======================================================== SPACE LAUNCH REPORT 1998 LAUNCH LOG AND LAUNCH VEHICLE/SITE STATISTICS by Ed Kyle ======================================================== 1998 LAUNCH VEHICLE SUMMARY Calendar year launch vehicle results, ranked by number of successes, with launch total as the first tiebreaker and vehicle payload mass as the second tiebreaker. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) missions have orbital periods less than 2 hours. Deep Space missions include heliocentric, planetocentric, and solar system escape trajectories. ========================================================= Vehicle Overall By Orbit Type Launches Earth-Orbit Earth-Escape (Failures) LEO >LEO Deep Space ========================================================= Delta 2 12(0)* 7(0) 3(0) 2(0)* R-7 Soyuz/Molniya** 11(0) 8(0)* 3(0) - Ariane 4 10(0) 1(0) 9(0)* - Proton K/DM 7(0) 1(0) 6(0) - Atlas 2/2A(S) 6(0) - 6(0) - Chang Zheng **** 6(0) 4(0) 2(0) - Pegasus-XL 6(0) 6(0) - - STS 5(0) 5(0) - - Kosmos 3M 2(0) 2(0) - - Taurus 2(0) 2(0) - - Zenit 2 3(1) 3(1) - - Ariane 5 1(0) - 1(0) - Athena 2 1(0) - - 1(0) Titan 2 1(0) 1(0) - - M-5 1(0) - - 1(0) RSM-54 1(0) 1(0) - - Titan 4 2(1) - 2(1) - Delta 3 1(1) - 1(1) - H-2 1(1) - 1(1) - Shavit 1(1) 1(1) - - Taepo Dong 1(1) 1(1) - - Tsiklon 3 1(1) 1(1) - - ========================================================= Totals 82(7) 44(4) 34(3) 4(0) * Denotes Leader in Category for Year ** Soyuz/Molniya Details ------------------------------------------------------------ Soyuz-U 8(0) 8(0)* - - Molniya M 3(0) --- 3(0) ------------------------------------------------------------ ****Chang Zheng (Long March) Details ------------------------------------------------------------ CZ-2C/SD 4(0) 4(0) CZ-3B 2(0) --- 2(0) ------------------------------------------------------------ ========================================================================================== 1998 ORBITAL LAUNCH LOG Date Vehicle ID Payload/Mission Site Orbit ========================================================================================== 1/7/98 Athena 2 LM-004 Lunar Prospector CC 46 HCO 1/10/98 Delta 7925 D252 Skynet 4D CC 17B GEO 1/22/98 Shavit Ofek 4 PA (FTO) (1) 1/23/98 STS/Endeavour OV-105 STS-89/Spacehab DM-10/Mir Dock 8 KC 39A LEO 1/29/98 Atlas 2A AC-109 NRO "Capricorn" CC 36A EEO 1/29/98 Soyuz-U Soyuz TM-27 (Mir 25) TB 1 LEO 2/4/98 Ariane 44LP A475 Inmarsat-3F5/Brasilsat B3 (V105) KO 2 GEO 2/10/98 Taurus-120 1 GFO 1 / Orbcomm 3,4 / Celestis 2 VA 576E LEO/P 2/14/98 Delta 7420-10C D253 Globalstar 1-4 CC 17A LEO 2/17/98 Soyuz-U Kosmos 2349 TB 31 LEO 2/18/98 Delta 7920-10C D254 Iridium MS-7 [50/52/53/54/56] VA 2W LEO 2/21/98 H-2 H-2-5F COMETS TA Y (EEO) (2) 2/26/98 Pegasus-XL 12 SNOE / BATSAT (T1) VA L1011 LEO/P 2/27/98 Ariane 42P A476 Hotbird 4 (V106) KO 2 GEO 2/28/98 Atlas 2AS AC-151 Intelsat 806 CC 36B GEO 3/14/98 Soyuz-U Progress M-38 (7K-T6M 240) TB 1 LEO 3/16/98 Atlas 2 AC-132 UHF F8 (GBS 8) CC 36A GEO 3/24/98 Ariane 40 A477 Spot 4 (V107) KO 2 LEO/S 3/25/98 CZ-2C/SD CZ2C-17 Iridium SV 51,61 TY TY LEO 3/30/98 Delta 7920-10C D255 Iridium MS-8 [55/57/58/59/60] VA 2W LEO 4/2/98 Pegasus-XL 13 TRACE (NASA) VA L1011 LEO/S 4/7/98 Proton-K/DM2 391-02 Iridium 62-68 TB 81/23 LEO 4/17/98 STS/Columbia OV-102 STS-90 / Neurolab KC 39B LEO 4/24/98 Delta 7420-10C D256 Globalstar-2 [06/08/14/15] CC 17A LEO 4/28/98 Ariane 44P A478 Nilesat 101 / BSat 1b (V108) KO 2 GEO 4/29/98 Proton-K/DM-2 384-02 Cosmos 2350 TB 200/39 GEO 5/2/98 CZ 2C/SD CZ2C-18 Iridium SV 69,71 TY TY LEO 5/7/98 Molniya-8K78M Cosmos 2351 [Oko #79] PL 16/2 EEO 5/7/98 Proton-K/DM3 393-02 Echostar 4 (ILS-6) TB 81/23 GTO+ 5/9/98 Titan-401B B25/TC18 USA 139 (NRO elnit) CC 40 GEO? 5/13/98 Titan-23G/Star G-12 NOAA 15 (K) VA 4W LEO/P 5/14/98 Soyuz-U Progress M-39 (238) TB 1 LEO 5/17/98 Delta 7920-10C D257 Iridium MS-9 [70/72/73/74/75] VA 2W LEO 5/30/98 CZ-3B CZ3B-4 Chinastar 1 (Zhongwei 1) XC 2 GEO 6/2/98 STS/Discovery OV-103 STS-91 / Mir Dock 9 KC 39A LEO 6/10/98 Delta 7925-9.5 D258 Thor 3 CC 17A GEO 6/15/98 Tskylon-3 Kosmos 2352-57 [Strela3 108-113] PL 32/1 (EEO) (3) 6/18/98 Atlas 2AS AC-153 Intelsat 805 CC 36A GEO 6/24/98 Soyuz-U Kosmos 2358 PL LEO 6/25/98 Soyuz-U Kosmos 2359 TB LEO 7/1/98 Molniya 8K78M Molniya-3 49 PL 43/3 EEO 7/3/98 M-5 M-5-2 Planet-B (Mars) KA MS HCO 7/7/98 RSM-54 (Shtil) Tubsat N BA K-407 LEO [11] 7/10/98 Zenit-2 Resurs F1-4/microsats TB 45L LEO 7/18/98 CZ-3B CZ3B-5 Sinosat XC 2 GEO 7/28/98 Zenit-2 Kosmos 2360 TB 45L LEO 8/2/98 Pegasus-XL/HAPS 14 Orbcomm FM13-20 WI L1011 LEO 8/12/98 Titan 401A A20/TC? Vortex 2 (NRO) CC 41 (FTO) (4) 8/13/98 Soyuz-U Soyuz TM-28 (Mir 26) TB 1 LEO 8/19/98 CZ-2C/SD CZ2C-19 Iridium SV 3,76 TY TY LEO 8/25/98 Ariane 44P A479 Singapore-Taiwan (ST-1) (V109) KO 2 GEO 8/27/98 Delta 8930 D259 Galaxy 10 CC 17B (FTO) (5) 8/30/98 Proton-K/DM3 383-01 Astra 2A (ILS-7) TB 81/23 GTO+ 8/30/98 Taepo Dong Kwangmyongsong 1 MU (FTO) (6) 9/8/98 Delta 7925-10C D260 Iridium MS-10 [SV77,79-82] VA 2W LEO 9/9/98 Zenit-2 Globalstar FM5,7,9-13,16-18,20,21 TB 45L (FTO) (7) 9/16/98 Ariane 44LP A480 PanAmSat 7 (V110) KO 2 GEO 9/23/98 Pegasus-XL/HAPS 15 Orbcomm FM 21-28 WI L1011 LEO 9/28/98 Molniya-8K78M Molniya-1T PL EEO 10/3/98 Taurus-120 2 STEX (NRO) VA 576E LEO/P 10/5/98 Ariane 44L A481 Eutelsat W2/Sirius 3 (V111) KO 2 GEO 10/9/98 Atlas 2A AC-134 Hot Bird 5 (Eutelsat) CC 36B GEO 10/20/98 Atlas 2A AC-130 UHF F9 (GBS 9) CC 36A GEO 10/21/98 Ariane 5 A503 ARD/Maqsat 3 (V112) KO 3 GTO 10/23/98 Pegasus-XL 16 SCD 2 CC L1011 LEO 10/24/98 Delta 7326 D261 Deep Space 1 CC 17A HCO 10/25/98 Soyuz-U Progress M-40 TB 1 LEO 10/28/98 Ariane 44L A482 Afristar / GE-5 (V113) KO 2 GEO 10/29/98 STS/Discovery OV-103 STS-95/Spartan201-F5/Spacehab SM KC 39B LEO [8] 11/4/98 Proton-K/DM3 PanAmSat 8 (ILS-8) TB 81/23 GTO+ 11/6/98 Delta 7920-10C D262 Iridium MS-11 [SV2,83-86] VA 2W LEO 11/20/98 Proton-K 395-01 Zarya (ISS 1A/R) TB 81/23 LEO [9] 11/22/98 Delta 7925 D263 Bonum 1 CC 17B GEO 12/4/98 STS/Endeavour OV-105 STS-88 [ISS-2A] / Unity Node 1 KC 39A LEO [10] 12/6/98 Ariane 42L A483 Satmax 5 (V114) KO 2 GEO 12/6/98 Pegasus-XL 17 SWAS (NASA) VA L1011 LEO 12/10/98 Cosmos 3M Nadezhda/Astrid-2 PL 132 LEO 12/11/98 Delta 7425 D264 Mars Climate Orbiter CC 17A HCO 12/19/98 CZ-2C/SD CZ2C-20 Iridium SV (2) TY TY LEO 12/22/98 Ariane 42L A484 PanAmSat 6B (V115) KO 2 GEO 12/24/98 Cosmos 3M Cosmos 2361 [Parus] PL 132 LEO 12/30/98 Proton-K/DM-2 Cosmos 2362-64 [3xUragan] TB 200/39 MEO ======================================================================================== (1) Failed 2 min into 2nd stg burn (2) Second second stage burn 44s instead of 3m 12s (3) S5M stg cutoff early at apogee, 1300x1900kmx82.6deg orbits slightly low (4) Exploded at T+41.3s after power glitch caused loss of guidance and pitchover (5) First Delta 3; exploded at T+75s; guidance failure (algorithm) (6) First North Korean IRBM - claimed sat did not orbit due upper stage problem (7) First Zenit com - guidance fail T+272s after staging before fairing sep [8] John Glenn flight, oldest astronaut at 77 yrs [9] First ISS launch [10] First US ISS launch [11] First orbital launch from submarine *Site Code: AL = Alcantara, Brazil BA = Barents Sea (Sub Launch), Russia CC = Cape Canaveral, FL, USA JQ = Ji Quan, China KA = Kagoshima, Japan KO = Kourou, French Guyana KC = Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA KW = Kwajalein, Marshall Is. KY = Kapustin Yar, Russia PA = Palamchima, Isreal PL = Plesetsk Northern Cosmodrome, Russia PO = Pacific Ocean Range 154W-0N SR = Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India TA = Tanageshima-Yoshinobu, Japan TB = Tyuratam/Baikonur, Kazakstahn TY = Taiyuan, China WI = Wallops Island XC = Xi Chang, China VA = Vandenberg AFB, CA, USA **Orbit Code: EEO/M = Molynia (12-hr) Elliptical Earth Orbit FTO = Failed to Orbit FSO = Failed Suborbital GTO = Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit GTO+ = Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit GTO- = Subsynchronous Transfer Orbit GEO = Geosynchronous Orbit HCO = Heliocentric (solar) Orbit HTO = High Earth Transfer Orbit LEO = Low Earth Orbit LEO/S = Sun Synchronous Low Earth Orbit LEO/P = Polar Low Earth Orbit MEO = Medium Earth Orbit MTO = Medium Earth Transfer Orbit ========================================================================= Use browser return arrow to go back to: http://www.geocities.com/launchreport/slr.html