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Contents

Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1998.

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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
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

Titan IVA
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
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
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