1988 orbital launches

In 1988, ExGalactic records 121 orbital launch attempts.

Counts include only launches confirmed by at least two independent sources.

By country

LaunchesCountry
48Russia
46Kazakhstan
11USA
7French Guiana
4China
2Japan
2Other
1India

Launches

  1. Tselina-D 63 — 6 January 1988, 07:41 UTC — Success
  2. Strela-3 31 to 36 — 15 January 1988, 03:49 UTC — Success
  3. Gorizont 25L — 18 January 1988, 09:58 UTC — Failure
  4. Progress 34 — 20 January 1988, 22:51 UTC — Success
  5. Zenit-8 58 — 26 January 1988, 11:20 UTC — Success
  6. Meteor-2 17 — 30 January 1988, 10:59 UTC — Success
  7. DMSP-5D2 F9 — 3 February 1988, 05:53 UTC — Success
  8. Yantar-4K2 36 — 3 February 1988, 12:14 UTC — Success
  9. TVE — 8 February 1988, 22:07 UTC — Success
  10. Uragan 23 to 25 — 17 February 1988, 00:23 UTC — Failure
  11. Resurs-F1 17F40 108L 7 — 18 February 1988, 09:49 UTC — Success
  12. Zenit-8 59 — 19 February 1988, 08:00 UTC — Success
  13. Sakura 3A — 19 February 1988, 10:05 UTC — Success
  14. US-K 56 — 26 February 1988, 09:31 UTC — Success
  15. DFH-2A 2 — 7 March 1988, 12:41 UTC — Success
  16. Zenit-8 60 — 10 March 1988, 10:30 UTC — Success
  17. Strela-1M 329-336 — 11 March 1988, 00:18 UTC — Success
  18. Molniya-1T 71 — 11 March 1988, 06:38 UTC — Success
  19. Spacenet 3R & Télécom 1C — 11 March 1988, 23:28 UTC — Success
  20. US-A 32 — 14 March 1988, 14:21 UTC — Success
  21. Tselina-D 64 — 15 March 1988, 18:50 UTC — Success
  22. IRS-1A — 17 March 1988, 06:43 UTC — Success
  23. Molniya-1T 72 — 17 March 1988, 20:55 UTC — Success
  24. Parus 62 — 22 March 1988, 14:07 UTC — Success
  25. Progress 35 — 23 March 1988, 21:05 UTC — Success
  26. Yantar-4K2 37 — 24 March 1988, 14:10 UTC — Success
  27. San Marco 5 — 25 March 1988, 19:50 UTC — Success
  28. Yantar-4KS1 9 — 30 March 1988, 12:00 UTC — Success
  29. Gorizont 15 — 31 March 1988, 04:18 UTC — Success
  30. Strela-2M 44 — 5 April 1988, 14:41 UTC — Success
  31. Zenit-8 61 — 11 April 1988, 11:15 UTC — Success
  32. Foton 4 — 14 April 1988, 17:00 UTC — Success
  33. Resurs-O1 2 — 20 April 1988, 05:48 UTC — Success
  34. Transit-O 23,32 — 26 April 1988, 01:57 UTC — Success
  35. Geofizika — 26 April 1988, 03:15 UTC — Success
  36. Zenit-8 62 — 27 April 1988, 09:10 UTC — Success
  37. Ekran — 6 May 1988, 02:47 UTC — Success
  38. Yantar-4K2 38 — 12 May 1988, 14:39 UTC — Success
  39. Progress 36 — 13 May 1988, 00:30 UTC — Success
  40. Tselina-2 5 — 15 May 1988, 09:20 UTC — Success
  41. Intelsat 513 — 17 May 1988, 23:58 UTC — Success
  42. Yantar-1KFT 9 — 18 May 1988, 10:30 UTC — Success
  43. Zenit-8 63 — 19 May 1988, 09:15 UTC — Success
  44. Uragan 26 to 28 — 21 May 1988, 17:57 UTC — Success
  45. Molniya-3 49L — 26 May 1988, 15:27 UTC — Success
  46. US-P 28 — 28 May 1988, 02:49 UTC — Success
  47. Geo-IK 10 — 30 May 1988, 08:00 UTC — Success
  48. Resurs-F1 17F43 28L 1 — 31 May 1988, 07:45 UTC — Success
  49. Soyuz TM-5 — 7 June 1988, 14:03 UTC — Success
  50. Zenit-8 64 — 11 June 1988, 10:00 UTC — Success
  51. Tselina-D 65 — 14 June 1988, 03:18 UTC — Success
  52. Meteosat 3 — 15 June 1988, 11:19 UTC — Success
  53. Nova 2 — 16 June 1988, 06:54 UTC — Success
  54. Strela-2M 45 — 21 June 1988, 16:26 UTC — Success
  55. Yantar-4K2 39 — 22 June 1988, 13:00 UTC — Success
  56. Zenit-8 65 — 23 June 1988, 07:45 UTC — Success
  57. Okean-O1 3 — 5 July 1988, 09:45 UTC — Success
  58. Resurs-F1 17F43 29L 2 — 7 July 1988, 08:05 UTC — Success
  59. Fobos-1 — 7 July 1988, 17:38 UTC — Success
  60. Yantar-4KS1 10 — 9 July 1988, 13:25 UTC — Failure
  61. Fobos-2 — 12 July 1988, 17:01 UTC — Success
  62. SROSS-B — 13 July 1988, 09:18 UTC — Failure
  63. Taifun-1 21 — 14 July 1988, 11:40 UTC — Success
  64. Progress 37 — 18 July 1988, 21:13 UTC — Success
  65. Parus 63 — 18 July 1988, 22:28 UTC — Success
  66. Insat 1C & ECS5 — 21 July 1988, 23:12 UTC — Success
  67. Meteor-3 2 — 26 July 1988, 05:01 UTC — Success
  68. Resurs-F1 17F43 30L 3 — 27 July 1988, 09:05 UTC — Failure
  69. Taifun-2 24 — 28 July 1988, 11:20 UTC — Success
  70. Potok 5 — 1 August 1988, 21:04 UTC — Success
  71. FSW-1 2 — 5 August 1988, 07:28 UTC — Success
  72. Zenit-8 66 — 8 August 1988, 09:25 UTC — Success
  73. Molniya-1T 73 — 12 August 1988, 12:53 UTC — Success
  74. Yantar-4K2 40 — 16 August 1988, 13:00 UTC — Success
  75. Gorizont 16 — 18 August 1988, 19:52 UTC — Success
  76. Zenit-8 67 — 23 August 1988, 09:20 UTC — Success
  77. Resurs-F2 2 — 23 August 1988, 11:15 UTC — Success
  78. Transit-O 25,31 — 25 August 1988, 06:59 UTC — Success
  79. Soyuz TM-6 — 29 August 1988, 04:23 UTC — Success
  80. US-K 57 — 30 August 1988, 14:14 UTC — Success
  81. Mercury 12 — 2 September 1988, 12:05 UTC — Success
  82. P-11 5103 — 5 September 1988, 09:25 UTC — Success
  83. Zenit-8 68 — 6 September 1988, 07:30 UTC — Success
  84. Feng Yun 1A — 6 September 1988, 20:30 UTC — Success
  85. GStar 3 & SBS 5 — 8 September 1988, 23:00 UTC — Success
  86. Resurs-F1 17F43 31L 4 — 9 September 1988, 10:40 UTC — Success
  87. Progress 38 — 9 September 1988, 23:33 UTC — Success
  88. Yantar-4K2 41 — 15 September 1988, 15:00 UTC — Success
  89. Uragan 29 to 31 — 16 September 1988, 02:00 UTC — Success
  90. Sakura 3B — 16 September 1988, 09:59 UTC — Success
  91. Ofeq-1 — 19 September 1988, 09:31 UTC — Success
  92. Zenit-8 69 — 22 September 1988, 10:20 UTC — Success
  93. NOAA 11 — 24 September 1988, 10:02 UTC — Success
  94. Molniya-3 51L — 29 September 1988, 09:07 UTC — Success
  95. STS-26 — 29 September 1988, 15:37 UTC — Success
  96. US-K 58 — 3 October 1988, 22:23 UTC — Success
  97. Tselina-D 66 — 11 October 1988, 08:02 UTC — Success
  98. Zenit-8 70 — 13 October 1988, 11:19 UTC — Success
  99. Raduga 22 — 20 October 1988, 15:43 UTC — Success
  100. US-K 59 — 25 October 1988, 18:02 UTC — Success
  101. Zenit-8 71 — 27 October 1988, 11:31 UTC — Success
  102. TDF 1 — 28 October 1988, 02:17 UTC — Success
  103. KH-11 9 — 6 November 1988, 18:03 UTC — Success
  104. Yantar-4KS1 11 — 11 November 1988, 10:30 UTC — Failure
  105. Buran OK-1K — 15 November 1988, 03:00 UTC — Success
  106. US-P 29 — 18 November 1988, 00:12 UTC — Success
  107. Tselina-2 6 — 23 November 1988, 14:50 UTC — Success
  108. Zenit-8 72 — 24 November 1988, 14:50 UTC — Success
  109. Soyuz TM-7 — 26 November 1988, 15:49 UTC — Success
  110. Zenit-8 73 — 30 November 1988, 09:00 UTC — Success
  111. STS-27 — 2 December 1988, 14:30 UTC — Success
  112. Zenit-8 74 — 8 December 1988, 14:50 UTC — Success
  113. Ekran-M 2 — 10 December 1988, 11:54 UTC — Success
  114. Skynet 4B & Astra 1A — 11 December 1988, 00:33 UTC — Success
  115. Yantar-4K2 42 — 16 December 1988, 19:00 UTC — Success
  116. DFH-2A 3 — 22 December 1988, 12:40 UTC — Success
  117. Molniya-3 52L — 22 December 1988, 14:15 UTC — Success
  118. Koltso 1 — 23 December 1988, 07:20 UTC — Success
  119. Progress 39 — 25 December 1988, 04:11 UTC — Success
  120. Molniya-1T 74 — 28 December 1988, 05:27 UTC — Success
  121. Yantar-1KFT 10 — 29 December 1988, 10:00 UTC — Success

Sources: Jonathan's Space Report (GCAT), CC-BY; CelesTrak; Launch Library 2.

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