Washington DC – Jan 1, 1998 – The following is the latest globally compliled launch manifest. SpaceCast welcomes additions and corrections. Please email info.
Arianespace officials would say only that 2 Ariane 5 launches and 14 Ariane 4 flights were planned. They declined to releasedspecific official dates until later in January. This data was compiled with the assistance of NASA Headquarters and the FAA Assistant Administrator of Commercial Space (AST) office, both in Washington, DC.
DATE VEHICLE MISSION
early'98 Pegasus XL SNOE
early'98 Atlas II GBS F8
early'98 Athena 2 CRSS-1
Jan Taurus Geosat F/O
Jan Athena 2 Lunar Prospector
Jan STS-89/Endeavour MIR docking
Jan Delta II Skynet 4D
Jan Delta II Iridium
Jan Atlas IIA Eutelsat
Jan Ariane 4 undisclosed
Feb Pegasus XL Orbcomm
Feb Delta II Globalstar 2
Feb Ariane 4 undisclosed
Mar Atlas 2AS Sky2
April Delta II Iridium
April STS-90/Col. Neurolab
April Delta III 1st launch
April Atlas IIAS MTPE-1
April Ariane 5 3rd test
April Ariane 4 undisclosed
April Pegasus XL Orbcomm
April Atlas IIAS Intelsat 806
May Pegasus XL Terriers
May Ariane 4 undisclosed
May STS-91/Disc. MIR docking (final)
May Titan IVB classified
June Sea Launch1 1st launch
June Kistler K-1 suborbit test
June Proton FGB launch
June Ariane 4 undisclosed
July STS-88/End. ISS-1 assembly
July Delta II GPS IIR 2
July Titan IVB classified
July Ariane 4 undisclosed
Aug STS-93/Col. AXAF (tentative)
Aug Ariane 4 undisclosed
Sept Pegasus XL SCD-2
Sept Kistler K-1 suborbit test
Sept Ariane 5 operational flight
Sept Ariane 4 undisclosed
Oct STS-95/Disc. Spacehab SM
Oct Delta III Hughes 601
Oct X-33 roll out
Oct Ariane 4 undisclosed
Nov X-34 roll out
Nov Ariane 4 undisclosed
Dec STS-96/End. ISS-2
Dec Proton Service Module-ISS
Dec Ariane 4 undisclosed
Dec Soyuz Service Module fueling
Dec X-34 Taxi tests
Dec Titan IVB classified
Dec X-34 airborne tests
Dec Atlas IIAR 1st launch
Dec Kistler K-1 orbital test flight
