| Year: | 1988 |
| First: | 6 January 1988 |
| Last: | 29 December 1988 |
| Total: | 121 |
| Catalogued: | 116 |
| Maidens: | Ariane 4 Long March 4A Shavit |
| Retired: | Energia Titan 34D |
| Firstsat: | |
| Firsttrav: |  Afghanistan |
| Orbital: | 5 |
| Totalcrew: | 19 |
The following is an outline of 1988 in spaceflight.
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There were no deep-space rendezvous in 1988.