1998 orbital launches

In 1998, ExGalactic records 82 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
30USA
17Kazakhstan
11French Guiana
9Other
7Russia
6China
2Japan

Launches

  1. Lunar Prospector — 7 January 1998, 02:28 UTC — Success
  2. Skynet 4D — 10 January 1998, 00:32 UTC — Success
  3. Ofeq-4 — 22 January 1998, 12:56 UTC — Failure
  4. STS-89 — 23 January 1998, 02:48 UTC — Success
  5. Soyuz TM-27 — 29 January 1998, 16:33 UTC — Success
  6. NROL-5 — 29 January 1998, 18:37 UTC — Success
  7. Inmarsat-3 F5 & Brasilsat B3 — 4 February 1998, 23:29 UTC — Success
  8. GFO — 10 February 1998, 13:20 UTC — Success
  9. Globalstar 1 to 4 — 14 February 1998, 14:34 UTC — Success
  10. Yantar-1KFT 19 — 17 February 1998, 10:35 UTC — Success
  11. Iridium 50, 52, 53, 54, 56 — 18 February 1998, 13:58 UTC — Success
  12. Kakehashi — 21 February 1998, 07:55 UTC — Success
  13. Broadband Advanced Technologies Satellite (BATSAT/Teledesic T1) & Student Nitric Oxide Explorer (SNOE) — 26 February 1998, 07:07 UTC — Success
  14. Hot Bird 4 — 27 February 1998, 22:38 UTC — Success
  15. INTELSAT 806 — 28 February 1998, 00:21 UTC — Success
  16. Progress M-38 — 14 March 1998, 22:45 UTC — Success
  17. UHF F/O F8 — 16 March 1998, 21:32 UTC — Success
  18. SPOT-4 — 24 March 1998, 01:46 UTC — Success
  19. Iridium 51 & 61 — 25 March 1998, 17:01 UTC — Success
  20. Iridium 55 to 60 — 30 March 1998, 06:02 UTC — Success
  21. Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) — 2 April 1998, 02:42 UTC — Success
  22. Iridium 62 to 68 — 7 April 1998, 02:13 UTC — Success
  23. STS-90 — 17 April 1998, 18:19 UTC — Success
  24. Globalstar 6, 8, 14, 15 — 24 April 1998, 22:38 UTC — Success
  25. Nilesat 101 & BSat 1b — 28 April 1998, 22:53 UTC — Success
  26. US-KMO 4 — 29 April 1998, 04:36 UTC — Success
  27. Iridium 69 & 71 — 2 May 1998, 09:16 UTC — Success
  28. US-K 79 — 7 May 1998, 08:53 UTC — Success
  29. Echostar IV — 7 May 1998, 23:45 UTC — Success
  30. NROL-6 — 9 May 1998, 01:38 UTC — Success
  31. NOAA 15 — 13 May 1998, 15:52 UTC — Success
  32. Progress M-39 — 14 May 1998, 22:12 UTC — Success
  33. Iridium 70, 72 to 75 — 17 May 1998, 21:16 UTC — Success
  34. Zhongwei 1 — 30 May 1998, 10:00 UTC — Success
  35. STS-91 — 2 June 1998, 22:06 UTC — Success
  36. Thor III — 10 June 1998, 00:35 UTC — Success
  37. Strela-3 119 to 124 — 15 June 1998, 22:58 UTC — Success
  38. INTELSAT 805 — 18 June 1998, 22:48 UTC — Success
  39. Yantar-4K2 78 — 24 June 1998, 18:29 UTC — Success
  40. Yantar-4KS1M 8 — 25 June 1998, 14:00 UTC — Success
  41. Molniya-3 61L — 1 July 1998, 00:48 UTC — Success
  42. Nozomi — 3 July 1998, 18:12 UTC — Success
  43. Tubsat-N & N1 — 7 July 1998, 03:15 UTC — Success
  44. Resurs-O1 — 10 July 1998, 06:30 UTC — Success
  45. Xinnuo 1 — 18 July 1998, 09:20 UTC — Success
  46. Tselina-2 20 — 28 July 1998, 09:15 UTC — Success
  47. Orbcomm-B1 - B8 — 2 August 1998, 16:24 UTC — Success
  48. Mercury 16 — 12 August 1998, 11:30 UTC — Failure
  49. Soyuz TM-28 — 13 August 1998, 09:43 UTC — Success
  50. Iridium 76 & 78 — 19 August 1998, 23:01 UTC — Success
  51. ST-1 — 25 August 1998, 23:07 UTC — Success
  52. Galaxy 10 — 27 August 1998, 01:17 UTC — Failure
  53. Astra 2A — 30 August 1998, 00:31 UTC — Success
  54. Kwangmyongsong 1 — 31 August 1998, 03:07 UTC — Failure
  55. Iridium 77, 79 to 82 — 8 September 1998, 21:13 UTC — Success
  56. Globalstar 5, 7, 9 to 13, 16 to 18, 20, 21 — 9 September 1998, 20:29 UTC — Failure
  57. PAS 7 — 16 September 1998, 06:31 UTC — Success
  58. Orbcomm-C1 - C8 — 23 September 1998, 05:06 UTC — Success
  59. Molniya-1T 91 — 28 September 1998, 23:41 UTC — Success
  60. NROL-8 — 3 October 1998, 10:04 UTC — Success
  61. Eutelsat W2 & Sirius 3 — 5 October 1998, 22:51 UTC — Success
  62. Hot Bird 5 — 9 October 1998, 22:50 UTC — Success
  63. UHF F/O F9 — 20 October 1998, 07:19 UTC — Success
  64. MaqSat 3 & ARD — 21 October 1998, 16:37 UTC — Success
  65. Satélite de Coleta de Dados-2 (SCD-2) — 23 October 1998, 00:02 UTC — Success
  66. Deep Space 1 — 24 October 1998, 12:08 UTC — Success
  67. Progress M-40 — 25 October 1998, 04:14 UTC — Success
  68. Afristar & GE 5 — 28 October 1998, 22:15 UTC — Success
  69. STS-95 — 29 October 1998, 19:19 UTC — Success
  70. PAS 8 — 4 November 1998, 05:12 UTC — Success
  71. Iridium 83 to 87 — 6 November 1998, 13:37 UTC — Success
  72. Zarya — 20 November 1998, 06:40 UTC — Success
  73. BONUM-1 — 22 November 1998, 23:54 UTC — Success
  74. STS-88 — 4 December 1998, 08:35 UTC — Success
  75. Satmex 5 — 6 December 1998, 00:43 UTC — Success
  76. Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) — 6 December 1998, 00:57 UTC — Success
  77. Nadezhda 8 — 10 December 1998, 11:57 UTC — Success
  78. Mars Climate Orbiter — 11 December 1998, 18:45 UTC — Success
  79. Iridium 88 & 89 — 19 December 1998, 11:39 UTC — Success
  80. PAS 6B — 22 December 1998, 01:08 UTC — Success
  81. Parus 90 — 24 December 1998, 20:02 UTC — Success
  82. Uragan 72 to 74 — 30 December 1998, 18:35 UTC — Success

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

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