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1963 in spaceflight

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
5 April	Luna 4	Flyby of the Moon	Failed lander, closest approach:
19 June	Mars 1	Flyby of Mars	Closest approach: , communications system failed before flyby

Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
	24	15	9	0
	46	35	8	3

Rocket	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B	3	1	1	1
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D	5	5	0	0	Maiden flight
Atlas LV-3B	1	1	0	0	Retired
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-B	1	1	0	0	Only flight
Delta B	6	6	0	0
Delta C	1	1	0	0
Kosmos-2I 63S1	8	4	4	0
Molniya 8K78	1	0	1	0
Molniya-L 8K78L	3	1	2	0	Maiden flight
Polyot 11A59	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Scout X-2B	1	0	1	0	Only flight
Scout X-2M	1	0	1	0	Retired
Scout X-3	2	0	1	1
Scout X-3M	1	1	0	0	Only flight
Scout X-4	2	1	0	1	Maiden flight
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar	2	2	0	0	Maiden flight
Thor DM-21 Agena-B	1	1	0	0
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D (Thor DM-21 Agena-D)	8	6	2	0	Redesignated midyear
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-B	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D	10	8	2	0	Maiden flight
Voskhod 11A57	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Vostok-K 8K72K	2	2	0	0
Vostok-2 8A92	8	6	2	0

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Not Achieved	Accidentally Achieved	Remarks
Low Earth	57	44	13	2
Medium Earth	5	4	1	0
High Earth	5	3	2	0	Including Highly elliptical orbits
Geosynchronous/transfer	2	2	0	0
Heliocentric	1	0	1	0

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