1998 in spaceflight

1998 in spaceflight
	A Proton-K launches Zarya, the first module of the International Space Station
Orbital launches
First	7 January
Last	30 December
Total	82
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
Manned flights
Orbital	7
Total travellers	39
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Launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks
January
7 January 02:28	Athena II		Spaceport Florida LC-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 Canaveral SLC-17B		Boeing IDS
10 January 00:32	Skynet 4D	MoD	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
16 January 03:25	Minuteman II		Vandenberg LF-03		US Air Force
16 January 03:25	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
16 January 03:46	EKV	US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM interceptor	16 January	Successful
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		Kennedy LC-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	31 January 16:57	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with seven astronauts
25 January 08:35	S-310		Uchinoura Pad K		ISAS
25 January 08:35	SEEK	ISAS	Suborbital	Ozone/Aeronomy research	25 January	Successful
26 January 12:26	Nike Orion		Esrange		SSC
26 January 12:26	MERMAID	SSC/DLR	Suborbital	Microgravity research	26 January	Successful
29 January 16:33	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TM-27	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-25	25 August 05:24	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with three cosmonauts
29 January 18:37	Atlas IIA		Cape Canaveral SLC-36A
	USA-137 (SDS-3-1)	NRO	Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	NRO Launch 5
31 January 04:30	S-520		Uchinoura Pad K		ISAS
31 January 04:30	XUV Doppler Telescope	ISAS	Suborbital	Solar observation	31 January	Successful
31 January 23:43	VS-30		Andøya		INPE
31 January 23:43	AL-VS30-229	DLR	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	31 January	Successful
February
4 February 23:29	Ariane 4 44LP		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Brazilsat B3	Embratel	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Inmarsat 3F5	Inmarsat	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Operational
5 February 08:30	S-520		Uchinoura Pad K		ISAS
5 February 08:30		ISAS	Suborbital	Plasma research	5 February	Successful
7 February 07:40	Skylark VII		Esrange Pad S		SSC
7 February 07:40	TEXUS 36	SSC	Suborbital	Microgravity research	7 February	Successful
10 February	Trident C-4		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
10 February		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	10 February	Successful
10 February	Trident C-4		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
10 February		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	10 February	Successful
10 February	Trident C-4		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
10 February		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	10 February	Successful
10 February	Trident C-4		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
10 February		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	10 February	Successful
10 February 13:20	Taurus 2210		Vandenberg LC-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
11 February 09:42	Nike-Orion		Esrange		DLR
11 February 09:42	Texus-5	DLR	Suborbital	Microgravity research	11 February	Successful
14 February 14:34	Delta II 7420-10C		Cape Canaveral SLC-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		Baikonur Site 31/6
17 February 10:34	Kosmos 2349 (Yantar)		Low Earth	Cartography	2 April	Successful
18 February 13:58	Delta II 7920-10C		Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS
	Iridium 52	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 56	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 54	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 50	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 53	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
19 February	R-29		Submarine, Barents Sea		Russian Navy
19 February		Russian Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	19 February	Successful
19 February	R-29		Submarine, Barents Sea		Russian Navy
19 February		Russian Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	19 February	Successful
20 February 00:09	Black Brant VC		Arecibo		NASA
20 February 00:09	Coqui Dos SAL	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	20 February	Successful
20 February 00:37	Black Brant VC		Arecibo		NASA
20 February 00:37	Coqui Dos	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	20 February	Successful
20 February 08:23	Minuteman III		Vandenberg LF-04		US Air Force
20 February 08:23	FOT GT166GM	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	20 February	Failure
21 February 07:55	H-II		Tanegashima LA-Y		NASDA
	Kakehashi (COMETS)	NASDA	Intended: Geosynchronous Actual: Medium Earth	Communications	In orbit	Partial Failure
	Upper stage failure led to lower orbit than planned
25 February 03:17	Black Brant VC		Arecibo		NASA
25 February 03:17	Coqui Dos	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	25 February	Successful
25 February 07:43	Taurus-Orion		Arecibo		NASA
25 February 07:43		NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	25 February	Successful
25 February 07:50	Terrier-Orion		Arecibo		NASA
25 February 07:50	EDDY	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	25 February	Successful
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
27 February 22:38	Hot Bird 4	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
28 February 00:21	Atlas IIAS		Cape Canaveral SLC-36B		International Launch Services
28 February 00:21	Intelsat 806	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
March
3 March 22:33	Nike-Orion		Esrange		SSC
3 March 22:33	NLTE-1 Atomic 2A	SSC	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	3 March	Successful
6 March 21:26	Nike-Orion		Esrange		SSC
6 March 21:26	NLTE-2 Atomic 2B	SSC	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	3 March	Successful
7 March 01:33	Black Brant VC		Arecibo		NASA
7 March 01:33	Coqui Dos	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	7 March	Successful
7 March	Trident D-5		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
7 March		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	7 March	Successful
7 March	Trident D-5		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
7 March		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	7 March	Successful
10 March	Trident D-5		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
10 March		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	10 March	Successful
10 March	Trident D-5		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
10 March		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	10 March	Successful
11 March 23:39	Black Brant IX		Arecibo		NASA
11 March 23:39	Coqui Dos LaTuR	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	11 March	Successful
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
21 March	VS-40		Alcântara		INPE
21 March		INPE	Suborbital	Test sounding rocket	21 March	Successful
24 March 01:46	Ariane 4 40		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
24 March 01:46	SPOT 4	CNES	Sun-synchronous	Earth Imaging	In orbit	Operational
25 March 01:45	Black Brant VC		Arecibo		NASA
25 March 01:45	Coqui Dos	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	25 March	Successful
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	In orbit	Operational
30 March 06:02	Delta II 7920-10C		Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS
	Iridium 55	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 57	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 58	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 59	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 60	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
April
2 April 02:42	Pegasus-XL		Stargazer, Vandenberg		Orbital Sciences
2 April 02:42	TRACE	NASA	Low Earth	Solar research	In orbit	Operational
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
6 April		ISRO	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	6 April	Successful
7 April 02:13	Proton-K/17S40		Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services
	Iridium 62	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 63	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 64	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 65	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 66	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 67	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 68	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
15 April	R-36M2		Baikonur		RVSN
		RVSN/ISC Kosmotras	Suborbital	Missile test	15 April	Successful
	Part of Dnepr development programme
17 April 18:05	Strypi		Pacific Missile Range		Sandia
17 April 18:05	Red Crow	BMDO	Suborbital	Technology development	17 April	Successful
17 April 18:19	Space Shuttle Columbia		Kennedy LC-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
	Manned orbital flight with seven astronauts Final flight of Spacelab Long Module No. 2
18 April 04:00	Black Brant IX		White Sands		NASA
18 April 04:00		NASA	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	18 April	Successful
18 April 07:30	Black Brant IX		White Sands		NASA
18 April 07:30		NASA	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	18 April	Successful
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 12:10	Black Brant IXB		Fort Churchill		CSA
28 April 12:10	ACTIVE	CSA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	28 April	Successful
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 first Egyptian satellite
29 April 04:36	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 200/39		RVSN
29 April 04:36	Kosmos 2350 (Prognoz SPRN)	RVSN	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
May
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		Plesetsk Site 16/2
7 May 08:53	Kosmos 2351 (Oko)	MO RF	Molniya	Early Warning	In orbit	Operational
7 May 10:30	Peacekeeper		Vandenberg LF-05		US Air Force
7 May 10:30		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	7 May	Successful
7 May 23:45	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services
7 May 23:45	EchoStar 4	EchoStar	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
9 May 01:38	Titan IVB 401/Centaur		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		Lockheed Martin
9 May 01:38	USA-139 (Mentor-2)	NRO	Geosynchronous	SIGINT	In orbit	Operational
12 May 11:22	Hera		White Sands LC-94		US Air Force
12 May 11:22		US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM Target	12 May	Successful
12 May 11:25	THAAD		White Sands		US Air Force
12 May 11:25		US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM Interceptor	12 May	Failure
13 May 15:52	Titan 23G		Vandenberg SLC-4W		Lockheed Martin
13 May 15:52	NOAA-15 (NOAA-K)	NOAA	Sun-synchronous	Weather satellite	In orbit	Operational
14 May 22:12	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
14 May 22:12	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	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 72	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 73	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 74	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 75	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
22 May 06:22	Black Brant IX		White Sands		NASA
22 May 06:22	NITE	NASA	Suborbital	Infrared astronomy	22 May	Successful
30 May 10:00	Long March 3B		Xichang LC-2
30 May 10:00	Zhongwei 1 (ChinaStar 1)	COTSC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
June
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
	Manned orbital flight with six astronauts, landing with seven Final Shuttle-Mir flight and first shuttle flight with Super-lightweight Aluminium/Lithium ET
3 June 19:57	Minuteman III		Vandenberg LF-26		US Air Force
3 June 19:57	FOT GT167GB	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	3 June	Successful
10 June 00:35	Delta II 7925-9.5		Cape Canaveral SLC-17A		Boeing IDS
10 June 00:35	Thor 3	Telenor	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
11 June 01:00	KSR-II		Anhueng		KARI
11 June 01:00		KARI	Suborbital	Ionosphere research X-ray astronomy	11 June	Successful
15 June 22:58	Tsyklon-3		Plesetsk Site 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
16 June 14:19	Nike-Orion		Wallops Island		NASA
16 June 14:19		NASA	Suborbital	Test sounding rocket	16 June	Successful
18 June 22:48	Atlas IIAS		Cape Canaveral SLC-36A		International Launch Services
18 June 22:48	Intelsat 805	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
24 June 08:01	Minuteman III		Vandenberg LF-09		US Air Force
24 June 08:01	GRP-IDF-1	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	24 June	Successful
24 June 12:46	Minuteman III		Vandenberg LF-10		US Air Force
24 June 12:46	FOT GT168GM	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	24 June	Successful
24 June 18:29	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Site 43/3
24 June 18:29	Kosmos 2358 (Yantar)	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	22 October	Successful
25 June 14:00	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 31/6
25 June 14:00	Kosmos 2359 (Yantar)	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	12 July 1999	Successful
July
1 July 00:48	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Site 43/3
1 July 00:48	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	In orbit	Successful
	Maiden flight of Shtil' and first orbital launch from a submarine
10 July 06:30	Zenit-2		Baikonur Site 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 successful Chilean satellite
18 July 09:20	Long March 3B		Xichang LC-2
18 July 09:20	Sinosat-1	SinoSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
22 July	Shahab-3		Emamshahr
			Suborbital	Missile test	22 July	Failure
	Maiden flight of Shahab-3
28 July 09:15	Zenit-2		Baikonur Site 45/1
28 July 09:15	Kosmos 2360 (Tselina-2)	MO RF	Low Earth	SIGINT	In orbit	Operational
August
2 August 16:24	Pegasus-XL/HAPS		Stargazer, Wallops Island		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	In orbit	Operational
	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
12 August 11:30	Titan IVA 401/Centaur		Cape Canaveral SLC-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)	Mir EO-26	28 February 1999 02:14	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with three cosmonauts
15 August 05:30	Black Brant IX		White Sands		NASA
15 August 05:30	EEV CCD	NASA	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy	15 August	Successful
19 August 23:01	Long March 2C		Taiyuan LC-1
	Iridium 3	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 76	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
21 August	R-29		Submarine, Barents Sea		Russian Navy
21 August		Russian Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	21 August	Successful
25 August 23:07	Ariane 4 44P		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
25 August 23:07	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
30 August 00:31	Astra 2A	SES	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
31 August 03:07	Taepodong-1		Musudan-ri
	Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1	Chongon	Intended: Low Earth	Communications	31 August	Launch Failure
	First North Korean orbital launch attempt; Never achieved orbit due to a suspected third stage failure
September
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	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 80	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 79	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	29 November 2000	Spacecraft Failure
	Iridium 77	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	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
16 September 06:31	PanAmSat 7	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
16 September 11:10	Topol		Plesetsk Site 158		RVSN
16 September 11:10		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	16 September	Successful
18 September 08:01	Minuteman III		Vandenberg LF-26		US Air Force
18 September 08:01	GRP-IDF-2	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	18 September	Successful
18 September 15:00	Black Brant IX		White Sands		NASA
18 September 15:00	SOAREX-1	NASA	Suborbital	Hypersonic dynamics test	18 September	Successful
21 September 14:51	RH-560/300 MK II		Sriharikota		ISRO
21 September 14:51	DEOS F06	ISRO/DLR	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	21 September	Successful
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
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
28 September 15:11	DEOS F07	ISRO/DLR	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	28 September	Successful
28 September 23:41	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Site 43/3
28 September 23:41	Molniya-1T	MOM	Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Operational
October
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
7 October 12:00	UR-100NU		Baikonur		RVSN
7 October 12:00		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	7 October	Successful
9 October 22:50	Atlas IIA		Cape Canaveral SLC-36B		International Launch Services
9 October 22:50	Hot Bird 5	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
20 October 07:19	Atlas IIA		Cape Canaveral SLC-36A
20 October 07:19	USA-140 (UHF F/O F9)	US Navy	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
21 October 16:37	Ariane 5G		Kourou ELA-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 by French Navy
22 October 12:53	Topol		Plesetsk Site 158		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 October	Failure
	Self-destruct activated after rocket went off course
22 October 00:02	Pegasus-H		Stargazer, Cape Canaveral		Orbital Sciences
22 October 00:02	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 of 1992 KD and 19P/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 Shuttle Discovery		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
	Manned 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
2 November 18:20	Black Brant IX		White Sands		NASA
2 November 18:20	SOPHIE (NCAR/CU-7)	NASA	Suborbital	Ultraviolet solar observation	2 November	Successful
4 November 05:12	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch services
4 November 05:12	PanAmSat 8	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
6 November 01:32	AIT-1		Kodiak Island		Orbital Sciences
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Rocket test	6 November	Successful
	First launch from Kodiak Island
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	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 85	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	30 December 2000	Spacecraft failure
	Iridium 84	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 83	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
18 November 15:40	Black Brant IX		White Sands		NASA
18 November 15:40		NASA	Suborbital	Microgravity research	18 November	Successful
18 November 23:00	TR-1		Tanegashima LA-T		NASDA
18 November 23:00		NASDA	Suborbital	Microgravity research	18 November	Successful
20 November	Aries		Pacific Missile Range		US Air Force
20 November	TTV-1	US Air Force	Suborbital	Target vehicle	20 November	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
22 November 23:54	BONUM-1	Telenor	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
24 November 09:53	Maxus		Esrange		SSC
24 November 09:53		ESA	Suborbital	Scientific research	24 November	Successful
December
3 December 11:04	Nike-Orion		Esrange		DLR
3 December 11:04	Mini-Texus 6	DLR	Suborbital	Microgravity research	3 December	Successful
4 December 08:35	Space Shuttle Endeavour		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
	Manned orbital flight with six astronauts First manned 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
6 December 00:43	Satmex 5	Satmex	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
6 December 00:57	Pegasus-XL		Stargazer, Vandenberg		Orbital Sciences
6 December 00:57	SWAS	NASA	Low Earth	Astronomy	In orbit	Operational
8 December 11:25	Topol		Plesetsk Site 158		RVSN
8 December 11:25		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	8 December	Successful
9 December 10:20	RT-23		Plesetsk		RVSN
9 December 10:20		RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	9 December	Successful
10 December	UR-100NU		Baikonur		RVSN
10 December		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	10 December	Successful
10 December 11:57	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 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 between Metric and Imperial
15 December	Sounding Rocket I		Jiu Peng Air Base		NSPO
		NSPO	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	15 December	Successful
	Apogee: ~280 km (174 mi)
19 December 11:39	Long March 2C		Taiyuan LC-1
	Iridium 20	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 11	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
22 December 01:08	Ariane 4 42L		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
22 December 01:08	PAS-6B	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
24 December 20:02	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/1
24 December 20:02	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

Deep-space rendezvous

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 of Europa
29 March	Galileo	6th flyby of Europa
26 April	Cassini	1st flyby of Venus	Gravity assist
13 May	AsiaSat 3/HGS 1 comsat	1st flyby of the Moon	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 of 433 Eros	Closest approach: 3,827 kilometres (2,378 mi)

EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Function	Remarks
8 January 23:08	3 hours 6 minutes	9 January 02:14	Mir EO-24	Anatoly Solovyev Pavel 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.^[1]
14 January 21:12	3 hours 52 minutes	15 January 01:04	Mir EO-24	Anatoly Solovyev David 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.^[2]
1 April 13:35	6 hours 40 minutes	20:15	Mir EO-25	Talgat Musabayev Nikolai Budarin	Installed a set of handrails and one of two foot restraints on the outside of the Spektr module in preparation for the repair of the damaged solar array.^[3]
6 April 13:35	4 hours 15 minutes	17:50	Mir EO-25	Talgat Musabayev Nikolai 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.^[4]
11 April 09:55	6 Hours 25 minutes	16:20	Mir EO-25	Talgat Musabayev Nikolai 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.^[5]	Dismantling of the Rapana structure was not completed.^[6]
17 April 07:40	6 Hours 33 minutes	14:13	Mir EO-25	Talgat Musabayev Nikolai Budarin	Removed two structures and secured them to exterior surfaces and repositioned the new thrust engine (VDU) for future use.^[6]
22 April 05:34	6 Hours 21 minutes	11:55	Mir EO-25	Talgat Musabayev Nikolai Budarin	Completed installation of the new VDU thruster unit on top of the Sofora boom.^[7]
15 September 20:00	30 minutes	20:30	Mir EO-26	Gennady Padalka Sergei Avdeyev	Internal spacewalk in the depressurised Spektr module to connect electrical and control cables to the solar array servo motor.^[8]
10 November 19:24	5 hours 54 minutes	11 November 01:18	Mir EO-26	Gennady Padalka Sergei Avdeyev	Deployed Sputnik-41, deployed a French "meteorite trap" intended to catch some dust from the upcoming Leonids meteor shower.^[9]
7 December 22:10	7 hours 21 minutes	8 December 05:31	STS-88 ISS Endeavour	Jerry L. Ross James H. Newman	Connected computer and electrical cables between the Unity node, the two mating adapters attached to either end of Unity, and the Zarya Functional Cargo Block (FGB).^[10]	First ISS assembly EVA
9 December 20:33	7 hours 2 minutes	10 December 03:35	STS-88 ISS Endeavour	Jerry L. Ross James H. Newman	Installed two box-like antennas on the outside of the Unity module that are part of the S-band early communications system.^[11]
12 December 20:33	6 hours 59 minutes	13 December 03:32	STS-88 ISS Endeavour	Jerry L. Ross James H. Newman	Checked on an insulation cover on a cable connection on the lower Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-2) to make sure it was fully installed, attached EVA tools on the side of Unity's upper mating adapter (PMA-1) in preparation for future EVAs, and inspected Orbiter Space Vision System targets on Unity.^[12]

References

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