 | |
| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 7 January |
| Last | 30 December |
| Total | 82 |
| Successes | 75 |
| Failures | 5 |
| Partial failures | 2 |
| Catalogued | 77 |
| National firsts | |
| Satellite |  Egypt Chile |
| Space traveller |  Spain |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights | Athena II Delta II 7326 Delta II 7420 Delta II 7425 Delta III Shtil' |
| Retirements | Atlas II Titan IVA |
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 7 |
| Total travellers | 39 |
This article outlines notable events occurring in1998 in spaceflight, including major launches andEVAs.
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ =CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
January[edit] | |||||||
| 7 January 02:28 |  Athena II | Spaceport FloridaLC-46 | Lockheed Martin | ||||
| Lunar Prospector | NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | 31 July 1999 | Successful | ||
| Maiden flight of Athena II, first orbital launch from Spaceport Florida | |||||||
| 10 January 00:32 | Delta II 7925-9.5 | Cape CanaveralSLC-17B | Boeing IDS | ||||
 Skynet 4D | MoD | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 22 January 12:56 |  Shavit | Palmachim | ISA | ||||
| Ofeq-4 | Intended:Low Earth (retrograde) | Reconnaissance | 22 January | Launch Failure | |||
| Second stage failure | |||||||
| 23 January 02:48 | Space Shuttle Endeavour | KennedyLC-39A | United Space Alliance | ||||
| STS-89 | NASA | Low Earth (Mir) | Shuttle-Mir Program | 31 January 16:57 | Successful | ||
| SpaceHab Logistics Double Module | NASA/SpaceHab | Low Earth (Endeavour) | Logistics | ||||
| Crewed orbital flight with sevenastronauts | |||||||
| 29 January 16:33 |  Soyuz-U |  BaikonurSite 1/5 | Roskosmos | ||||
| Soyuz TM-27 | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | MirEO-25 | 25 August 05:24 | Successful | ||
| Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts | |||||||
| 29 January 18:37 | Atlas IIA | Cape CanaveralSLC-36A | | ||||
| USA-137 (SDS-3-1) | NRO | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| NRO Launch 5 | |||||||
February[edit] | |||||||
| 4 February 23:29 |  Ariane 4 44LP | KourouELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
 Brazilsat B3 | Embratel | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Inmarsat 3F5 | Inmarsat | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 10 February 13:20 | Taurus 2210 | VandenbergLC-576E | Orbital Sciences | ||||
| GFO | US Navy | Low Earth | Radar altimetry | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm G1 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm G2 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Celestis-02 | Celestis | Low Earth | Space burial | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 14 February 14:34 | Delta II 7420-10C | Cape CanaveralSLC-17A | Boeing IDS | ||||
| Globalstar 1 | Globalstar | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Globalstar 4 | Globalstar | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Globalstar 2 | Globalstar | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Globalstar 3 | Globalstar | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Maiden flight of Delta II 7420 | |||||||
| 17 February 10:34 | Soyuz-U | BaikonurSite 31/6 | | ||||
| Kosmos 2349 (Yantar) | Low Earth | Cartography | 2 April | Successful | |||
| 18 February 13:58 | Delta II 7920-10C | VandenbergSLC-2W | Boeing IDS | ||||
| Iridium 52 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 5 November 2018[1] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 56 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 11 October 2018[2] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 54 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 11 May 2019[3] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 50 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 23 September 2018[4] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 53 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 30 September 2018[5] | Successful | ||
| 21 February 07:55 |  H-II | TanegashimaLA-Y | NASDA | ||||
| Kakehashi (COMETS) | NASDA | Intended: Geosynchronous Actual:Medium Earth | Communications | In orbit | Partial Failure | ||
| Upper stage failure led to lower orbit than planned | |||||||
| 26 February 07:07 | Pegasus-XL | Stargazer, Vandenberg | Orbital Sciences | ||||
| SNOE | NASA/UC Boulder | Low Earth | Nitric Oxide research | 13 December 2003 | Successful | ||
| Teledesic 1 | Teledesic | Low Earth | Communications | 9 October 2000 | Successful | ||
| 27 February 22:38 | Ariane 4 42P | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
| Hot Bird 4 | Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 28 February 00:21 | Atlas IIAS | Cape CanaveralSLC-36B | International Launch Services | ||||
 Intelsat 806 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
March[edit] | |||||||
| 14 March 22:45 | Soyuz-U | Baikonur Site 1/5 | Roskosmos | ||||
| Progress M-38 | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 15 May | Successful | ||
| VDU 2 | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir attitude control unit | 23 March 2001 05:50 | Successful | ||
| 16 March 21:32 | Atlas II | Cape Canaveral SLC-36A | | ||||
| USA-138 (UHF F/O F8) | US Navy | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Final flight of baseline Atlas II | |||||||
| 24 March 01:46 | Ariane 4 40 | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
| SPOT 4 | CNES | Sun-synchronous | Earth Imaging | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 25 March 17:01 |  Long March 2C | Taiyuan LC-1 | | ||||
| Iridium 51 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Iridium 61 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 23 July 2019[6] | Successful | ||
| 30 March 06:02 | Delta II 7920-10C | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Boeing IDS | ||||
| Iridium 55 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 31 March 2019[7] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 57 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Iridium 58 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 7 April 2019[8] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 59 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 11 March 2019[9] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 60 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 17 March 2019[10] | Successful | ||
April[edit] | |||||||
| 2 April 02:42 | Pegasus-XL | Stargazer, Vandenberg | Orbital Sciences | ||||
| TRACE | NASA | Low Earth | Solar research | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 7 April 02:13 | Proton-K/DM2 | BaikonurSite 81/23 | International Launch Services | ||||
| Iridium 62 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 7 November 2018[11] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 63 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Iridium 64 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 1 April 2019[12] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 65 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 19 July 2018[13] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 66 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 23 August 2018[14] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 67 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 2 July 2018[15] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 68 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 6 June 2018[16] | Successful | ||
| 17 April 18:19 | Space Shuttle Columbia | KennedyLC-39B | United Space Alliance | ||||
| STS-90 | NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity research | 3 May 16:09 | Successful | ||
| Spacelab LM-2 (Neurolab) | NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Life science research | ||||
| EDO Pallet | NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Cryogenic mission duration extension pallet | ||||
| Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts Final flight of Spacelab Long Module No. 2 | |||||||
| 24 April 22:38 | Delta II 7420-10C | Cape Canaveral SLC-17A | Boeing IDS | ||||
| Globalstar 14 | Globalstar | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Globalstar 6 | Globalstar | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Globalstar 15 | Globalstar | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Globalstar 8 | Globalstar | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 28 April 22:53 | Ariane 4 44P | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
| Nilesat 101 | Nilesat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| BSAT-1B | BSAT | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Nilesat is the firstEgyptian satellite | |||||||
| 29 April 04:36 | Proton-K/DM-2 | BaikonurSite 200/39 | RVSN | ||||
| Kosmos 2350 (Prognoz SPRN) | RVSN | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
May[edit] | |||||||
| 2 May 09:16 | Long March 2C | Taiyuan LC-1 | | ||||
| Iridium 69 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Iridium 71 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 7 May 08:53 | Molniya-M | PlesetskSite 16/2 | | ||||
| Kosmos 2351 (Oko) | MO RF | Molniya | Early Warning | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 7 May 23:45 | Proton-K/DM-2M | Baikonur Site 81/23 | International Launch Services | ||||
| EchoStar 4 | EchoStar | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 9 May 01:38 | Titan IVB 401/Centaur | Cape CanaveralSLC-40 | Lockheed Martin | ||||
| USA-139 /Orion 4 | NRO | Geosynchronous | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
| NROL-6 mission. | |||||||
| 13 May 15:52 | Titan 23G | VandenbergSLC-4W | Lockheed Martin | ||||
| NOAA-15 (NOAA-K) | NOAA | Sun-synchronous | Weather satellite | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 14 May 22:12 | Soyuz-U | Baikonur Site 1/5 | Roskosmos | ||||
| Progress M-39 | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 29 October 04:14 | Successful | ||
| 17 May 21:16 | Delta II 7920-10C | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Boeing IDS | ||||
| Iridium 70 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 11 October 2018[17] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 72 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 14 May 2018[18] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 73 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Iridium 74 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 11 June 2017[19] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 75 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 10 July 2018[20] | Successful | ||
| 30 May 10:00 | Long March 3B | Xichang LC-2 | | ||||
| Zhongwei 1 (ChinaStar 1) | COTSC | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
June[edit] | |||||||
| 2 June 22:06 | Space Shuttle Discovery | Kennedy LC-39A | United Space Alliance | ||||
| STS-91 | NASA | Low Earth (Mir) | Shuttle-Mir flight | 12 June 18:00 | Successful | ||
| SpaceHab Logistics Double Module | NASA/SpaceHab | Low Earth (Discovery) | Logistics | ||||
 AMS-01 | ESA | Low Earth (Discovery) | Particle physics | ||||
| Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts, landing with seven Final Shuttle-Mir flight and first shuttle flight withSuper-lightweight Aluminium/Lithium ET | |||||||
| 10 June 00:35 | Delta II 7925-9.5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-17A | Boeing IDS | ||||
 Thor 3 | Telenor | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 15 June 22:58 |  Tsyklon-3 | PlesetskSite 32 | | ||||
| Kosmos 2352 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Intended: Medium Earth Actual: Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Partial Failure | ||
| Kosmos 2353 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Intended: Medium Earth Actual: Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Partial Failure | ||
| Kosmos 2354 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Intended: Medium Earth Actual: Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Partial Failure | ||
| Kosmos 2355 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Intended: Medium Earth Actual: Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Partial Failure | ||
| Kosmos 2356 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Intended: Medium Earth Actual: Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Partial Failure | ||
| Kosmos 2357 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Intended: Medium Earth Actual: Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Partial Failure | ||
| Third stage failure left satellites in lower orbit than planned | |||||||
| 18 June 22:48 | Atlas IIAS | Cape Canaveral SLC-36A | International Launch Services | ||||
| Intelsat 805 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 24 June 18:29 | Soyuz-U | PlesetskSite 43/3 | | ||||
| Kosmos 2358 (Yantar) | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 22 October | Successful | ||
| 25 June 14:00 | Soyuz-U | BaikonurSite 31/6 | | ||||
| Kosmos 2359 (Yantar) | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 12 July 1999 | Successful | ||
July[edit] | |||||||
| 1 July 00:48 | Molniya-M | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | | ||||
| Molniya 3–49 | MOM | Molniya | Communications | 2 February 2011 | Successful | ||
| 3 July 18:12 | M-V | Uchinoura | ISAS | ||||
| Nozomi (PLANET-B) | ISAS | Intended:Areocentric Actual:Heliocentric | Mars orbiter | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | ||
| Gravity assist produced less velocity than expected, spacecraft ran out of fuel trying to compensate | |||||||
| 7 July 03:15 | Shtil' | Novomoskovsk (K-407), Barents Sea | | ||||
 Tubsat-N | TUB | Low Earth | Communications | 23 April 2002 | Successful | ||
| Tubsat-N1 | TUB | Low Earth | Communications | 21 October 2000 | Successful | ||
| Shtil 1 | Makeev | Low Earth | Measure carrier rocket performance | 8 May 2014 | Successful | ||
| Maiden flight of Shtil' and first orbital launch from asubmarine | |||||||
| 10 July 06:30 | Zenit-2 | BaikonurSite 45/1 | | ||||
| Resurs-O1 4 | Low Earth | Remote sensing | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Fasat-Bravo | FACh | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| TMSAT | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Gurwin Techsat 1B | Technion | Low Earth | Technology development | In orbit | Operational | ||
| WESTPAC | WPLTN | Low Earth | Laser tracking | In orbit | Operational | ||
| SAFIR-2 | DLR | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Fasat-Bravo is the first successfulChilean satellite | |||||||
| 18 July 09:20 | Long March 3B | Xichang LC-2 | | ||||
| Sinosat-1 | SinoSat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 28 July 09:15 | Zenit-2 | Baikonur Site 45/1 | | ||||
| Kosmos 2360 (Tselina-2) | MO RF | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
August[edit] | |||||||
| 2 August 16:24 | Pegasus-XL/HAPS | Stargazer,Wallops Flight Facility | Orbital Sciences | ||||
| Orbcomm B5 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm B6 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm B7 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm B8 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm B4 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | 22 December 2018 07:12 | Successful | ||
| Orbcomm B3 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm B2 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm B1 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| The decommissioned Orbcomm B4 satellite disintegrated into 34 pieces in 2018; the cause is under investigation as of January 2019[21] | |||||||
| 12 August 11:30 | Titan IVA 401/Centaur | Cape CanaveralSLC-41 | Lockheed Martin | ||||
| Mercury-3 | Intended: Geosynchronous | ELINT | 12 August T+40 seconds | Launch Failure | |||
| Final flight of Titan IVA Control lost after guidance system malfunction; Range Safety self-destruct | |||||||
| 13 August 09:43 | Soyuz-U | Baikonur Site 1/5 | Roskosmos | ||||
| Soyuz TM-28 | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | MirEO-26 | 28 February 1999 02:14 | Successful | ||
| Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts | |||||||
| 19 August 23:01 | Long March 2C | Taiyuan LC-1 | | ||||
| Iridium 3 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 8 February 2018[22] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 76 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 28 August 2018[23] | Successful | ||
| 25 August 23:07 | Ariane 4 44P | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
  ST-1 | Singapore Telecom/Chunghwa Telecom | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 27 August 01:17 | Delta III 8930 | Cape Canaveral SLC-17B | Boeing IDS | ||||
| Galaxy 10 | PanAmSat | Intended: Geosynchronous | Communications | 27 August T+75 seconds | Launch Failure | ||
| Maiden flight of Delta III Hydraulic failure in thrust vectoring system led to range safety self-destruct | |||||||
| 30 August 00:31 | Proton-K/DM-2M | Baikonur Site 81/23 | International Launch Services | ||||
 Astra 2A | SES | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 31 August 03:07 |  Paektusan-1 | Musudan-ri | | ||||
| Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 | KCST | Intended: Low Earth | Communications | 31 August | Launch failure | ||
| FirstNorth Korean orbital launch attempt, never achieved orbit due to a suspected third stage failure. North Korea considered the launch as successful. | |||||||
September[edit] | |||||||
| 8 September 21:13 | Delta II 7920-10C | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Boeing IDS | ||||
| Iridium 82 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Iridium 81 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 17 July 2018[24] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 80 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 12 August 2018[25] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 79 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 29 November 2000 | Spacecraft Failure | ||
| Iridium 77 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 22 September 2017[26] | Spacecraft Failure | ||
| 9 September 20:29 | Zenit-2 | Baikonur Site 45/1 | | ||||
| Globalstar 5 | Globalstar | Intended: Low Earth | Communications | 9 September | Launch Failure | ||
| Globalstar 7 | Globalstar | Intended: Low Earth | Communications | ||||
| Globalstar 9 | Globalstar | Intended: Low Earth | Communications | ||||
| Globalstar 10 | Globalstar | Intended: Low Earth | Communications | ||||
| Globalstar 11 | Globalstar | Intended: Low Earth | Communications | ||||
| Globalstar 12 | Globalstar | Intended: Low Earth | Communications | ||||
| Globalstar 13 | Globalstar | Intended: Low Earth | Communications | ||||
| Globalstar 16 | Globalstar | Intended: Low Earth | Communications | ||||
| Globalstar 17 | Globalstar | Intended: Low Earth | Communications | ||||
| Globalstar 18 | Globalstar | Intended: Low Earth | Communications | ||||
| Globalstar 20 | Globalstar | Intended: Low Earth | Communications | ||||
| Globalstar 21 | Globalstar | Intended: Low Earth | Communications | ||||
| Computer error caused premature second stage cutout | |||||||
| 16 September 06:31 | Ariane 4 44LP | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
| PanAmSat 7 | PanAmSat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 23 September 05:06 | Pegasus-XL/HAPS | Stargazer, Wallops Island | Orbital Sciences | ||||
| Orbcomm C1 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm C2 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm C3 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm C4 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm C5 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm C6 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm C7 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Orbcomm C8 | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 28 September 23:41 | Molniya-M | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | | ||||
| Molniya-1T | MOM | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
October[edit] | |||||||
| 3 October 10:04 | Taurus 1110 | Vandenberg LC-576E | Orbital Sciences | ||||
| STEX | NRO | Low Earth | Technology research | In orbit | Partial satellite failure | ||
| USA-141 (ATeX) | NRO | Low Earth | Technology research | In orbit | Satellite failure | ||
| ATeX failed to deploy fully and was jettisoned from STEX on 16 January 1999 to protect the main spacecraft | |||||||
| 5 October 22:51 | Ariane 4 44L | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
| Eutelsat W2 | Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
 Sirius 3 | NSAB | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 9 October 22:50 | Atlas IIA | Cape Canaveral SLC-36B | International Launch Services | ||||
| Hot Bird 5 | Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 20 October 07:19 | Atlas IIA | Cape Canaveral SLC-36A | | ||||
| USA-140 (UHF F/O F9) | US Navy | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 21 October 16:37 | Ariane 5G | KourouELA-3 | Arianespace | ||||
| Maqsat 3 | ESA | Geosynchronous transfer | Monitor rocket performance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| ARD | ESA | Suborbital | Spacecraft recovery demonstration | 21 October | Successful | ||
| ARD recovered in Pacific Ocean byFrench Navy | |||||||
| 23 October 00:02 | Pegasus-H | Stargazer, Cape Canaveral | Orbital Sciences | ||||
| SCD-2 | INPE | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 24 October 21:13 | Delta II 7326-9.5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-17A | Boeing IDS | ||||
| Deep Space 1 | NASA | Heliocentric | Asteroid/Comet probe | In orbit | Successful | ||
| SEDSAT-1 | Alabama | Low Earth | Amateur radio | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Maiden flight of Delta II 7326 Deep Space 1 performed flybys of1992 KD and19P/Borrelly | |||||||
| 25 October 04:14 | Soyuz-U | Baikonur Site 1/5 | Roskosmos | ||||
| Progress M-40 | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 5 February 1999 11:10 | Successful | ||
| Sputnik-41 | ACF/AMSAT/RuAF | Low Earth | Amateur radio | 11 January 1999 | Successful | ||
| Sputnik-41 deployed from Mir during an EVA on 10 November | |||||||
| 28 October 22:15 | Ariane 4 44L | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
| AfriStar | 1worldspace | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| GE 5 | GE Americom | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 29 October 19:19 | Space ShuttleDiscovery | Kennedy LC-39B | United Space Alliance | ||||
| STS-95 | NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity research | 7 November 17:03 | Successful | ||
| SpaceHab Single Module | NASA/SpaceHab | Low Earth (Discovery) | Scientific research | ||||
| SPARTAN-201 | NASA | Low Earth | Solar observation | ||||
| PANSAT (PO-34) | US Navy | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts including the first Spanish space traveller (Pedro Duque) and the oldest person to fly in space (John Glenn) PANSAT deployed on 30 October; SPARTAN deployed on 1 November and retrieved on 3 November | |||||||
November[edit] | |||||||
| 4 November 05:12 | Proton-K/DM-2M | Baikonur Site 81/23 | International Launch services | ||||
| PanAmSat 8 | PanAmSat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 6 November 13:37 | Delta II 7920-10C | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Boeing IDS | ||||
| Iridium 2 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | ||
| Iridium 86 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 5 October 2018[27] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 85 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 30 December 2000 | Spacecraft failure | ||
| Iridium 84 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 4 November 2018[28] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 83 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 5 November 2018[29] | Successful | ||
| 20 November 05:12 | Proton-K | Baikonur Site 81/23 | Roskosmos | ||||
| Zarya | NASA/Roskosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS module | In orbit | Operational | ||
| First launch of the International Space Station programme | |||||||
| 22 November 23:54 | Delta II 7925-9.5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-17B | Boeing IDS | ||||
| BONUM-1 | Telenor | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
December[edit] | |||||||
| 4 December 08:35 | Space ShuttleEndeavour | Kennedy LC-39A | United Space Alliance | ||||
| STS-88 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS assembly | 16 December 04:53 | Successful | ||
| Unity (Node 1) | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS module | In orbit | Operational | ||
| PMA-1 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS component | In orbit | Operational | ||
| PMA-2 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS component | In orbit | Operational | ||
 SAC-A | CONAE | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 25 October 1999 | Successful | ||
| MightySat 1 | US Air Force | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 21 November 1999 | Successful | ||
| Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts First crewed flight to the International Space Station SAC-A deployed on 14 December and MightySat on 15 December | |||||||
| 6 December 00:43 | Ariane 4 42L | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
 Satmex 5 | Satmex | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 6 December 00:57 | Pegasus-XL | Stargazer, Vandenberg | Orbital Sciences | ||||
| SWAS | NASA | Low Earth | Astronomy | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 10 December 11:57 | Kosmos-3M | PlesetskSite 132/1 | | ||||
| Nadezhda 5 | MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Astrid-2 | SSC | Low Earth | Aurora research | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 11 December 18:45 | Delta II 7425-9.5 | Cape Canaveral SLC-17A | Boeing IDS | ||||
| Mars Climate Orbiter | NASA | Intended: Areocentric Actual: Heliocentric | Mars orbiter | 23 September 1999 | Spacecraft failure | ||
| Maiden flight of Delta II 7425 MCO crashed into Mars during orbital inserition due to error in unit conversions betweenMetric andImperial | |||||||
| 19 December 11:39 | Long March 2C | Taiyuan LC-1 | | ||||
| Iridium 20 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 22 October 2018[30] | Successful | ||
| Iridium 11 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 22 October 2018[31] | Successful | ||
| 22 December 01:08 | Ariane 4 42L | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
| PAS-6B | PanAmSat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 24 December 20:02 | Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | | ||||
| Kosmos 2361 (Parus) | MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 30 December 18:35 | Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 200/39 | | ||||
| Kosmos 2362 (GLONASS) | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Kosmos 2363 (GLONASS) | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Kosmos 2364 (GLONASS) | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ =CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
January[edit] | |||||||
| 16 January 03:25 | Minuteman II | Vandenberg LF-03 | US Air Force | ||||
| MSLS IFT-2 | US Air Force | Suborbital | ABM target | 16 January | Successful | ||
| 16 January 03:46 | Payload Launch Vehicle |  Meck Island | US Air Force/Orbital Sciences | ||||
| EKV | US Air Force | Suborbital | ABM interceptor | 16 January | Successful | ||
| 25 January 08:35 | S-310 | Uchinoura Pad K | ISAS | ||||
| SEEK | ISAS | Suborbital | Ozone/Aeronomy research | 25 January | Successful | ||
| 26 January 12:26 | Nike Orion | Esrange | SSC | ||||
| MERMAID | SSC/DLR | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 26 January | Successful | ||
| 31 January 04:30 | S-520 | Uchinoura Pad K | ISAS | ||||
| XUV Doppler Telescope | ISAS | Suborbital | Solar observation | 31 January | Successful | ||
| 31 January 23:43 | VS-30 | Andøya | INPE | ||||
| AL-VS30-229 | DLR | Suborbital | Aeronomy research | 31 January | Successful | ||
February[edit] | |||||||
| 5 February 08:30 | S-520 | Uchinoura Pad K | ISAS | ||||
| ISAS | Suborbital | Plasma research | 5 February | Successful | |||
| 7 February 07:40 | Skylark VII | Esrange Pad S | SSC | ||||
| TEXUS 36 | SSC | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 7 February | Successful | ||
| 10 February | Trident C-4 | Submarine,Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 February | Successful | |||
| 10 February | Trident C-4 | Submarine, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 February | Successful | |||
| 10 February | Trident C-4 | Submarine, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 February | Successful | |||
| 10 February | Trident C-4 | Submarine, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 February | Successful | |||
| 11 February 09:42 | Nike-Orion | Esrange | DLR | ||||
| Texus-5 | DLR | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 11 February | Successful | ||
| 19 February | R-29 | Submarine,Barents Sea | Russian Navy | ||||
| Russian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 February | Successful | |||
| 19 February | R-29 | Submarine, Barents Sea | Russian Navy | ||||
| Russian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 February | Successful | |||
| 20 February 00:09 |  Black Brant VC |  Arecibo | NASA | ||||
| Coqui Dos SAL | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 20 February | Successful | ||
| 20 February 00:37 | Black Brant VC | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
| Coqui Dos | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 20 February | Successful | ||
| 20 February 08:23 | Minuteman III | Vandenberg LF-04 | US Air Force | ||||
| FOT GT166GM | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 February | Failure | ||
| 25 February 03:17 | Black Brant VC | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
| Coqui Dos | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 25 February | Successful | ||
| 25 February 07:43 | Taurus-Orion | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 25 February | Successful | |||
| 25 February 07:50 | Terrier-Orion | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
| EDDY | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 25 February | Successful | ||
March[edit] | |||||||
| 3 March 22:33 | Nike-Orion | Esrange | SSC | ||||
| NLTE-1 Atomic 2A | SSC | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 3 March | Successful | ||
| 6 March 21:26 | Nike-Orion | Esrange | SSC | ||||
| NLTE-2 Atomic 2B | SSC | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 3 March | Successful | ||
| 7 March 01:33 | Black Brant VC | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
| Coqui Dos | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 7 March | Successful | ||
| 7 March | Trident D-5 | Submarine, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 March | Successful | |||
| 7 March | Trident D-5 | Submarine, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 March | Successful | |||
| 10 March | Trident D-5 | Submarine, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 March | Successful | |||
| 10 March | Trident D-5 | Submarine, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 March | Successful | |||
| 11 March 23:39 | Black Brant IX | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
| Coqui Dos LaTuR | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 11 March | Successful | ||
| 21 March | VS-40 | Alcântara | INPE | ||||
| INPE | Suborbital | Testsounding rocket | 21 March | Successful | |||
| 25 March 01:45 | Black Brant VC | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
| Coqui Dos | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 25 March | Successful | ||
April[edit] | |||||||
| 6 April |  Ghauri | Tilla | PAF | ||||
| PAF | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 April | Successful | |||
| Maiden flight of Ghauri | |||||||
| 6 April |  RH-560/200 MK II | Sriharikota | ISRO | ||||
| ISRO | Suborbital | Aeronomy research | 6 April | Successful | |||
| 15 April | R-36M2 | Baikonur | RVSN | ||||
| RVSN/ISC Kosmotras | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 April | Successful | |||
| Part ofDnepr development programme | |||||||
| 17 April 18:05 | Strypi | Pacific Missile Range | Sandia | ||||
| Red Crow | BMDO | Suborbital | Technology development | 17 April | Successful | ||
| 18 April 04:00 | Black Brant IX | White Sands | NASA | ||||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ultraviolet astronomy | 18 April | Successful | |||
| 18 April 07:30 | Black Brant IX | White Sands | NASA | ||||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ultraviolet astronomy | 18 April | Successful | |||
| 28 April 12:10 | Black Brant IXB | SpacePort Canada | Akjuit Aerospace | ||||
| ACTIVE | CSA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 28 April | Successful | ||
| First and only launch conducted byAkjuit Aerospace. Final launch from the SpacePort Canada (Churchill Rocket Research Range) site. | |||||||
May[edit] | |||||||
| 7 May 10:30 | Peacekeeper | Vandenberg LF-05 | US Air Force | ||||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 May | Successful | |||
| 12 May 11:22 | Hera | White Sands LC-94 | US Air Force | ||||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | ABM Target | 12 May | Successful | |||
| 12 May 11:25 | THAAD | White Sands | US Air Force | ||||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | ABM Interceptor | 12 May | Failure | |||
| 22 May 06:22 | Black Brant IX | White Sands | NASA | ||||
| NITE | NASA | Suborbital | Infrared astronomy | 22 May | Successful | ||
June[edit] | |||||||
| 3 June 19:57 | Minuteman III | Vandenberg LF-26 | US Air Force | ||||
| FOT GT167GB | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 3 June | Successful | ||
| 11 June 01:00 |  KSR-II | Anhueng | KARI | ||||
| KARI | Suborbital | Ionosphere research X-ray astronomy | 11 June | Successful | |||
| 16 June 14:19 | Nike-Orion | Wallops Island | NASA | ||||
| NASA | Suborbital | Test sounding rocket | 16 June | Successful | |||
| 24 June 08:01 | Minuteman III | Vandenberg LF-09 | US Air Force | ||||
| GRP-IDF-1 | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 June | Successful | ||
| 24 June 12:46 | Minuteman III | Vandenberg LF-10 | US Air Force | ||||
| FOT GT168GM | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 June | Successful | ||
July[edit] | |||||||
| 22 July |  Shahab-3 | Emamshahr | | ||||
| Suborbital | Missile test | 22 July | Failure | ||||
| Maiden flight of Shahab-3 | |||||||
August[edit] | |||||||
| 15 August 05:30 | Black Brant IX | White Sands | NASA | ||||
| EEV CCD | NASA | Suborbital | X-ray astronomy | 15 August | Successful | ||
| 21 August | R-29 | Submarine, Barents Sea | Russian Navy | ||||
| Russian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 August | Successful | |||
September[edit] | |||||||
| 16 September 11:10 | Topol | PlesetskSite 158 | RVSN | ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 September | Successful | |||
| 18 September 08:01 | Minuteman III | Vandenberg LF-26 | US Air Force | ||||
| GRP-IDF-2 | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 September | Successful | ||
| 18 September 15:00 | Black Brant IX | White Sands | NASA | ||||
| SOAREX-1 | NASA | Suborbital | Hypersonic dynamics test | 18 September | Successful | ||
| 21 September 14:51 | RH-560/300 MK II | Sriharikota | ISRO | ||||
| DEOS F06 | ISRO/DLR | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 21 September | Successful | ||
| 24 September 12:50 | Storm-2 | White Sands LC-32 | Orbital Sciences | ||||
| MTTV | US Air Force | Suborbital | Target | 24 September | Successful | ||
| MTD-3 | US Air Force | Suborbital | Weapons test | 24 September | Successful | ||
| 28 September 15:11 | RH-560/300 MK II | Sriharikota | ISRO | ||||
| DEOS F07 | ISRO/DLR | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 28 September | Successful | ||
October[edit] | |||||||
| 7 October 12:00 | UR-100NU | Baikonur | RVSN | ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 October | Successful | |||
| 22 October 12:53 | Topol | Plesetsk Site 158 | RVSN | ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 October | Failure | |||
| Self-destruct activated after rocket went off course | |||||||
November[edit] | |||||||
| 2 November 18:20 | Black Brant IX | White Sands | NASA | ||||
| SOPHIE (NCAR/CU-7) | NASA | Suborbital | Ultraviolet solar observation | 2 November | Successful | ||
| 6 November 01:32 | AIT-1 | Kodiak Island | Orbital Sciences | ||||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Rocket test | 6 November | Successful | |||
| First launch from Kodiak Island | |||||||
| 18 November 15:40 | Black Brant IX | White Sands | NASA | ||||
| NASA | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 18 November | Successful | |||
| 18 November 23:00 | TR-1 | Tanegashima LA-T | NASDA | ||||
| NASDA | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 18 November | Successful | |||
| 20 November | Aries | Pacific Missile Range | US Air Force | ||||
| TTV-1 | US Air Force | Suborbital | Target vehicle | 20 November | Successful | ||
| 24 November 09:53 | Maxus | Esrange | SSC | ||||
| ESA | Suborbital | Scientific research | 24 November | Successful | |||
December[edit] | |||||||
| 3 December 11:04 | Nike-Orion | Esrange | DLR | ||||
| Mini-Texus 6 | DLR | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 3 December | Successful | ||
| 8 December 11:25 | Topol | Plesetsk Site 158 | RVSN | ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 December | Successful | |||
| 9 December 10:20 | RT-23 | Plesetsk | RVSN | ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | 9 December | Successful | |||
| 10 December | UR-100NU | Baikonur | RVSN | ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 December | Successful | |||
| 15 December | Taiwan Sounding Rocket | Sounding Rocket I | Jiu Peng Air Base | NSPO | |||
| NSPO | Suborbital | Test flight | 15 December | Successful | |||
| Apogee: ~280 km (174 mi) | |||||||
| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 January | Lunar Prospector | Selenocentric orbit injection | |
| 23 January | NEAR | Flyby of the Earth | Closest approach: 540 kilometres (340 mi) |
| 10 February | Galileo | 5th flyby ofEuropa | |
| 29 March | Galileo | 6th flyby of Europa | |
| 26 April | Cassini | 1st flyby ofVenus | Gravity assist |
| 13 May | AsiaSat 3/HGS 1comsat | 1st flyby of theMoon | First use of moon's gravity for a recovery mission; Closest approach: 6,200 kilometres (3,900 mi) |
| 31 May | Galileo | 7th flyby of Europa | |
| 1 June | AsiaSat 3/HGS 1 | 2nd flyby of the Moon | Closest approach: 34,300 kilometres (21,300 mi) |
| 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 | |
| 23 December | NEAR | Flyby of433 Eros | Closest approach: 3,827 kilometres (2,378 mi) |
| Start date/time | Duration | End time | Spacecraft | Crew | Function | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 January 23:08 | 3 hours 6 minutes | 9 January 02:14 | MirEO-24 | Anatoly SolovyevPavel Vinogradov | Repaired the damaged airlock sealing system, used the Strela boom to move across Mir and recover an American optical monitoring experiment. Checked the integrity of cable connects to several antennas.[32] | |
| 14 January 21:12 | 3 hours 52 minutes | 15 January 01:04 | Mir EO-24 | Anatoly SolovyevDavid Wolf | Continued to make more repairs to the airlock hatch on Kvant-2 and used a handheld photo-reflectometer to inspect the exterior surface of the station.[33] | |
| 1 April 13:35 | 6 hours 40 minutes | 20:15 | MirEO-25 | Talgat MusabayevNikolai Budarin | Installed a set of handrails and one of two-foot restraints on the outside of theSpektr module in preparation for the repair of the damaged solar array.[34] | |
| 6 April 13:35 | 4 hours 15 minutes | 17:50 | Mir EO-25 | Talgat MusabayevNikolai Budarin | Begin repair of the damaged Spektr solar panel. After installing a splint on the frayed panel, the spacewalkers had to quickly return to the airlock to handle a problem with station attitude control.[35] | |
| 11 April 09:55 | 6 Hours 25 minutes | 16:20 | Mir EO-25 | Talgat MusabayevNikolai Budarin | Jettisoned the external thruster engine (VDU) that had been located at the top of the Sofora boom and recover an experiment from the Rapana structure.[36] | Dismantling of the Rapana structure was not completed.[37] |
| 17 April 07:40 | 6 Hours 33 minutes | 14:13 | Mir EO-25 | Talgat MusabayevNikolai Budarin | Removed two structures and secured them to exterior surfaces and repositioned the new thrust engine (VDU) for future use.[37] | |
| 22 April 05:34 | 6 Hours 21 minutes | 11:55 | Mir EO-25 | Talgat MusabayevNikolai Budarin | Completed installation of the new VDU thruster unit on top of the Sofora boom.[38] | |
| 15 September 20:00 | 30 minutes | 20:30 | MirEO-26 | Gennady PadalkaSergei Avdeyev | Internal spacewalk in the depressurised Spektr module to connect electrical and control cables to the solar array servo motor.[39] | |
| 10 November 19:24 | 5 hours 54 minutes | 11 November 01:18 | Mir EO-26 | Gennady PadalkaSergei Avdeyev | DeployedSputnik-41, deployed a French "meteorite trap" intended to catch some dust from the upcoming Leonids meteor shower.[40] | |
| 7 December 22:10 | 7 hours 21 minutes | 8 December 05:31 | STS-88 ISS Endeavour | Jerry L. RossJames H. Newman | Connected computer and electrical cables between theUnity node, the two mating adapters attached to either end ofUnity, and theZarya Functional Cargo Block (FGB).[41] | First ISS assembly EVA |
| 9 December 20:33 | 7 hours 2 minutes | 10 December 03:35 | STS-88 ISSEndeavour | Jerry L. RossJames H. Newman | Installed two box-like antennas on the outside of theUnity module that are part of the S-band early communications system.[42] | |
| 12 December 20:33 | 6 hours 59 minutes | 13 December 03:32 | STS-88 ISSEndeavour | Jerry L. RossJames H. Newman | Checked on an insulation cover on a cable connection on the lowerPressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-2) to make sure it was fully installed, attached EVA tools on the side ofUnity's upper mating adapter (PMA-1) in preparation for future EVAs, and inspectedOrbiter Space Vision System targets onUnity.[43] |
