 1963, was the world's first geosynchronous communications satellite. Syncom 3, launched in 1964, was the world's first geostationary satellite. In the 1980s, the series was continued as Syncom IV with some much larger satellites, also manufactured by Hughes. They were leased to the United States military under the Leasat program. Syncom 1, 2 and 3 Common features The three early Syncom satellites were experimental spacecraft built by Hughes Aircraft Company's facility in Culver City, California, by a team led by Harold Rosen, Don Williams, and Thomas Hudspeth. All three satellites were cylindrical in shape, with a diameter of about and a height of about . Pre-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17
Space Launch Complex 17 (SLC-17), previously designated Launch Complex 17 (LC-17), was a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida used for Thor and Delta launch vehicles launches between 1958 and 2011. Originally built in 1956, SLC-17 features two expendable launch vehicle (ELV) launch pads, SLC-17A and SLC-17B. The pads were operated by the 45th Space Wing and have supported more than 300 Department of Defense, NASA and commercial missile and rocket launches. History SLC-17 was built in 1956 by the United States Air Force for use with the PGM-17 Thor missile, the first operational ballistic missile in the arsenal of the United States. It was initially designed for testing suborbital launches of the Thor, in accordance to the IRBM's planned stationing in the United Kingdom as part of Project Emily. Pad 17A supported its first Thor missile launch on 3 August 1957, and Pad 17B supported its first Thor launch on 25 January 1957. As the Thor got wound down fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
