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Delta 7326-9.5 | Deep Space 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 24, 1998, 12:08 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

DS1 (Deep Space 1) was a mission to test high risk technologies like an ion-engine and autonomous operation. It was the first mission funded by NASA under the 'New Millennium' program.

Heliocentric N/A
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Pegasus Hybrid | Satélite de Coleta de Dados-2 (SCD-2)

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Air launch to orbit
Oct. 23, 1998, 12:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Ariane 5 G | MaqSat 3 & ARD

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 21, 1998, 4:37 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

MaqSat 3 was a dummy satellite to test the Ariane Vehicle. ARD was the Advanced Reentry Demonstrator, built by ESA. This is developed for experimental purposes to validate reentry techniques.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Atlas IIA | UHF F/O F9

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 20, 1998, 7:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The U.S. Navy began replacing and upgrading its ultra-high frequency (UHF) satellite communications network during the 1990s with a constellation of customized satellites built by Hughes Space and Communications Company. Known as the UFO (Ultra High Frequency Follow On) series, these HS-601 model satellites support the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals.

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas IIA | Hot Bird 5

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 9, 1998, 10:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Ariane 44L | Eutelsat W2 & Sirius 3

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 5, 1998, 10:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The W satellites are designed to provide telecommunications services primarily over Europe (Eutelsat W2, W3 and W5) and communication services over Russia and Africa (W4). W2, W3 and W5 are designed to offer 24 transponders at saturation and W4 is designed to provide 31 transponders at saturation. The W satellites have a minimum operational lifetime of 12 years. The spacecraft are based on the Spacebus-3000B2 platform. Sirius 3 provides direct-to-home television services to the Scandinavian region. Hughes upgraded NSAB's satellite control center at Esrange, Kiruna, and provided training to the satellite controllers. Sirius 3 was successfully launched on an Ariane-44L H10-3 on October 5, 1998. The satellite was built at the Integrated Satellite Factory of in El Segundo, Calif.

Geostationary Orbit
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Minotaur | NROL-8

Orbital ATK | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 3, 1998, 10:04 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The STEX (Space Technology Experiments) satellite carried 29 new technologies intended to result in lower cost and higher performance spacecraft for future missions.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 91

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 28, 1998, 11:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Pegasus XL HAPS | Orbcomm-C1 - C8

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Air launch to orbit
Sept. 23, 1998, 5:06 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Ariane 44LP | PAS 7

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sept. 16, 1998, 6:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Three of the most powerful broadcast satellites ever launched that are capable of direct-to-home (DTH) service are providing DTH programming to millions of consumers of PanAmSat. They were designed and built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L).

Geostationary Orbit
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