Arianespace officials would say only that 2 Ariane 5 launches and 14 Ariane 4 flights were planned. They declined to releasedspecific official dates until later in January. This data was compiled with the assistance of NASA Headquarters and the FAA Assistant Administrator of Commercial Space (AST) office, both in Washington, DC.

DATE		VEHICLE		        MISSION

early'98	Pegasus XL		SNOE
early'98	Atlas II		GBS F8
early'98	Athena 2		CRSS-1
Jan		Taurus			Geosat F/O
Jan		Athena 2		Lunar Prospector
Jan		STS-89/Endeavour	MIR docking
Jan		Delta II		Skynet 4D
Jan		Delta II		Iridium 
Jan		Atlas IIA		Eutelsat
Jan		Ariane 4		undisclosed
Feb		Pegasus XL		Orbcomm
Feb		Delta II		Globalstar 2
Feb		Ariane 4		undisclosed
Mar		Atlas 2AS		Sky2
April		Delta II		Iridium
April		STS-90/Col.		Neurolab
April		Delta III		1st launch
April		Atlas IIAS		MTPE-1
April		Ariane 5		3rd test
April		Ariane 4		undisclosed
April		Pegasus XL		Orbcomm
April		Atlas IIAS		Intelsat 806
May		Pegasus XL		Terriers
May		Ariane 4		undisclosed
May		STS-91/Disc.		MIR docking (final)
May		Titan IVB		classified
June		Sea Launch1		1st launch
June		Kistler K-1		suborbit test
June		Proton			FGB launch
June		Ariane 4		undisclosed
July		STS-88/End.		ISS-1 assembly
July		Delta II		GPS IIR 2
July		Titan IVB		classified
July		Ariane 4		undisclosed
Aug		STS-93/Col.		AXAF (tentative)
Aug		Ariane 4		undisclosed
Sept		Pegasus XL		SCD-2
Sept		Kistler K-1		suborbit test
Sept		Ariane 5		operational flight
Sept		Ariane 4		undisclosed
Oct		STS-95/Disc.		Spacehab SM
Oct		Delta III		Hughes 601
Oct		X-33			roll out
Oct		Ariane 4		undisclosed
Nov		X-34			roll out
Nov		Ariane 4		undisclosed
Dec		STS-96/End.		ISS-2
Dec		Proton			Service Module-ISS
Dec		Ariane 4		undisclosed
Dec		Soyuz			Service Module fueling
Dec		X-34			Taxi tests
Dec		Titan IVB		classified
Dec		X-34			airborne tests
Dec		Atlas IIAR		1st launch
Dec		Kistler K-1		orbital test flight