1998 Rocket Launch Statistics

In 1998, there were 82 orbital launch attempts worldwide, and 76 of them reached orbit. That is 7 fewer than in 1997. By country, the United States launched 36 and Russia 21. Together they put 362 tonnes of payload in orbit.

Statistics summary

Rockets launched

1998

vs 89 in 1997

Per week

1.6

vs 1.7 in 1997

Payload to orbit

1998

362 t

vs 416 t in 1997

Per week

7 t

vs 8 t in 1997

Reached orbit

1998

93%

76 of 82; 5 failures, 1 partial

1997

93%

83 of 89; 3 failures, 3 partial

Who flew

Companies

vs 18 in 1997

Countries

vs 8 in 1997

Who flew in 1998

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1998 against 1997. Drawings at one true scale.

Every company, as a table

Orbital launch attempts and payload delivered to orbit by company, 1998.
Company	Launches	Share	Payload to orbit	Share
Progress RSC	11	13%	69 t	19%
Aérospatiale	10	12%	38 t	10%
Lockheed Martin	10	12%	28 t	8%
ULA	8	10%	21 t	6%
Khrunichev	7	9%	47 t	13%
Orbital Sciences	7	9%	2 t	1%
CASC	6	7%	14 t	4%
Rockwell / Martin Marietta / Thiokol	5	6%	119 t	33%
McDonnell Douglas	4	5%	5 t	1%
Yuzhmash	4	5%	7 t	2%
Polyot	2	2%	2 t	<1%
ArianeGroup	1	1%	6 t	2%
Boeing	1	1%	–
Israel Aerospace Industries	1	1%	–
IHI Aerospace	1	1%	664 kg	<1%
KB Mashinostroyeniya	1	1%	107 kg	<1%
Korean Committee of Space Technology	1	1%	–
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	1	1%	4 t	1%
Orbital ATK	1	1%	700 kg	<1%

Launches and payload by week

Orbital launch attempts per week, 1998

SpaceX, and the rest of the world by region.

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Orbital launch attempts per week by region, and payload delivered to orbit, 1998, newest week first.
Week of	SpaceX	Rest of US	Europe	China	Russia	India	Rest of World	All	Payload to orbit
27 Dec 1998	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	5 t
20 Dec 1998	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	2	4 t
13 Dec 1998	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	2 t
6 Dec 1998	–	2	1	–	1	–	–	4	6 t
29 Nov 1998	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	28 t
22 Nov 1998	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	1 t
15 Nov 1998	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	20 t
1 Nov 1998	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	8 t
25 Oct 1998	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	3	37 t
18 Oct 1998	–	3	1	–	–	–	–	4	10 t
4 Oct 1998	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	2	8 t
27 Sep 1998	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	3 t
20 Sep 1998	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	336 kg
13 Sep 1998	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	4 t
6 Sep 1998	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	3 t
30 Aug 1998	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	4 t
23 Aug 1998	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	2	3 t
16 Aug 1998	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	2 t
9 Aug 1998	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	7 t
2 Aug 1998	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	336 kg
26 Jul 1998	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	3 t
12 Jul 1998	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	3 t
5 Jul 1998	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	3 t
28 Jun 1998	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	3 t
21 Jun 1998	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	14 t
14 Jun 1998	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	5 t
7 Jun 1998	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	1 t
31 May 1998	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	20 t
24 May 1998	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	3 t
17 May 1998	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	3 t
10 May 1998	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	12 t
3 May 1998	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	11 t
26 Apr 1998	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	3	8 t
19 Apr 1998	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	2 t
12 Apr 1998	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	29 t
5 Apr 1998	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	6 t
29 Mar 1998	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	4 t
22 Mar 1998	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	2	5 t
15 Mar 1998	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	3 t
8 Mar 1998	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	9 t
22 Feb 1998	–	2	1	–	–	–	–	3	7 t
15 Feb 1998	–	1	–	–	1	–	1	3	14 t
8 Feb 1998	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	2 t
1 Feb 1998	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	4 t
25 Jan 1998	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	10 t
18 Jan 1998	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	2	20 t
4 Jan 1998	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	3 t

Year against year

Orbital launch attempts, year against year, 1995 to 1998

Added up through each year.

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Orbital launch attempts · payload delivered to orbit, added up by the end of each month, 1995 to 1998.
By the end of	1995	1996	1997	1998
January	5 · 8 t	5 · 18 t	3 · 17 t	6 · 32 t
February	8 · 35 t	14 · 50 t	9 · 42 t	15 · 59 t
March	19 · 81 t	20 · 76 t	12 · 49 t	20 · 80 t
April	24 · 96 t	28 · 114 t	20 · 96 t	26 · 123 t
May	30 · 134 t	36 · 155 t	28 · 133 t	34 · 154 t
June	35 · 159 t	40 · 181 t	33 · 155 t	40 · 193 t
July	42 · 206 t	47 · 211 t	38 · 201 t	46 · 205 t
August	51 · 226 t	54 · 232 t	49 · 242 t	54 · 222 t
September	56 · 265 t	62 · 265 t	59 · 283 t	59 · 232 t
October	64 · 302 t	64 · 270 t	68 · 328 t	69 · 287 t
November	70 · 333 t	71 · 317 t	77 · 372 t	73 · 316 t
December	80 · 388 t	77 · 344 t	89 · 416 t	82 · 362 t

Busiest rockets in 1998

Launches and payload by country in 1998

Orbital launch attempts by country, 1998

By the country of the rocket.

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Orbital launch attempts and payload delivered to orbit by the country of the rocket, 1998.
Country	Launches	Share	Payload to orbit	Share
United States	36	44%	175 t	48%
Russia	21	26%	118 t	33%
France	11	13%	44 t	12%
China	6	7%	14 t	4%
Ukraine	4	5%	7 t	2%
Japan	2	2%	5 t	1%
Israel	1	1%	–
North Korea	1	1%	–