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1998 in spaceflight
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Launches
This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1998.
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
| Launch Date/Time | Rocket | Launch Site |
Launch Contractor | Payload | Operator | Orbit | Mission/ Function |
Re-Entry/ Destruction |
Outcome | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 January 02:28 GMT |
Athena-2 | LC-46, Cape Canaveral | Lockheed Martin | Lunar Prospector | NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | 31 July 1999 | Successful | |
| 10 January 00:32 GMT |
Delta II | LC-17B, Cape Canaveral | US Air Force | Skynet 4D | MoD | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 16 January 03:25 GMT |
Minuteman II | LF-03, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | MSLS IFT-2 | US Air Force | Sub-orbital | ABM Target | 16 January 1998 | Successful | Intentional non-impact test |
| 16 January 03:46 GMT |
Payload Launch Vehicle | Meck Island, Kwajalein Atoll | US Air Force/Orbital Sciences | EKV | US Air Force | Sub-orbital | ABM test | 16 January 1998 | Successful | |
| 22 January 12:56 GMT |
Shaviyt 1 | Palmachim | ISA | Ofeq-4 | Intended: LEO | Reconnaissance | 22 January 1998 | Failure | Second stage failure | |
| 23 January 02:48 GMT |
Space Shuttle Endeavour | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center | USA | STS-89, 7 Astronauts | NASA | LEO, docked to Mir | Manned orbital flight | 31 January 1998, 16:57 GMT | Successful | |
| SpaceHab LDM | NASA/SpaceHab | LEO, attached to Endeavour | Resupply Mir | 31 January 1998, 16:57 GMT | Successful | |||||
| 25 January 08:35 GMT |
S-310 | Pad K, Kagoshima | ISAS | SEEK | ISAS | Sub-orbital | Ozone/Aeronomy research | 25 January 1998 | Successful | |
| 26 January 12:26 GMT |
Nike-Orion | Kiruna | SSC | MERMAID | SSC/DLR | Sub-orbital | Microgravity research | 26 January 1998 | Successful | |
| 29 January 16:33 GMT |
Soyuz-U | LC-1, Baikonur | RKA | Soyuz TM-27 | RKA | LEO, docked to Mir | Manned orbital flight | 25 August 1998 | Successful | Mir Expedition 25 |
| 29 January 18:37 GMT |
Atlas IIA | LC-36A, Cape Canaveral | CAPRICORN (USA-137) | NRO | Molniya | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 31 January 04:30 GMT |
S-520 | Pad K, Kagoshima | ISAS | XUV Doppler Telescope | ISAS | Sub-orbital | Solar observation | 31 January 1998 | Successful | |
| 31 January 23:43 GMT |
VS-30 | Andoya | INPE | AL-VS30-229 | DLR | Sub-orbital | Aeronomy research | 31 Jan-1 Feb 1998 | Successful | |
| 4 February 23:29 GMT |
Ariane 4 44LP | ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) | Arianespace | Brasilsat B3 | Embratel | Geostationary | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Inmarsat 3 F5 | Inmarsat | Geostationary | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 5 February 08:30 GMT |
SS-520 | Pad K, Kagoshima | ISAS | ISAS | Sub-orbital | Test sounding rocket Plasma research |
5 February 1998 | Successful | ||
| 7 February 07:40 GMT |
Skylark VII | Pad S, Kiruna | SSC | TEXUS 36 | SSC | Sub-orbital | Microgravity research | 7 February 1998 | Successful | |
| 10 February | Trident C-4 | ETR, Cape Canaveral | US Navy | US Navy | Sub-orbital | SLBM test | 10 February 1998 | Successful | ||
| 10 February | Trident C-4 | ETR, Cape Canaveral | US Navy | US Navy | Sub-orbital | SLBM test | 10 February 1998 | Successful | ||
| 10 February | Trident C-4 | ETR, Cape Canaveral | US Navy | US Navy | Sub-orbital | SLBM Test | 10 February 1998 | Successful | ||
| 10 February | Trident C-4 | ETR, Cape Canaveral | US Navy | US Navy | Sub-orbital | SLBM Test | 10 February 1998 | Successful | ||
| 10 February 13:20 GMT |
Taurus | LC-576E, Vandenberg AFB | Orbital Sciences | GEO | US Navy | LEO | Radar altimetry | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |
| Orbcomm G1 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Orbcomm G2 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Celestis-02 | Space Services Incorporated | LEO | Space burial of human remains | Still in orbit | Successful | |||||
| 11 February 09:42 GMT |
Nike-Orion | Kiruna | DLR | Texus-5 | DLR | Sub-orbital | Microgravity research | 11 February 1998 | Successful | |
| 14 February 14:34 GMT |
Delta II (7420-10C) | LC-17A, Cape Canaveral | Boeing | Globalstar FM1 | Globalstar | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Globalstar FM2 | Globalstar | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Globalstar FM3 | Globalstar | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Globalstar FM4 | Globalstar | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 17 February 10:34 GMT |
Soyuz-U | LC-31, Baikonur | Kosmos 2349 (Yantar) | RKA | LEO | Cartography | 2 April 1998 | Successful | ||
| 18 February 13:58 GMT |
Delta II (7920-10C) | SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB | Boeing | Iridium 52 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Iridium 56 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 54 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 50 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 53 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 19 February | R-29 | Submarine, Barents Sea | VMF RF | VMF RF | Sub-orbital | SLBM test | 19 February 1998 | Successful | ||
| 19 February | R-29 | Submarine, Barents Sea | VMF RF | VMF RF | Sub-orbital | SLBM test | 19 February 1998 | Successful | ||
| 20 February 00:09 GMT |
Black Brant VC | Arecibo | NASA | Coqui Dos SAL | NASA | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 20 February 1998 | Successful | |
| 20 February 00:37 GMT |
Black Brant VC | Arecibo | NASA | Coqui Dos | NASA | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 20 February 1998 | Successful | |
| 20 February 08:23 GMT |
Minuteman III | LF-04, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | FOT GT166GM | US Air Force | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 20 February 1998 | Failure | |
| 21 February 07:55 GMT |
H-II | Pad Y, Tanegashima | NASDA | Kakehashi (COMETS) | NASDA | Intended: Geosynchronous Actual: MEO |
Experimental Comsat | Still in orbit | Partial Failure | Upper stage failure led to lower orbit than planned. Some experiments still successful |
| 25 February 03:17 GMT |
Black Brant VC | Arecibo | NASA | Coqui Dos | NASA | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 25 February 1998 | Successful | |
| 25 February 07:43 GMT |
Taurus-Orion | Arecibo | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 25 February 1998 | Successful | ||
| 25 February 07:50 GMT |
Terrier-Orion | Arecibo | NASA | EDDY | NASA | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 25 February 1998 | Successful | |
| 26 February 07:07 GMT |
Pegasus XL | L-1011, Vandenberg AFB | Orbital Sciences | SNOE | NASA/University of Colorado | LEO | Nitric Oxide research | 13 December 2003 | Successful | |
| Teledesic 1 | Teledesic | LEO | Comsat | 9 October 2000 | Successful | |||||
| 27 February 22:38 GMT |
Ariane 4 (42P) | ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) | Arianespace | Hot Bird 4 | Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 28 February 00:21 GMT |
Atlas IIAS | LC-36B, Cape Canaveral | Intelsat 806 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful | ||
| 3 March 22:33 GMT |
Nike-Orion | Kiruna | SSC | NLTE-1 Atomic 2A | SSC | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 3 March 1998 | Successful | |
| 6 March 21:26 GMT |
Nike-Orion | Kiruna | SSC | NLTE-2 Atomic 2B | SSC | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 6 March 1998 | Successful | |
| 7 March 01:33 GMT |
Black Brant VC | Arecibo | NASA | Coqui Dos | NASA | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 7 March 1998 | Successful | |
| 7 March | Trident D-5 | ETR, Cape Canaveral | US Navy | US Navy | Sub-orbital | SLBM Test | 7 March 1998 | Successful | ||
| 7 March | Trident D-5 | ETR, Cape Canaveral | US Navy | US Navy | Sub-orbital | SLBM Test | 7 March 1998 | Successful | ||
| 10 March | Trident D-5 | ETR, Cape Canaveral | US Navy | US Navy | Sub-orbital | SLBM Test | 10 March 1998 | Successful | ||
| 10 March | Trident D-5 | ETR, Cape Canaveral | US Navy | US Navy | Sub-orbital | SLBM Test | 10 March 1998 | Successful | ||
| 11 March 23:39 GMT |
Black Brant IX | Arecibo | NASA | Coqui Dos LaTuR | NASA | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 11-12 March 1998 | Successful | |
| 14 March 22:45 GMT |
Soyuz-U | LC-1, Baikonur | RKA | Progress M-38 | RKA | LEO, docked to Mir | Resupply Mir | 15 May 1998 | Successful | |
| VDU 2 | RKA | LEO, attached to Mir | Mir attitude control unit | 23 March 2001 | Successful | |||||
| 16 March 21:32 GMT |
Atlas II | LC-36A, Cape Canaveral | UHF F/O F8-EHF (USA-138) | US Navy | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | Final flight of baseline Atlas II rocket | |
| 21 March | VS-40 | Alcantara Space Centre | INPE | INPE | Sub-orbital | Test sounding rocket | 21 March 1998 | Successful | ||
| 24 March 01:46 GMT |
Ariane 4 (40) | ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) | Arianespace | SPOT 4 | CNES | LEO | Earth Imaging | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 25 March 01:45 GMT |
Black Brant VC | Arecibo | NASA | Coqui Dos | NASA | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 25 March 1998 | Successful | |
| 25 March 17:01 GMT |
Long March 2C (CZ-2C/SD) | LC-1, Taiyuan | Iridium 51 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Iridium 61 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 30 March 06:02 GMT |
Delta II (7920-10C) | SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB | Boeing | Iridium 55 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Iridium 57 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 58 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 59 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 60 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 2 April 02:42 GMT |
Pegasus XL | L-1011, Vandenberg AFB | Orbital Sciences | TRACE | NASA/Lockheed | LEO | Solar research | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 6 April | Ghauri | Tilla | Sub-orbital | Test flight | 6 April 1998 | Successful | ||||
| 6 April | RH-560/200 MK.II | Sriharikota | ISRO | ISRO | Sub-orbital | Aeronomy research | 6 April 1998 | Successful | ||
| 7 April 02:13 GMT |
Proton-K | LC-81, Baikonur | ILS | Iridium 62 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Iridium 63 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 64 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 65 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 66 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 67 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 68 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 15 April | R-36M2 (Satan) | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN/ISC Kosmotras | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 15 April 1998 | Successful | Missile test as part of Dnepr development programme | |
| 17 April 18:05 GMT |
Strypi | Barking Sands | Sandia | Red Crow | BMDO | Sub-orbital | Technology development | 17 April 1998 | Successful | |
| 17 April 18:19 GMT |
Space Shuttle Columbia | LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center | USA | STS-90, 7 Astronauts | NASA | LEO | Manned orbital flight | 3 May 1998 | Successful | |
| Spacelab (Neurolab) | NASA | LEO, attached to Columbia | Life science research | 3 May 1998 | Successful | |||||
| 18 April 04:00 GMT |
Black Brant IX | White Sands | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Ultraviolet astronomy | 18 April 1998 | Successful | ||
| 18 April 07:30 GMT |
Black Brant IX | White Sands | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Ultraviolet astronomy | 18 April 1998 | Successful | ||
| 24 April 22:38 GMT |
Delta II (7420-10C) | LC-17A, Cape Canaveral | Boeing | Globalstar FM6 | Globalstar | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Globalstar FM8 | Globalstar | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Globalstar FM14 | Globalstar | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Globalstar FM15 | Globalstar | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 28 April 12:10 GMT |
Black Brant IXB | Fort Churchill | CSA | ACTIVE | CSA | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 28 April 1998 | Successful | |
| 28 April 22:53 GMT |
Ariane 4 (44P) | ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) | Arianespace | Nilesat 1 | Nilesat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | First Egyptian satellite |
| BSAT 1B | BSAT | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 29 April 04:36 GMT |
Proton-K | LC-200, Baikonur | RVSN | Kosmos 2350 (Prognoz SPRN) | RVSN | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 2 May 09:16 GMT |
Long March 2C (CZ-2C/SD) | LC-1, Taiyuan | Iridium 69 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Iridium 71 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 7 May 08:53 GMT |
Molniya-M | LC-16, Plesetsk | Kosmos 2351 (Oko) | MO RF | Molniya | Early Warning | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 7 May 10:30 GMT |
Peacekeeper | LF-05, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | 8 re-entry vehicles | US Air Force | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 7 May 1998 | Successful | |
| 7 May 23:45 GMT |
Proton-K | LC-81, Baikonur | ILS | Echostar 4 | Echostar | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 9 May 01:38 GMT |
Titan IVB/Centaur | LC-40, Cape Canaveral | Advanced Orion (USA 139) | NRO | Geosynchronous | SIGINT | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 12 May 11:22 GMT |
Hera | LC-94, White Sands | US Air Force | THAAD target | US Air Force | LEO | Target for THAAD ABM | 12 May 1998 | Successful | THAAD interceptor failed |
| 12 July 11:25 GMT |
THAAD | White Sands | US Air Force | ABM | US Air Force | Sub-orbital | ABM test | 12 July 1998 | Failure | |
| 13 May 15:52 GMT |
Titan II (23G) | SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB | NOAA-15 (NOAA-K) | NOAA | LEO | Weather satellite | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 14 May 22:12 GMT |
Soyuz-U | LC-1, Baikonur | RKA | Progress M-39 | RKA | LEO, docked to Mir | Resupply Mir | 29 October 1998 | Successful | |
| 17 May 21:16 GMT |
Delta II (7920-10C) | SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB | Boeing | Iridium 70 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Iridium 72 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 73 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 74 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 75 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 22 May 06:22 GMT |
Black Brant IX | White Sands | NASA | NITE | NASA | Sub-orbital | Infrared astronomy | 22 May 1998 | Successful | |
| 30 May 10:00 GMT |
Long March 3B (CZ-3B) | LC-2, Xichang | Zhongwei 1 (Chinastar 1) | COTSC | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 2 June 22:06 GMT |
Space Shuttle Discovery | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center | USA | STS-91, 6 Astronauts | NASA | LEO, docked to Mir | Manned orbital flight | 12 June 1998, 18:00 GMT | Successful | Final Shuttle-Mir flight First shuttle flight with Super-lightweight Aluminium/Lithium ET |
| SpaceHab LDM | NASA/SpaceHab | LEO, attached to Discovery | Resupply Mir | 12 June 1998, 18:00 GMT | Successful | |||||
| 3 June 19:57 GMT |
Minuteman III | LF-26, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | FOT GT167GB | US Air Force | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 3 June 1998 | Successful | |
| 10 June 00:35 GMT |
Delta II (7925-9.5) | LC-17A, Cape Canaveral | Boeing | Thor 3 | Telenor | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 11 June 01:00 GMT |
KSR-II | Anhueng | KARI | KARI | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research X-ray astronomy |
11 June 1998 | Successful | ||
| 15 June 22:58 GMT |
Tsyklon 3 | LC-32, Baikonur | Kosmos 2352 (Strela) | MO RF | Intended:MEO Actual: High LEO/Low MEO |
Comsat | Still in orbit | Failure | Third stage failure left satellites in lower orbit than planned | |
| Kosmos 2353 (Strela) | MO RF | Intended:MEO Actual: High LEO/Low MEO |
Comsat | Still in orbit | ||||||
| Kosmos 2354 (Strela) | MO RF | Intended:MEO Actual: High LEO/Low MEO |
Comsat | Still in orbit | ||||||
| Kosmos 2355 (Strela) | MO RF | Intended:MEO Actual: High LEO/Low MEO |
Comsat | Still in orbit | ||||||
| Kosmos 2356 (Strela) | MO RF | Intended:MEO Actual: High LEO/Low MEO |
Comsat | Still in orbit | ||||||
| Kosmos 2357 (Strela) | MO RF | Intended:MEO Actual: High LEO/Low MEO |
Comsat | Still in orbit | ||||||
| 16 June 14:19 GMT |
Nike-Orion | Wallops Island | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Test sounding rocket | 16 June 1998 | Successful | ||
| 18 June 22:48 GMT |
Atlas IIAS | LC-36A, Cape Canaveral | Intelsat 805 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 24 June 08:01 GMT |
Minuteman III | LF-09, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | GRP-IDF-1 3 Re-entry vehicles |
US Air Force | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 24 June 1998 | Successful | |
| 24 June 12:46 GMT |
Minuteman III | LF-10, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | FOT GT168GM 3 Re-entry vehicles |
US Air Force | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 24 June 1998 | Successful | |
| 24 June 18:29 GMT |
Soyuz-U | LC-43, Plesetsk | Kosmos 2358 (Yantar) | MO RF | LEO | Reconnaissance | 22 October 1998 | Successful | ||
| 25 June 14:00 GMT |
Soyuz-U | LC-31, Baikonur | Kosmos 2359 (Yantar) | MO RF | LEO | Reconnaissance | 12 July 1999 | Successful | ||
| 1 July 00:48 GMT |
Molniya-M | LC-43, Plesetsk | Molniya 3-49 | MOM | Molniya | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 3 July 18:12 GMT |
M-V | Kagoshima | ISAS | Nozomi (PLANET-B) | ISAS | Intended: Areocentric Actual: Heliocentric |
Mars orbiter | Still in orbit | Failure | Gravitational slingshot produced less velocity than expected Spacecraft ran out of fuel trying to compensate |
| 7 July 03:15 GMT |
Shtil' | Novomoskoysk (K-407), Barents Sea | Shtil 1 | Makeev | LEO | Measure carrier rocket performance | Still in orbit | Successful | Maiden flight of Shtil' rocket First orbital launch from a submarine |
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| Tubsat-N | TUB | LEO | Comsat | 23 April 2002 | Successful | |||||
| Tubsat-N1 | TUB | LEO | Comsat | 21 October 2000 | Successful | |||||
| 10 July 06:30 GMT |
Zenit-2 | LC-45L, Baikonur | Resurs-O1 4 | RKA | LEO | Remote sensing | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Fasat-Bravo | FACh | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| TMSAT | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||||||
| Gurwin Techsat 1B | Technion | LEO | Technology development | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| WESTPAC | WPLTN | LEO | Laser tracking experiment | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| SAFIR-2 | DLR | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 18 July 09:20 GMT |
Long March 3B (CZ-3B) | LC-2, Xichang | Sinosat | Eurasspa | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 22 June | Shahab 3 | Emamshahr | Sub-orbital | Missile test | 22 June 1998 | Failure | ||||
| 28 July 09:15 GMT |
Zenit-2 | LC-45L, Baikonur | Kosmos 2360 (Tselina) | MO RF | LEO | SIGINT | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 2 August 16:24 GMT |
Pegasus XL/HAPS | L-1011, Wallops Island | Orbital Sciences | Orbcomm B5 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Orbcomm B6 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Orbcomm B7 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Orbcomm B8 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Orbcomm B4 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Orbcomm B3 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Orbcomm B2 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Orbcomm B1 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 12 August 11:30 GMT |
Titan IVA | LC-41, Cape Canaveral | Mercury | NRO/US Air Force | Intended: Geosynchronous | ELINT | T+40 seconds | Failure | Control lost after guidance system malfunction Self-destruct activated at T+40 seconds Final flight of |
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| 13 August 09:43 GMT |
Soyuz-U | LC-1, Baikonur | RKA | Soyuz TM-28, 3 Cosmonauts | RKA | LEO, docked to Mir | Manned orbital flight | 28 February 1999 | Successful | Mir Expedition 26 |
| 15 August 05:30 GMT |
Black Brant IX | White Sands | NASA | EEV CCD | NASA | Sub-orbital | X-ray astronomy | 15 August 1998 | Successful | |
| 19 August 23:01 GMT |
Long March 2C (CZ-2C/SD) | LC-1, Taiyuan | Iridium 3 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Iridium 76 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 21 August | R-29 | Submarine, Barents Sea | VMF RF | VMF RF | Sub-orbital | SLBM test | 21 August 1998 | |||
| 15 August 23:07 GMT |
Ariane 4 (44P) | ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) | Arianespace | ST-1 | Singapore Telecom Chunghwa Telecom |
Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 27 August 01:17 GMT |
Delta III (8930) | LC-17B, Cape Canaveral | Boeing | Galaxy 10 | Panamsat | Intended: Geosynchronous | Comsat | T+75 seconds | Failure | Hydraulic failure in thrust vectoring system at T+71 seconds Self-destruct activated at T+75 seconds Maiden flight of Delta III |
| 31 August 03:07 GMT |
Taepodong 1 | Musudan | Kwangmyousong 1 | Chongon | Intended: LEO | Test rocket | 31 August 1998 | Failure | First North Korean attempt to orbit a spacecraft Never reached orbit, suspected third stage failure |
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| 8 September 21:13 GMT |
Delta II (7920-10C) | SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB | Boeing | Iridium 82 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Iridium 81 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 80 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 79 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | 29 November 2000 | Failure | |||||
| Iridium 77 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Failure | |||||
| 9 September 20:29 GMT |
Zenit-2 | LC-45L, Baikonur | Globalstar FM5 | Globalstar | Intended: LEO | Comsat | 9 September 1998 | Failure | Failed to reach orbit after computer error caused premature second stage cutout. | |
| Globalstar FM7 | Globalstar | Intended: LEO | Comsat | |||||||
| Globalstar FM9 | Globalstar | Intended: LEO | Comsat | |||||||
| Globalstar FM10 | Globalstar | Intended: LEO | Comsat | |||||||
| Globalstar FM11 | Globalstar | Intended: LEO | Comsat | |||||||
| Globalstar FM12 | Globalstar | Intended: LEO | Comsat | |||||||
| Globalstar FM13 | Globalstar | Intended: LEO | Comsat | |||||||
| Globalstar FM16 | Globalstar | Intended: LEO | Comsat | |||||||
| Globalstar FM17 | Globalstar | Intended: LEO | Comsat | |||||||
| Globalstar FM18 | Globalstar | Intended: LEO | Comsat | |||||||
| Globalstar FM20 | Globalstar | Intended: LEO | Comsat | |||||||
| Globalstar FM21 | Globalstar | Intended: LEO | Comsat | |||||||
| 16 September 06:31 GMT |
Ariane 4 (44LP) | ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) | Arianespace | Panamsat 7 | Panamsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 16 September 11:10 GMT |
Topol | LC-158, Plesetsk | RVSN | RVSN | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 16 September 1998 | Successful | ||
| 18 September 08:01 GMT |
Minuteman III | LF-26, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | GRP-IDF-2 | US Air Force | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 24 June 1998 | Successful | |
| 18 September 15:00 GMT |
Black Brant IX | White Sands | NASA | SOAREX-1 | NASA | Sub-orbital | Hypersonic dynamics test | 18 September 1998 | Successful | |
| 21 September 14:51 GMT |
RH-560/300 MK.II | Sriharikota | ISRO | DEOS F06 | ISRO/DLR | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 21 September 1998 | Successful | |
| 23 September 05:06 GMT |
Pegasus XL/HAPS | L-1011, Wallops Island | Orbital Sciences | Orbcomm C1 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Orbcomm C2 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Orbcomm C3 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Orbcomm C4 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Orbcomm C5 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Orbcomm C6 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Orbcomm C7 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Orbcomm C8 | Orbcomm | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 24 September 12:50 GMT |
Storm-2 | LC-32, White Sands | Orbital Sciences | MTTV | US Air Force | Sub-orbital | Target spacecraft | 24 September 1998 | Successful | |
| MTD-3 | US Air Force | Sub-orbital | Weapons test | 24 September 1998 | Successful | |||||
| 28 September 15:11 GMT |
RH-560/300 MK.II | Sriharikota | ISRO | DEOS F07 | ISRO/DLR | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 28 September 1998 | Successful | |
| 28 September 23:41 GMT |
Molniya-M | LC-43, Plesetsk | Molniya-1T | MOM | Molniya | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 3 October 10:04 GMT |
Taurus | LC-576E, Vandenberg AFB | Orbital Sciences | STEX | NRO | LEO | Technology research | Still in orbit | Partial Failure | ATeX tether failed to deploy fully, experiment was jettisoned to protect main spacecraft |
| ATeX (USA 141) | NRO | LEO | Technology research | Still in orbit | Failure | Jettisoned from STEX on 16 January 1999 to protect main satellite. | ||||
| 5 October 22:51 GMT |
Ariane 4 (44L) | ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) | Arianespace | Eutelsat W2 | Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Sirius 3 | NSAB | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 7 October 12:00 GMT |
UR-100NU | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 7 October 1998 | Successful | ||
| 9 October 22:50 GMT |
Atlas IIA | LC-36B, Cape Canaveral | Hot Bird 5 | Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 20 October 07:19 GMT |
Atlas IIA | LC-36A, Cape Canaveral | UHF F/O F9 (USA-140) | US Navy | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 21 October 16:37 GMT |
Ariane 5G | ELA-3, CSG(Kourou) | Arianespace | Maqsat 3 | ESA | GTO | Monitor rocket performance | Still in orbit | Successful | |
| ARD | ESA | Sub-orbital | Spacecraft recovery demonstration | 21 October 1998 | Successful | Recovered in Pacific Ocean by French Navy | ||||
| 22 October 12:53 GMT |
Topol | LC-158, Plesetsk | RVSN | RVSN | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 22 October 1998 | Failure | Self-destruct activated after rocket went off course | |
| 22 October 00:02 GMT |
Pegasus XL | L-1011, Cape Canaveral | Orbital Sciences | SCD-2 | INPE | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 8 September 21:13 GMT |
Delta II (7326-9.5) | LC-17A, Cape Canaveral | Deep Space 1 | NASA | Heliocentric | Asteroid/Comet probe | Still in orbit | Successful | Flybys of 1992 KD and 19P/Borrelly | |
| SEDSAT 1 | University of Alabama | LEO | Amateur radio/Earth observation | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 25 October 04:14 GMT |
Soyuz-U | LC-1, Baikonur | Progress M-40 | RKA | LEO, docked to Mir | Resupply Mir | 5 February 1999 | Successful | ||
| Spoutnik-41 | ACF/AMSAT/RuAF | LEO | Amateur radio satellite | 11 January 1999 | Successful | Deployed from Mir during EVA on 10 November 1998 | ||||
| 28 October 22:15 GMT |
Ariane 4 (44L) | ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) | Arianespace | Afristar | Worldspa | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| GE 5 | GE Americom | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 29 October 19:19 GMT |
Space Shuttle Discovery | LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center | USA | STS-95, 7 Astronauts | NASA | LEO | Manned orbital flight | 7 November 1998, 17:03 GMT | Successful | First Spanish astronaut (Pedro Duque) Oldest person in space (John Glenn) |
| SpaceHab module | NASA/SpaceHab | LEO, attached to Discovery | Scientific research | 7 November 1998, 17:03 GMT | Successful | |||||
| SPARTAN-201 | NASA | LEO | Solar observation | 7 November 1998, 17:03 GMT | Successful | Deployed 1 November Retrieved 3 November |
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| PANSAT (PO-34) | US Navy | LEO | Technology demonstration | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | Deployed on 30 October | ||||
| 2 November 18:20 GMT |
Black Brant IX | White Sands | NASA | SOPHIE (NCAR/CU-7) | NASA | Sub-orbital | Ultraviolet Solar observation | 2 November 1998 | Successful | |
| 4 November 05:12 GMT |
Proton-K | LC-81, Baikonur | ILS | Panamsat 8 | Panamsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 6 November 01:32 GMT |
ait-1 | Kodiak Island | Orbital Sciences | US Air Force | Sub-orbital | Rocket test | 6 November 1998 | Successful | First launch from Kodiak Island | |
| 6 November 13:37 GMT |
Delta II (7920-10C) | SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB | Iridium 2 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Failure | ||
| Iridium 86 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| Iridium 85 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | 30 December 2000 | Failure | |||||
| Iridium 84 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| Iridium 83 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 18 November 15:40 GMT |
Black Brant IX | White Sands | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Microgravity research | 18 November 1998 | Successful | ||
| 18 November 23:00 GMT |
TR-1 | Pad T, Tanegashima | NASDA | NASDA | Sub-orbital | Microgravity research | 18 November 1998 | Successful | ||
| 20 November | Aries | Barking Sands | US Air Force | TTV-1 | US Air Force | Sub-orbital | Target vehicle | 20 November 1998 | Successful | |
| 4 November 05:12 GMT |
Proton-K | LC-81, Baikonur | RKA | International Space Station (ISS) | Station: International Module: NASA |
LEO | Manned space station | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | First launch of ISS programme. Module was Zarya |
| 22 November 23:54 GMT |
Delta II (7925-9.5) | LC-17B, Cape Canaveral | BONUM-1 | Telenor | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 24 November 09:53 GMT |
Maxus | Kiruna | SSC | ESA | Sub-orbital | Scientific research | 24 November 1998 | Successful | ||
| 3 December 11:04 GMT |
Nike-Orion | Kiruna | DLR | Mini-Texus 6 | DLR | Sub-orbital | Microgravity research | 3 December 1998 | Successful | |
| 4 December 08:35 GMT |
Space Shuttle Endeavour | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center | USA | STS-88, 6 Astronauts | NASA | LEO, docked to ISS | Manned orbital flight | 16 December 1998, 04:53 GMT | Successful | First ISS assembly mission First manned flight to ISS |
| Unity (Node 1) | NASA | LEO, attached to ISS | ISS Module | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| SAC-A | CONAE | LEO | Technology demonstration | 25 October 1999 | Successful | Deployed on 14 December | ||||
| Mightysat 1 | US Air Force | LEO | Technology demonstration | 21 November 1999 | Successful | Deployed on 15 December | ||||
| 6 December 00:43 GMT |
Ariane 4 (42L) | ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) | Arianespace | Satmex 5 | Satmex | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 6 December 00:57 GMT |
Pegasus XL | L-1011, Vandenberg AFB | Orbital Sciences | SWAS | NASA | LEO | Astronomy | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 8 December 11:25 GMT |
Topol | LC-158, Plesetsk | RVSN | RVSN | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 8 December 1998 | Successful | ||
| 9 December 10:20 GMT |
RT-23 | Plesetsk | RVSN | RVSN | Sub-orbital | Test flight | 9 December 1998 | Successful | ||
| 10 December | UR-100NU | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 10 December 1998 | Successful | ||
| 10 December 11:57 GMT |
Kosmos 3M | LC-132, Plesetsk | Nadezhda 5 | MO RF | LEO | Navigation satellite | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Astrid-2 | SSC | LEO | Aurora research | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 11 December 18:45 GMT |
Delta II (7425-9.5) | LC-17A, Cape Canaveral | Mars Climate Orbiter | NASA | Heliocentric Intended to enter Areocentric orbit |
Mars orbiter | 23 September 1999 | Failure | Crashed into Mars during orbital insertion due to error in unit conversions between Metric
and Imperial |
|
| 19 December 11:39 GMT |
Long March 2C (CZ-2C/SD) | LC-1, Taiyuan | Iridium 11 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Iridium 20 | Iridium LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 22 December 01:08 GMT |
Ariane 4 (42L) | ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) | Arianespace | Panamsat 6B | Panamsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 24 December 20:02 GMT |
Kosmos 3M | LC-132, Plesetsk | Kosmos 2361 (Parus) | MO RF | LEO | Navigation | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 30 December 18:35 GMT |
Proton-K | LC-200, Baikonur | Kosmos 2362 (GLONASS) | MOM | MEO | Navigation | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Kosmos 2363 (GLONASS) | MOM | MEO | Navigation | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Kosmos 2364 (GLONASS) | MOM | MEO | Navigation | Still in orbit | Successful So Far |
Deep-space rendezvous
- 11 January - Lunar Prospector, insertion into Selenocentric orbit
- 23 January - NEAR flyby of the Earth (540 km)
- 10 February - Galileo, 5th flyby of Europa
- 29 March - Galileo, 6th flyby of Europa
- 26 April - Cassini, 1st flyby of Venus
- 13 May - AsiaSat 3/HGS 1 communications satellite on accidental moon mission, 1st flyby of the Moon (6,200 km)
- 31 May - Galileo, 7th flyby of Europa
- 1 June - AsiaSat 3/HGS 1, 2nd flyby of the Moon (34,300 km)
- 21 July - Galileo, 8th flyby of Europa
- 26 September - Galileo, 9th flyby of Europa
- 22 November - Galileo, 10th flyby of Europa
- 20 December - Nozomi, 1st flyby of the Earth
- December 23 — NEAR flyby of 433 Eros (3,827 km)
EVAs
| Start Date/Time | Duration | End Time | Spacecraft | Crew | Function | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 January, 23:08 GMT | 3 hours, 6 mins | 9 January, 02:14 GMT | Mir | Anatoly Solovyev Pavel Vinogradov |
Repairs to airlock | |
| 14 January, 21:12 GMT | 3 hours, 52 mins | 15 January, 01:04 GMT | Mir | Anatoly Solovyev David Wolf |
Visual inspection | |
| 3 March | Mir | Talgat Musabayev Nikolai Budarin |
Solar panel repair | Aborted after problems with airlock | ||
| 1 April, 13:35 GMT | 6 hours, 40 mins | 20:15 GMT | Mir | Talgat Musabayev Nikolai Budarin |
Solar panel repair | Crew ran out of time before completion |
| 6 April, 13:35 GMT | 4 hours, 15 mins | 17:50 GMT | Mir | Talgat Musabayev Nikolai Budarin |
Solar panel repair | Concluded early due to loss of station attitude control Originally thought to be thruster failure, later discovered to be human error |
| 11 April, 09:55 GMT | 6 Hours, 25 mins | 16:20 GMT | Mir | Talgat Musabayev Nikolai Budarin |
Jettison attitude control system | |
| 17 April, 07:40 GMT | 6 Hours, 33 mins | 14:13 GMT | Mir | Talgat Musabayev Nikolai Budarin |
Install new attitude control system | |
| 22 April, 05:34 GMT | 6 Hours, 21 mins | 11:55 GMT | Mir | Talgat Musabayev Nikolai Budarin |
Complete installation attitude control system | |
| 15 September, 20:00 GMT | 30 mins | 20:30 GMT | Mir | Gennady Padalka Sergei Avdeyev |
Repair Spektr module | Crew entered depressurised section of spacecraft, rather than leaving the spacecraft |
| 10 November, 19:24 GMT | 5 hours, 54 mins | 01:18 GMT | Mir | Gennady Padalka Sergei Avdeyev |
Install micrometeoroid shield Deploy Spoutnik-41 satellite |
|
| 7 December, 22:10 GMT | 7 hours, 21 mins | 8 December, 05:31 GMT | STS-88 (Endeavour) | Jerry L. Ross James H. Newman |
Install connections between Unity and Zarya | First ISS assembly EVA |
| 9 December, 20:33 GMT | 7 hours, 2 mins | 10 December, 03:35 GMT | STS-88 (Endeavour) | Jerry L. Ross James H. Newman |
Install connections between Unity and Zarya, deploy antennae on spacecraft | ISS assembly |
| 12 December, 20:33 GMT | 6 hours, 59 mins | 03:32 GMT | STS-88 (Endeavour) | Jerry L. Ross James H. Newman |
Install toolkit on Unity, disconnect docking system electronics to prevent undocking | ISS assembly |
References
Generic references:
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Gunter's Space Page - Chronology of Space Launches
- JAXA
- Jonathan's Space Report (SatCat.txt and Launchlog.txt)
- Mission Set Database (NASA GFC)
- NASA
- NASA SpaceFlight.com
- Orbital Report News Agency's Launch Logs
- Space Calendar (NASA JPL)
- Southwest Space Archive
- SPACE.com Launch Forecast
- SpaceFlightNow
- Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
- U.S. Space Objects Registry
- Хроника освоения космоса (Russian)
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