Orbital launches in 1998
Launches:
| Total: 82 | Success: 75 | Partial failure: 1 | Failure: 6 |
Launches by month:
Launches by launch sites
* for airborne launches the take off site of the carrier aircraft is considered
Launches by countries
Launches:
| Date | Site | Rocket | Payload | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-01-07 | Cape Canaveral | Athena 2 | Lunar Prospector | success |
| 1998-01-10 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7925-9.5 | Skynet 4D | success |
| 1998-01-22 | Palmachim | Shavit 1 | Ofeq 4 | failure |
Launch vehicle failed during second stage burn. | ||||
| 1998-01-23 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Endeavour F12 | success |
| 1998-01-29 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas IIA | Quasar 12 (SDS-3 1, USA 137, NROL 5) | success |
| 1998-01-29 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Soyuz TM-27 | success |
| 1998-02-04 | Kourou | Ariane 4 44LP | Brasilsat B3 | success |
| 1998-02-10 | Vandenberg | Taurus 2210 | GFO 1/Orbcomm 3,4 | success |
| 1998-02-14 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7420-10C | Globalstar 1-4 | success |
| 1998-02-17 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Kosmos 2349 (Yantar-1KFT #19, Kometa #19) | success |
| 1998-02-18 | Vandenberg | Delta 2 7920-10C | Iridium MS-7 (50/52-4/56) | success |
| 1998-02-21 | Tanegashima | H-2 | COMETS | failure |
Satellite left in unusable orbit. | ||||
| 1998-02-26 | Vandenberg | Pegasus XL | SNOE / BATSAT (T1) | success |
| 1998-02-27 | Kourou | Ariane 4 42P | Hot Bird 4 | success |
| 1998-02-28 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas IIAS | Intelsat 806 | success |
| 1998-03-14 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Progress M-38 / VDU 2 ⇑ | success |
| 1998-03-16 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas II | UFO 8 (USA 138) | success |
| 1998-03-24 | Kourou | Ariane 4 40 | SPOT 4 | success |
| 1998-03-25 | Taiyuan | CZ-2C SD | Iridium SV 51,61 | success |
| 1998-03-30 | Vandenberg | Delta 2 7920-10C | Iridium MS-8 (55/57-60) | success |
| 1998-04-02 | Vandenberg | Pegasus XL | TRACE (NASA) | success |
| 1998-04-07 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM2 | Iridium 62-68 | success |
| 1998-04-17 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Columbia F25 | success |
| 1998-04-24 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7420-10C | Globalstar 6/8/14/15 | success |
| 1998-04-28 | Kourou | Ariane 4 44P | Nilesat 101 | success |
| 1998-04-29 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM-2 | Kosmos 2350 (US-KMO 4) | success |
| 1998-05-02 | Taiyuan | CZ-2C SD | Iridium SV 69,71 | success |
| 1998-05-07 | Plesetsk | Molniya-M 8K78M 2BL | Kosmos 2351 (US-K #79) | success |
| 1998-05-07 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM3 | EchoStar 4 | success |
| 1998-05-09 | Cape Canaveral | Titan 4B 401B / Centaur-T | Orion 4 (USA 139, NROL 6) | success |
| 1998-05-13 | Vandenberg | Titan 2 Titan 23G Star-37XFP-ISS | NOAA 15 (K) | success |
| 1998-05-14 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Progress M-39 | success |
| 1998-05-17 | Vandenberg | Delta 2 7920-10C | Iridium MS-9 (70/72-75) | success |
| 1998-05-30 | Xichang | CZ-3B | Zhongwei 1 | success |
| 1998-06-02 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Discovery F24 | success |
| 1998-06-10 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7925-9.5 | Thor 3 | success |
| 1998-06-15 | Plesetsk | Tsyklon 3 11K68 | Kosmos 2352 - 2357 (Strela-3 #119 - #124) | pfailure |
| 1998-06-18 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas IIAS | Intelsat 805 | success |
| 1998-06-24 | Plesetsk | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Kosmos 2358 (Yantar-4K2 #78, Kobalt #78) | success |
| 1998-06-25 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Kosmos 2359 (Yantar-4KS1M #8, Neman #8) | success |
| 1998-07-01 | Plesetsk | Molniya-M 8K78M ML | Molniya-3 49 (Molniya-3 61L) | success |
| 1998-07-03 | Kagoshima | M-5 | PLANET-B (Nozomi) | success |
| 1998-07-07 | Barents | Shtil' | Tubsat N (Tubsat 3) / Tubsat N1 (Tubsat 4) / Shtil 1 | success |
| 1998-07-10 | Baikonur | Zenit 2 | Resurs-1 2/microsats | success |
| 1998-07-18 | Xichang | CZ-3B | Sinosat 1 (Xinnuo 1) | success |
| 1998-07-28 | Baikonur | Zenit 2 | Tselina-2 20 | success |
| 1998-08-02 | Wallops Island | Pegasus XL/HAPS | Orbcomm FM 13-20 | success |
| 1998-08-12 | Cape Canaveral | Titan 4A 401A / Centaur-T | Mercury 16 (NROL 7) | failure |
Due to guidance system loss of heading after power interrupt, booster pitched over 40 seconds after launch, and was destroyed by range safety. | ||||
| 1998-08-13 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Soyuz TM-28 | success |
| 1998-08-19 | Taiyuan | CZ-2C SD | Iridium SV 3,76 | success |
| 1998-08-25 | Kourou | Ariane 4 44P | ST-1 | success |
| 1998-08-27 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 3 8930 | Galaxy 10 | failure |
Due to guidance system induced oscillation all solid motor gimbal hydraulic fluid exhausted after only 71 seconds of flight. Range safety detroyed booster 75 seconds into flight at 16 km altitude. | ||||
| 1998-08-30 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM3 | Astra 2A | success |
| 1998-08-31 | Tonghae | Taepodong 1 | Kwangmyongsong 1 | failure |
Third stage failure. | ||||
| 1998-09-08 | Vandenberg | Delta 2 7920-10C | Iridium MS-10 (77/79-82) | success |
| 1998-09-09 | Baikonur | Zenit 2 | Globalstar 12 sats | failure |
Computer error caused a very premature engine shutdown during second stage burn. | ||||
| 1998-09-16 | Kourou | Ariane 4 44LP | PAS 7 | success |
| 1998-09-23 | Wallops Island | Pegasus XL/HAPS | Orbcomm FM 21-28 | success |
| 1998-09-28 | Plesetsk | Molniya-M 8K78M ML | Molniya-1T 91 (Molniya-1T 99L) | success |
| 1998-10-03 | Vandenberg | Taurus 1110 | STEX (NROL 8) | success |
| 1998-10-05 | Kourou | Ariane 4 44L | Eutelsat W2 | success |
| 1998-10-09 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas IIA | Hotbird 5 | success |
| 1998-10-20 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas IIA | UFO 9 (USA 141) | success |
| 1998-10-21 | Kourou | Ariane 5 G | Maqsat 3/ARD | success |
Successful test flight put 2.6 tonne Maqsat 3 dummysat into GTO. The 2.8 tonne | ||||
| 1998-10-23 | Cape Canaveral | Pegasus H | SCD 2 | success |
| 1998-10-24 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7326-9.5 | Deep Space 1 | success |
| 1998-10-25 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Progress M-40 & Znamya 2.5 / Sputnik 41 (RS 18) | success |
| 1998-10-28 | Kourou | Ariane 4 44L | Afristar | success |
| 1998-10-29 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Discovery F25 / Spartan 201-F5 / PANSAT (S97-D, OS | success |
| 1998-11-04 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM3 | PanAmSat 8 | success |
| 1998-11-06 | Vandenberg | Delta 2 7920-10C | Iridium MS-11 (2/83-86) | success |
| 1998-11-20 | Baikonur | Proton K | Zarya | success |
| 1998-11-22 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7925-9.5 | Bonum 1 | success |
| 1998-12-04 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Endeavour F13 / Node 1 (Unity) / PMA 1 / PMA 2 / M | success |
| 1998-12-06 | Kourou | Ariane 4 42L | SATMEX 5 | success |
| 1998-12-06 | Vandenberg | Pegasus XL | SWAS | success |
| 1998-12-10 | Plesetsk | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Nadezhda 5 (Nadezhda #8) / Astrid 2 | success |
| 1998-12-11 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7425-9.5 | Mars Climate Orbiter | success |
| 1998-12-19 | Taiyuan | CZ-2C SD | Iridium SV 11/20 | success |
| 1998-12-22 | Kourou | Ariane 4 42L | PAS 6B | success |
| 1998-12-24 | Plesetsk | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Kosmos 2361 (Parus #90) | success |
| 1998-12-30 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM-2 | Kosmos 2362 / 2363 / 2364 (Uragan #72 / #73 / #74, GLONASS #779 / #784 / #786) | success |