|  | |
| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 7 January | 
| Last | 30 December | 
| Total | 82 | 
| Successes | 75 | 
| Failures | 5 | 
| Partial failures | 2 | 
| 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 | 
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 7 | 
| Total travellers | 39 | 
This article outlines notable events occurring in 1998 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.
Launches
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | 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 | ||||
|  Skynet 4D | MoD | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 16 January 03:25 |  Minuteman II |  Vandenberg LF-03 |  US Air Force | ||||
|  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 | ||||
|  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 | ||||
| Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts | |||||||
| 25 January 08:35 |  S-310 |  Uchinoura Pad K |  ISAS | ||||
|  SEEK | ISAS | Suborbital | Ozone/Aeronomy research | 25 January | Successful | ||
| 26 January 12:26 |  Nike Orion |  Esrange |  SSC | ||||
|   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 | ||
| Crewed 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 | ||||
|  XUV Doppler Telescope | ISAS | Suborbital | Solar observation | 31 January | Successful | ||
| 31 January 23:43 |  VS-30 |  Andøya |  INPE | ||||
|  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 | ||||
| ISAS | Suborbital | Plasma research | 5 February | Successful | |||
| 7 February 07:40 |  Skylark VII |  Esrange Pad S |  SSC | ||||
|  TEXUS 36 | SSC | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 7 February | Successful | ||
| 10 February |  Trident C-4 |  Submarine, Eastern Range |  US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 February | Successful | |||
| 10 February |  Trident C-4 |  Submarine, Eastern Range |  US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 February | Successful | |||
| 10 February |  Trident C-4 |  Submarine, Eastern Range |  US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 February | Successful | |||
| 10 February |  Trident C-4 |  Submarine, Eastern Range |  US Navy | ||||
| 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 | ||||
|  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 |  | ||||
|  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 | 5 November 2018[2] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 56 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 11 October 2018[4] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 54 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 11 May 2019[6] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 50 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 23 September 2018[8] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 53 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 30 September 2018[10] | Successful | ||
| 19 February |  R-29 |  Submarine, Barents Sea |  Russian Navy | ||||
| Russian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 February | Successful | |||
| 19 February |  R-29 |  Submarine, Barents Sea |  Russian Navy | ||||
| Russian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 February | Successful | |||
| 20 February 00:09 | .svg.png.webp) Black Brant VC |  Arecibo |  NASA | ||||
|  Coqui Dos SAL | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 20 February | Successful | ||
| 20 February 00:37 | .svg.png.webp) Black Brant VC |  Arecibo |  NASA | ||||
|  Coqui Dos | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 20 February | Successful | ||
| 20 February 08:23 |  Minuteman III |  Vandenberg LF-04 |  US Air Force | ||||
|  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 | .svg.png.webp) Black Brant VC |  Arecibo |  NASA | ||||
|  Coqui Dos | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 25 February | Successful | ||
| 25 February 07:43 |  Taurus-Orion |  Arecibo |  NASA | ||||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 25 February | Successful | |||
| 25 February 07:50 |  Terrier-Orion |  Arecibo |  NASA | ||||
|  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 | ||||
|  Hot Bird 4 | Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 28 February 00:21 |  Atlas IIAS |  Cape Canaveral SLC-36B |   International Launch Services | ||||
|  Intelsat 806 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| March | |||||||
| 3 March 22:33 |  Nike-Orion |  Esrange |  SSC | ||||
|  NLTE-1 Atomic 2A | SSC | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 3 March | Successful | ||
| 6 March 21:26 |  Nike-Orion |  Esrange |  SSC | ||||
|  NLTE-2 Atomic 2B | SSC | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 3 March | Successful | ||
| 7 March 01:33 | .svg.png.webp) Black Brant VC |  Arecibo |  NASA | ||||
|  Coqui Dos | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 7 March | Successful | ||
| 7 March |  Trident D-5 |  Submarine, Eastern Range |  US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 March | Successful | |||
| 7 March |  Trident D-5 |  Submarine, Eastern Range |  US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 March | Successful | |||
| 10 March |  Trident D-5 |  Submarine, Eastern Range |  US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 March | Successful | |||
| 10 March |  Trident D-5 |  Submarine, Eastern Range |  US Navy | ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 March | Successful | |||
| 11 March 23:39 | .svg.png.webp) Black Brant IX |  Arecibo |  NASA | ||||
|  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 | ||||
| INPE | Suborbital | Test sounding rocket | 21 March | Successful | |||
| 24 March 01:46 |  Ariane 4 40 |  Kourou ELA-2 |  Arianespace | ||||
|  SPOT 4 | CNES | Sun-synchronous | Earth Imaging | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 25 March 01:45 | .svg.png.webp) Black Brant VC |  Arecibo |  NASA | ||||
|  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 | 23 July 2019[12] | Successful | ||
| 30 March 06:02 |  Delta II 7920-10C |  Vandenberg SLC-2W |  Boeing IDS | ||||
|  Iridium 55 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 31 March 2019[14] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 57 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
|  Iridium 58 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 7 April 2019[16] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 59 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 11 March 2019[18] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 60 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 17 March 2019[20] | Successful | ||
| April | |||||||
| 2 April 02:42 |  Pegasus-XL |  Stargazer, Vandenberg |  Orbital Sciences | ||||
|  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 | ||||
| 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 | 7 November 2018[22] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 63 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
|  Iridium 64 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 1 April 2019[24] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 65 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 19 July 2018[26] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 66 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 23 August 2018[28] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 67 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 2 July 2018[30] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 68 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 6 June 2018[32] | Successful | ||
| 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 | ||||
|  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 | ||||
| Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts Final flight of Spacelab Long Module No. 2 | |||||||
| 18 April 04:00 | .svg.png.webp) Black Brant IX |  White Sands |  NASA | ||||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ultraviolet astronomy | 18 April | Successful | |||
| 18 April 07:30 | .svg.png.webp) Black Brant IX |  White Sands |  NASA | ||||
| 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 | .svg.png.webp) Black Brant IXB | .svg.png.webp) SpacePort Canada | .svg.png.webp) Akjuit Aerospace | ||||
| .svg.png.webp) ACTIVE | CSA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 28 April | Successful | ||
| First and only launch conducted by Akjuit Aerospace. Final launch from the SpacePort Canada (Churchill Rocket Research Range) site. | |||||||
| 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 | ||||
|  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 |  | ||||
|  Kosmos 2351 (Oko) | MO RF | Molniya | Early Warning | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 7 May 10:30 |  Peacekeeper |  Vandenberg LF-05 |  US Air Force | ||||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 May | Successful | |||
| 7 May 23:45 |  Proton-K/DM-2M |  Baikonur Site 81/23 |   International Launch Services | ||||
|  EchoStar 4 | EchoStar | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 9 May 01:38 |  Titan IVB 401/Centaur |  Cape Canaveral SLC-40 |  Lockheed Martin | ||||
|  USA-139 / Orion 4 | NRO | Geosynchronous | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
| NROL-6 mission. | |||||||
| 12 May 11:22 |  Hera |  White Sands LC-94 |  US Air Force | ||||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | ABM Target | 12 May | Successful | |||
| 12 May 11:25 |  THAAD |  White Sands |  US Air Force | ||||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | ABM Interceptor | 12 May | Failure | |||
| 13 May 15:52 |  Titan 23G |  Vandenberg SLC-4W |  Lockheed Martin | ||||
|  NOAA-15 (NOAA-K) | NOAA | Sun-synchronous | Weather satellite | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 14 May 22:12 |  Soyuz-U |  Baikonur Site 1/5 |  Roskosmos | ||||
|  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 | 11 October 2018[34] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 72 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 14 May 2018[36] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 73 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
|  Iridium 74 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 11 June 2017[38] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 75 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 10 July 2018[40] | Successful | ||
| 22 May 06:22 | .svg.png.webp) Black Brant IX |  White Sands |  NASA | ||||
|  NITE | NASA | Suborbital | Infrared astronomy | 22 May | Successful | ||
| 30 May 10:00 |  Long March 3B |  Xichang LC-2 |  | ||||
|  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 | ||||
| Crewed 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 | ||||
|  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 | ||||
|  Thor 3 | Telenor | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 11 June 01:00 |  KSR-II |  Anhueng |  KARI | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| NASA | Suborbital | Test sounding rocket | 16 June | Successful | |||
| 18 June 22:48 |  Atlas IIAS |  Cape Canaveral SLC-36A |   International Launch Services | ||||
|  Intelsat 805 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 24 June 08:01 |  Minuteman III |  Vandenberg LF-09 |  US Air Force | ||||
|  GRP-IDF-1 | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 June | Successful | ||
| 24 June 12:46 |  Minuteman III |  Vandenberg LF-10 |  US Air Force | ||||
|  FOT GT168GM | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 June | Successful | ||
| 24 June 18:29 |  Soyuz-U |  Plesetsk Site 43/3 |  | ||||
|  Kosmos 2358 (Yantar) | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 22 October | Successful | ||
| 25 June 14:00 |  Soyuz-U |  Baikonur Site 31/6 |  | ||||
|  Kosmos 2359 (Yantar) | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 12 July 1999 | Successful | ||
| July | |||||||
| 1 July 00:48 |  Molniya-M |  Plesetsk Site 43/3 |  | ||||
|  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 | 8 May 2014 | 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 |  | ||||
|  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 |  | ||||
|  Kosmos 2360 (Tselina-2) | MO RF | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
| August | |||||||
| 2 August 16:24 |  Pegasus-XL/HAPS |  Stargazer, Wallops Flight Facility |  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 | 22 December 2018 07:12 | Successful | ||
|  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 | ||
| The decommissioned Orbcomm B4 satellite disintegrated into 34 pieces in 2018; the cause is under investigation as of January 2019[41] | |||||||
| 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 | ||
| Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts | |||||||
| 15 August 05:30 | .svg.png.webp) Black Brant IX |  White Sands |  NASA | ||||
|  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 | 8 February 2018[43] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 76 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 28 August 2018[45] | Successful | ||
| 21 August |  R-29 |  Submarine, Barents Sea |  Russian Navy | ||||
| Russian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 August | Successful | |||
| 25 August 23:07 |  Ariane 4 44P |  Kourou ELA-2 |  Arianespace | ||||
|   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 | ||||
|  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 | 17 July 2018[47] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 80 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 12 August 2018[49] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 79 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 29 November 2000 | Spacecraft Failure | ||
|  Iridium 77 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 22 September 2017[51] | 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 | ||||
|  PanAmSat 7 | PanAmSat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 16 September 11:10 |  Topol |  Plesetsk Site 158 |  RVSN | ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 September | Successful | |||
| 18 September 08:01 |  Minuteman III |  Vandenberg LF-26 |  US Air Force | ||||
|  GRP-IDF-2 | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 September | Successful | ||
| 18 September 15:00 | .svg.png.webp) Black Brant IX |  White Sands |  NASA | ||||
|  SOAREX-1 | NASA | Suborbital | Hypersonic dynamics test | 18 September | Successful | ||
| 21 September 14:51 |  RH-560/300 MK II |  Sriharikota |  ISRO | ||||
|   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 | ||||
|   DEOS F07 | ISRO/DLR | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 28 September | Successful | ||
| 28 September 23:41 |  Molniya-M |  Plesetsk Site 43/3 |  | ||||
|  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 | ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 October | Successful | |||
| 9 October 22:50 |  Atlas IIA |  Cape Canaveral SLC-36B |   International Launch Services | ||||
|  Hot Bird 5 | Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 20 October 07:19 |  Atlas IIA |  Cape Canaveral SLC-36A |  | ||||
|  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 | |||||||
| 23 October 00:02 |  Pegasus-H |  Stargazer, Cape Canaveral |  Orbital Sciences | ||||
|  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 | ||
| Crewed 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 | .svg.png.webp) Black Brant IX |  White Sands |  NASA | ||||
|  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 | ||||
|  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 | 5 October 2018[53] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 85 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 30 December 2000 | Spacecraft failure | ||
|  Iridium 84 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 4 November 2018[55] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 83 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 5 November 2018[57] | Successful | ||
| 18 November 15:40 | .svg.png.webp) Black Brant IX |  White Sands |  NASA | ||||
| NASA | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 18 November | Successful | |||
| 18 November 23:00 |  TR-1 |  Tanegashima LA-T |  NASDA | ||||
| NASDA | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 18 November | Successful | |||
| 20 November |  Aries |  Pacific Missile Range |  US Air Force | ||||
|  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 | ||||
|  BONUM-1 | Telenor | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 24 November 09:53 |  Maxus |  Esrange |  SSC | ||||
| ESA | Suborbital | Scientific research | 24 November | Successful | |||
| December | |||||||
| 3 December 11:04 |  Nike-Orion |  Esrange |  DLR | ||||
|  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 | ||
| Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts First crewed 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 | ||||
|  Satmex 5 | Satmex | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 6 December 00:57 |  Pegasus-XL |  Stargazer, Vandenberg |  Orbital Sciences | ||||
|  SWAS | NASA | Low Earth | Astronomy | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 8 December 11:25 |  Topol |  Plesetsk Site 158 |  RVSN | ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 December | Successful | |||
| 9 December 10:20 |  RT-23 |  Plesetsk |  RVSN | ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | 9 December | Successful | |||
| 10 December |  UR-100NU |  Baikonur |  RVSN | ||||
| 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 | 22 October 2018[59] | Successful | ||
|  Iridium 11 | Iridium | Low Earth | Communications | 22 October 2018[61] | Successful | ||
| 22 December 01:08 |  Ariane 4 42L |  Kourou ELA-2 |  Arianespace | ||||
|  PAS-6B | PanAmSat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 24 December 20:02 |  Kosmos-3M |  Plesetsk Site 132/1 |  | ||||
|  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.[62] | |
| 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.[63] | |
| 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.[64] | |
| 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.[65] | |
| 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.[66] | Dismantling of the Rapana structure was not completed.[67] | 
| 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.[67] | |
| 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.[68] | |
| 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.[69] | |
| 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.[70] | |
| 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).[71] | 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.[72] | |
| 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.[73] | |
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