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SPACECRAFT SCOREBOARD 1963 Main details of all Earth satellites and space probes known to have been successfully launched between August 11,1962, and August 8,1963, are listed in the tables on these pages. Previous lists appeared in our issues of August 28, 1959; August 5, 1960; August 17, 1961 and August 16, 1962. The orbital details quoted are in general the initial, or initially announced, figures, as compiled by the Space Department of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough. Other information sources include the United Nations Outer Space Affairs Section and the Goddard Space Flight Center of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Information on certain space launchings continues to be withheld by the US Air Force, US Defense Department and the USSR. Table compiled by Kenneth Owen 1 r Spacecraft 1962 Vostok 3 (1962 Alpha mu) Vostok 4 (1962 Alpha nu) Cosmos 8 (1962 Alpha xi) USAF satellite (1962 Alpha omicron) Soviet satellite (1962 Alpha pi) USAF satellite (1962 Alpha sigma) Soviet satellite (1962 Alpha tau) USAF satellite (1962 Alpha upsilon) Soviet satellite (1962 Alpha phi) USAF satellite (1962 Alpha chi) Tiros 6 (1962 Alpha psi) Cosmos 9 (1962 Alpha omega) Alouette (1962 Beta alpha) USAF satellite (1962 Beta beta) Explorer 14 (1962 Beta gamma) Mercury-Atlas 8 (1962 Beta delta) Launch vehicle — Blue Scout — Thor AgenaD — Thor Agena B — Thor Agena B Delta — Thor Agena B Thor Agena D Delta Atlas D Date and place August 11 Baikonur August 12 Baikonur August 18 Kapustin Yar? August 23 Point Arguello August 25 August 29 Vandenberg September 1 September 1 Vandenberg September 12 Septemberl7 Vandenberg September 18 Cape Canaveral September 27 Tyuratam! September 29 Vandenberg September 29 Vandenberg October 2 Cape Canaveral October 3 Cape Canaveral Pay load Shape — — — — — — — — 18-sided cylinder 22in by 42in dia — oblate spheriod 42in dia — cone-octagon + booms 26 in dia cone-frustum 9ft 6in by 6ft dia Weight (lb) "about five tons" "about five tons" — — — — — — — — 281 — 319 — 89 3,030 Incln (deg) 64.98 64.95 48.97 98.6 64.88 65.21 — 82.82 64.81 81.84 58.32 65.0 80.46 65.4 32.95 32.55 Orbit Height (miles) 103-136 105-138 152-371 385-533 108-157 116-249 — 186-416 109? 127-415 425-442 182-215 619-641 126-234 175-61,224 95-177 Period (min) 88.33 88.39 92.93 99.62 88.73 90.38 — 94.42 88? 93.33 98.73 90.9 105.52 90.3 2.185 88.75 Purpose , obtain further information on effect of spaceflight on human organism and effect of weightlessness on man's working ability; carry out specific scientific observations; perfect spaceship communication, guidance and landing systems (USSR) establish radio communication between two space craft and ground stations; study impact of similar spaceflight conditions on human bodies; check the possibilities of co-ordinating two flights at the same time (USSR) continuation of Cosmos programme (USSR) not disclosed (USAF) not disclosed (USSR) not disclosed (USAF) not disclosed (USSR) not disclosed (USAF) not disclosed (USSR) not disclosed (USAF) continuation of Tiros meteorological satellite programme (NASA) continuation of Cosmos programme (USSR) ionosphere topside sounder (NASA/DRB) not disclosed (USAF) study magnetosphere and effect of artificial radia tion belt (NASA) evaluate performance of man/spacecraft system; investigate man's capabilities in space; evaluate spacecraft and systems (NASA) Remarks third manned Soviet space flight; Maj Andrian G. Nikolayev landed separately from spacecraft on August 15 after 64 orbits (3 days 22hr 22min) fourth manned Soviet space flight; Lt-Col Pavel R. Popovich landed separately from spacecraft on August 15 after 48 orbits (2 days 22hr 57min); minimum distance between Vostoks 3 and 4, 6.5km estimated lifetime 12 months estimated lifetime 15 years not announced by USSR; possible Venus probe attempt; lifetime 3 days to August 38 lifetime 12 days to September 10 not announced by USSR; possible Venus probe at tempt; lifetime 5 days to September 6 estimated lifetime 18 months not announced by USSR; possible Venus probe at tempt; lifetime 2days to September 14 lifetime 62 days to November 19; failed to eject TRS-I satellite which returned solar-cell damage data medium-angle TV camera ceased transmitting De cember 1; wide-angle camera continued to operate successfully lifetime 4 days to October 1 ? joint project between NASA and Canadian Defence Research Board; estimated lifetime 2,000 years lifetime 14 days to October 14 successful; out of operation January 10-24 because of encoder system fault; estimated lifetime 10 years astronaut Walter M. Schirra aboard "Sigma 7" successfully recovered after 6 orbits (9hr I3min) '-o, § 8 Continued overleaf
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