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1998 in spaceflight

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FieldValue
year1998
imageProton-K-Zarya.jpg
captionA Proton-K launches Zarya, the first module of the International Space Station
first7 January
last30 December
total82
success75
failed5
partial2
catalogued77
maidensAthena II
Delta II 7326
Delta II 7420
Delta II 7425
Delta III
Shtil'
retiredAtlas II
Titan IVA
orbital7
totalcrew39
firstsat
firsttrav

Delta II 7326 Delta II 7420 Delta II 7425 Delta III Shtil' Titan IVA

This article outlines notable events occurring in 1998 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

''Zarya'' launch

Orbital launches

January

|- |d-date=31 July 1999 |d-date=22 January |o-span=2 |d-date=31 January |d-time=16:57 |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=25 August |d-time=05:24

February

|- |d-date=2 April |d-date=5 November 2018 |d-date=11 October 2018 |d-date=11 May 2019 |d-date=23 September 2018 |d-date=30 September 2018 Actual: Medium Earth |d-date=13 December 2003 |d-date=9 October 2000

March

|- |d-date=15 May |d-date=23 March 2001 |d-time=05:50 |d-date=23 July 2019 |d-date=31 March 2019 |d-date=7 April 2019 |d-date=11 March 2019 |d-date=17 March 2019

April

|- |d-date=7 November 2018 |d-date=1 April 2019 |d-date=19 July 2018 |d-date=23 August 2018 |d-date=2 July 2018 |d-date=6 June 2018 Final flight of Spacelab Long Module No. 2 |o-span=3 |d-date=3 May |d-time=16:09 |d-span=3 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit

May

|- |d-date=29 October |d-time=04:14 |d-date=11 October 2018 |d-date=14 May 2018 |d-date=11 June 2017 |d-date=10 July 2018

June

|- Final Shuttle-Mir flight and first shuttle flight with Super-lightweight Aluminium/Lithium ET |d-date=12 June |d-time=18:00 |d-span=3 |o-span=3 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit Actual: Low Earth Actual: Low Earth Actual: Low Earth Actual: Low Earth Actual: Low Earth Actual: Low Earth |d-date=22 October |d-date=12 July 1999

July

|- |d-date = 2 February 2011 Actual: Heliocentric |d-date=23 April 2002 |d-date=21 October 2000 |d-date=8 May 2014

August

|- |d-date=22 December 2018 |d-time=07:12 Control lost after guidance system malfunction; Range Safety self-destruct |d-date=12 August |d-time=T+40 seconds |d-date=28 February 1999 |d-time=02:14 |d-date=8 February 2018 |d-date=28 August 2018 Hydraulic failure in thrust vectoring system led to range safety self-destruct |d-date=27 August |d-time=T+75 seconds |d-date=31 August

September

|- |d-date=17 July 2018 |d-date=12 August 2018 |d-date=29 November 2000 |d-date=22 September 2017 |o-span=12 |d-date=9 September |d-span=12 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit

October

|- |d-date=21 October Deep Space 1 performed flybys of 1992 KD and 19P/Borrelly |d-date=5 February 1999 |d-time=11:10 |d-date=11 January 1999 PANSAT deployed on 30 October; SPARTAN deployed on 1 November and retrieved on 3 November |o-span=3 |d-date=7 November |d-time=17:03 |d-span=3 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit

November

|- |d-date=5 October 2018 |d-date=30 December 2000 |d-date=4 November 2018 |d-date=5 November 2018

December

|- First crewed flight to the International Space Station SAC-A deployed on 14 December and MightySat on 15 December |d-date=16 December |d-time=04:53 |d-date=25 October 1999 |d-date=21 November 1999 MCO crashed into Mars during orbital inserition due to error in unit conversions between Metric and Imperial Actual: Heliocentric |d-date=23 September 1999 |d-date=22 October 2018 |d-date=22 October 2018 |}

Suborbital launches

January

|- |d-date=16 January |d-date=16 January |d-date=25 January |d-date=26 January |d-date=31 January |d-date=31 January

February

|- |d-date=5 February |d-date=7 February |d-date=10 February |d-date=10 February |d-date=10 February |d-date=10 February |d-date=11 February |d-date=19 February |d-date=19 February |d-date=20 February |d-date=20 February |d-date=20 February |d-date=25 February |d-date=25 February |d-date=25 February

March

|- |d-date=3 March |d-date=3 March |d-date=7 March |d-date=7 March |d-date=7 March |d-date=10 March |d-date=10 March |d-date=11 March |d-date=21 March |d-date=25 March

April

|- |d-date=6 April |d-date=6 April |d-date=15 April |d-date=17 April |d-date=18 April |d-date=18 April |d-date=28 April

May

|- |d-date=7 May |d-date=12 May |d-date=12 May |d-date=22 May

June

|- |d-date=3 June X-ray astronomy |d-date=11 June |d-date=16 June |d-date=24 June |d-date=24 June

July

|- |d-date=22 July

August

|- |d-date=15 August |d-date=21 August

September

|- |d-date=16 September |d-date=18 September |d-date=18 September |d-date=21 September |d-date=24 September |d-date=24 September |d-date=28 September

October

|- |d-date=7 October |d-date=22 October

November

|- |d-date=2 November |d-date=6 November |d-date=18 November |d-date=18 November |d-date=20 November |d-date=24 November

December

|- |d-date=3 December |d-date=8 December |d-date=9 December |d-date=10 December |d-date = 15 December |}

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks
11 JanuaryLunar ProspectorSelenocentric orbit injection
23 JanuaryNEARFlyby of the EarthClosest approach: 540 km
10 FebruaryGalileo5th flyby of Europa
29 MarchGalileo6th flyby of Europa
26 AprilCassini1st flyby of VenusGravity assist
13 MayAsiaSat 3/HGS 1 comsat1st flyby of the MoonFirst use of moon's gravity for a recovery mission; Closest approach: 6200 km
31 MayGalileo7th flyby of Europa
1 JuneAsiaSat 3/HGS 12nd flyby of the MoonClosest approach: 34300 km
21 JulyGalileo8th flyby of Europa
26 SeptemberGalileo9th flyby of Europa
22 NovemberGalileo10th flyby of Europa
20 DecemberNozomi1st flyby of the Earth
23 DecemberNEARFlyby of 433 ErosClosest approach: 3827 km

EVAs

Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewFunctionRemarks
8 January
23:083 hours
6 minutes9 January
02:14Mir EO-24RUSAnatoly Solovyev
RUSPavel VinogradovRepaired 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.
14 January
21:123 hours
52 minutes15 January
01:04Mir EO-24RUSAnatoly Solovyev
USADavid WolfContinued 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.
1 April
13:356 hours
40 minutes20:15Mir EO-25RUSTalgat Musabayev
RUSNikolai BudarinInstalled 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.
6 April
13:354 hours
15 minutes17:50Mir EO-25RUSTalgat Musabayev
RUSNikolai BudarinBegin 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.
11 April
09:556 Hours
25 minutes16:20Mir EO-25RUSTalgat Musabayev
RUSNikolai BudarinJettisoned the external thruster engine (VDU) that had been located at the top of the Sofora boom and recover an experiment from the Rapana structure.url=http://www.ik1sld.org/mirnews/dat_mirnws418.txttitle=MIRNEWS.418 17 APRIL 1998last=van der Bergfirst=Chrisdate=17 April 1998work=MirNewspublisher=SpaceOnLineaccess-date=11 March 2009archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827195646/http://www.ik1sld.org/mirnews/dat_mirnws418.txtarchive-date=27 August 2008url-status=dead}}
17 April
07:406 Hours
33 minutes14:13Mir EO-25RUSTalgat Musabayev
RUSNikolai BudarinRemoved two structures and secured them to exterior surfaces and repositioned the new thrust engine (VDU) for future use.
22 April
05:346 Hours
21 minutes11:55Mir EO-25RUSTalgat Musabayev
RUSNikolai BudarinCompleted installation of the new VDU thruster unit on top of the Sofora boom.
15 September
20:0030 minutes20:30Mir EO-26RUSGennady Padalka
RUSSergei AvdeyevInternal spacewalk in the depressurised Spektr module to connect electrical and control cables to the solar array servo motor.
10 November
19:245 hours
54 minutes11 November
01:18Mir EO-26RUSGennady Padalka
RUSSergei AvdeyevDeployed Sputnik-41, deployed a French "meteorite trap" intended to catch some dust from the upcoming Leonids meteor shower.
7 December
22:107 hours
21 minutes8 December
05:31STS-88
USAJerry L. Ross
USAJames H. NewmanConnected 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).First ISS assembly EVA
9 December
20:337 hours
2 minutes10 December
03:35STS-88
ISS EndeavourUSAJerry L. Ross
USAJames H. Newmanurl=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-88/sts-88-day-07-highlights.htmltitle=STS-88 Day 7 Highlightsaccess-date=6 October 2008publisher=NASAyear=1998author=NASAarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080917074911/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-88/sts-88-day-07-highlights.htmlarchive-date= 17 September 2008url-status=live}}
12 December
20:336 hours
59 minutes13 December
03:32STS-88
ISS EndeavourUSAJerry L. Ross
USAJames H. NewmanChecked 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 Unitys upper mating adapter (PMA-1) in preparation for future EVAs, and inspected Orbiter Space Vision System targets on Unity.

References

Footnotes

References

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  7. "IRIDIUM 55".
  8. "IRIDIUM 58".
  9. "IRIDIUM 59".
  10. "IRIDIUM 60".
  11. "IRIDIUM 62".
  12. "IRIDIUM 64".
  13. "IRIDIUM 65".
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