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Orbital Launches in 1963

7,332 orbital launches since 1957

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7,332
Total launches
149
This year
92.8%
Success rate
159
Crewed
1957
Since

Orbital Radar lists 70 every orbital launch in 1963, part of 7,332 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.

2020s 2010s SpaceX Falcon 9 Soyuz Failures Cape Canaveral ⬡ Crewed only

Featured & milestone launches

70 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
1963-12-21CORONA M-261963-055Thor SLV-2A Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1963-12-21Tiros H1963-054Thor Delta BNASACape Canaveral1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1963-12-19Zenit-2 No. 151963-052Vostok 8A92Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1963-12-19AD-A1963-053Scout X-4US Space ForcePt Arguello—MEOsuccess
1963-12-18GAMBIT SV 9541963-051Atlas Agena DUS Space ForcePt Arguello—LEOsuccess
1963-12-13Omega-1 No. 21963-050Kosmos 63S1Soviet Rocket ForcesKapustin Yar—LEOsuccess
1963-12-05Transit VBN-21963-049Thor Ablestar 2US Space ForceVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1963-11-28Zenit-2 No. 141963-F15Vostok 8A92Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1963-11-27CORONA M-251963-048Thor SLV-2 Agena DUS Space ForcePt Arguello—LEOsuccess
1963-11-27IMP A1963-046Thor Delta CNASACape Canaveral—HEOsuccess
1963-11-27AC-21963-047Atlas CentaurNASACape Canaveral1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1963-11-16Zenit-4 No. 11963-045Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1963-11-113MV-1 No. 11963-044Molniya 8K78Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1963-11-09CORONA M-241963-F14Thor SLV-2 Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOfailure
1963-11-01I-2B No. 1021963-043Polyot 11A59Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1963-10-29ARGON 61963-042Thor SLV-2A Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1963-10-25GAMBIT SV 9531963-041Atlas Agena DUS Space ForcePt Arguello—LEOsuccess
1963-10-24DS-A1 No. 41963-F13Kosmos 63S1Soviet Rocket ForcesKapustin Yar—LEOfailure
1963-10-18Zenit-2 No. 131963-040Vostok 8A92Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1963-10-17Vela 1A1963-039Atlas Agena DUS Space ForceCape Canaveral—HEOsuccess
1963-09-28Transit VBN-11963-038Thor Ablestar 2US Space ForceVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1963-09-27P35-51963-F12Scout X-2BUS Space ForcePt Arguello—LEOfailure
1963-09-23CORONA J-21963-037Thor SLV-2A Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1963-09-06GAMBIT SV 9521963-036Atlas Agena DUS Space ForcePt Arguello—LEOsuccess
1963-08-29ARGON 111963-035Thor SLV-2 Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1963-08-25CORONA J-11963-034Thor SLV-2A Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1963-08-22DS-A1 No. 31963-F11Kosmos 63S1Soviet Rocket ForcesKapustin Yar—LEOfailure
1963-08-06DS-P1 No. 31963-033Kosmos 63S1Soviet Rocket ForcesKapustin Yar—LEOsuccess
1963-07-31LANYARD 31963-032Thor SLV-2A Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1963-07-26Syncom 21963-031Thor Delta BNASACape Canaveral—GEOsuccess
1963-07-19CORONA M-231963-029Thor Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1963-07-19Midas ETS-III F41963-030Atlas Agena BUS Space ForcePt Arguello—MEOsuccess
1963-07-12GAMBIT SV 9511963-028Atlas Agena DUS Space ForcePt Arguello—LEOsuccess
1963-07-10Zenit-2 No. 121963-E01Vostok 8A92Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1963-06-29Ferret 41963-027Thor SLV-2A Agena BUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1963-06-28AFCRL A1963-026Scout X-4NASAWallops Island—LEOsuccess
1963-06-27CORONA M-221963-025Thor SLV-2A Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—MEOsuccess
1963-06-19Tiros G1963-024Thor Delta BNASACape Canaveral—LEOsuccess
1963-06-16Transit VA-31963-022Scout X-3US Space ForcePt Arguello—LEOsuccess
1963-06-16Vostok-3A No. 81963-023Vostok 8K72 KSoviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1963-06-15SURCAL1963-021Thor Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOfailure
1963-06-14Vostok-3A No. 71963-020Vostok 8K72 KSoviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1963-06-12Midas ETS-III F31963-F09Atlas Agena BUS Space ForcePt Arguello—LEOfailure
1963-06-12CORONA M-211963-019Thor SLV-2A Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1963-06-01DS-MT No. 11963-F08Kosmos 63S1Soviet Rocket ForcesKapustin Yar—LEOfailure
1963-05-24Zenit-2 No. 111963-018Vostok 8A92Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1963-05-22DS-A1 No. 21963-017Kosmos 63S1Soviet Rocket ForcesKapustin Yar—LEOsuccess
1963-05-18LANYARD 21963-016Thor SLV-2A Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1963-05-15Mercury SC201963-015Atlas DAFSSD/STGCape Canaveral—LEOsuccess
1963-05-09Midas ETS-III F21963-014Atlas Agena BUS Space ForcePt Arguello2 payloads ↗MEOsuccess

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About this database

Every orbital launch since 1957 — 7,332 in total, 159 of them crewed — cross-linked to the rockets, operators and satellites involved. The historical record is built on GCAT and enriched with Launch Library 2, then matched to our live satellite catalogue.

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By year

2026 1492025 3302024 2632023 2232022 1862021 1462020 1142019 103

By vehicle

Soyuz 1,177Falcon 9 653Long March 653Kosmos 622Atlas 436Proton 425Thor 331Molniya 320

By operator

Soviet Rocket Forces 1,537Soviet Space Forces 905SpaceX 682CASC 644NASA 462Arianespace 305US Air Force 277Russian Aerospace Forces 272

By outcome / site

Successful 6,805Failed 525Unconfirmed 2Plesetsk Cosmodrome 1,644Baikonur Cosmodrome 1,558Cape Canaveral 1,093
Full launch index (70 launches)
Tiros H (1963-12-21)CORONA M-26 (1963-12-21)Zenit-2 No. 15 (1963-12-19)AD-A (1963-12-19)GAMBIT SV 954 (1963-12-18)Omega-1 No. 2 (1963-12-13)Transit VBN-2 (1963-12-05)Zenit-2 No. 14 (1963-11-28)IMP A (1963-11-27)AC-2 (1963-11-27)CORONA M-25 (1963-11-27)Zenit-4 No. 1 (1963-11-16)3MV-1 No. 1 (1963-11-11)CORONA M-24 (1963-11-09)I-2B No. 102 (1963-11-01)ARGON 6 (1963-10-29)GAMBIT SV 953 (1963-10-25)DS-A1 No. 4 (1963-10-24)Zenit-2 No. 13 (1963-10-18)Vela 1A (1963-10-17)Transit VBN-1 (1963-09-28)P35-5 (1963-09-27)CORONA J-2 (1963-09-23)GAMBIT SV 952 (1963-09-06)ARGON 11 (1963-08-29)CORONA J-1 (1963-08-25)DS-A1 No. 3 (1963-08-22)DS-P1 No. 3 (1963-08-06)LANYARD 3 (1963-07-31)Syncom 2 (1963-07-26)CORONA M-23 (1963-07-19)Midas ETS-III F4 (1963-07-19)GAMBIT SV 951 (1963-07-12)Zenit-2 No. 12 (1963-07-10)Ferret 4 (1963-06-29)AFCRL A (1963-06-28)CORONA M-22 (1963-06-27)Tiros G (1963-06-19)Vostok-3A No. 8 (1963-06-16)Transit VA-3 (1963-06-16)SURCAL (1963-06-15)Vostok-3A No. 7 (1963-06-14)Midas ETS-III F3 (1963-06-12)CORONA M-21 (1963-06-12)DS-MT No. 1 (1963-06-01)Zenit-2 No. 11 (1963-05-24)DS-A1 No. 2 (1963-05-22)LANYARD 2 (1963-05-18)Mercury SC20 (1963-05-15)Midas ETS-III F2 (1963-05-09)Telstar 2 (1963-05-07)Zenit-2 No. 10 (1963-04-28)ARGON 12 (1963-04-26)P35-4 (1963-04-26)Zenit-2 No. 8 (1963-04-22)Omega-1 No. 1 (1963-04-13)DS-P1 No. 2 (1963-04-06)Transit VA-2 (1963-04-05)AE-A (1963-04-03)E-6 No. 4 (1963-04-02)CORONA M-19 (1963-04-01)Zenit-2 No. 9 (1963-03-21)LANYARD 1 (1963-03-18)CORONA M-20 (1963-02-28)P35-3 (1963-02-19)Syncom 1 (1963-02-14)E-6 No. 3 (1963-02-03)Ferret 3 (1963-01-16)CORONA M-18 (1963-01-07)E-6 No. 2 (1963-01-04)

Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.