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
