Launch baseDateFlight DurationExperimentPayload landing place or cause of the failure
Alice Springs1/1922 dEOSCOR III (Extended Observation of Solar COsmic Radiation)Lost over the Indian Ocean
Palestine (TX)1/239 h 55 mFIRS (Far InfraRed Spectrometer)8 miles W of Jena, Louisiana, US
Holloman AFB (NM)1/2313 h 30 m---No Data------ No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)2/185 h---No Data------ No Data ---
Christchurch3/7---EMA I (Electrodynamics o the Middle Atmosphere)--- No Data ---
Christchurch3/13---EMA II (Electrodynamics o the Middle Atmosphere)--- No Data ---
Cachoeira Paulista (SP)3/2510 hUTIC-83In Fazenda Sao Jose - Itaí - Sao Paulo.
Hyderabad4/44 h 15 mX-RAY STUDIES--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)4/16---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE35 miles SE of Vicksburg, Mississippi, US
Palestine (TX)4/16---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE20 miles E of Jackson, Mississippi, US
Holloman AFB (NM)4/20---UV SPECTROMETER--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour4/306 hFAR INFRARED TELESCOPENear Tauves, Auvernia region, France
Hyderabad5/23 h 30 mIonization measurement and IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program)--- No Data ---
Alice Springs5/434 hCOSMIC RAY HEAVIES--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/57 h 40 mFAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT8 miles W of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US
Alice Springs5/811 hINFRARED ASTRONOMY--- No Data ---
Alice Springs5/1029 hCOSMIC RAY HEAVIES--- No Data ---
Alice Springs5/1325 hATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/16---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE15 miles SE of Center, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)5/16---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCENSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)5/162 hFIRS (Far InfraRed Spectrometer)Balloon burst during ascent. Payload recovered 20 miles N of Nacogdoches, Texas, US
Aire Sur L'Adour5/17---ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETER--- No Data ---
Alice Springs5/1813 hINFRARED ASTRONOMY--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/21---COLLAR RESTRAINT TESTNSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)5/22---COLLAR RESTRAINT TESTNSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US
Mendoza5/24---ALIR II--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/2514 hFAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT10 miles N of Conroe, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)5/26---ENGINEERING TEST FLIGHTBalloon failed. Payload landed 12 miles SW of Nacogdoches, Texas, US
Greenville (SC)5/28---X-RAY EXPERIMENT15 miles NE of Florence, Alabama, US
Holloman AFB (NM)5/287 h---No Data------ No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/30---CRYOGEN GAS REPLENISHMENTNSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US
Watukosek6/5---TEST FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/7---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE23 miles E of Pecos, Texas, US
Watukosek6/11---SOLAR ECLIPSE OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
Greenville (SC)6/11---X-RAY EXPERIMENT13 miles N of Ada, Oklahoma, US
Palestine (TX)6/1621 h 30 mBALLOON MATERIAL TEST3 miles S of Jacksonville, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)6/1715h 15 mATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE30 miles SE of Salt Flat, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)6/20---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE35 miles E of El Paso, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)6/2015 hFIRS (Far InfraRed Spectrometer)25 miles SW of Pecos, Texas, US
Gap-Tallard6/2810 hSIMBA (Solar Irradiance Monitoring from Balloons)Payload landed in a long distance high voltage line 80 km NE of Aire sur L'Adour, Landes, France. Suffered no damage.
Trapani7/122 hALIOSNear Sevilla, Spain
Palestine (TX)7/910 h 15 mCOSMIC BACKGROUND EXPERIMENT25 miles W of Fort Stockton, Texas, US
Thompson (MB)7/104 h 10 m---No Data------ No Data ---
Palestine (TX)7/10---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE20 miles of Lake Whitney, Texas, US
Trapani7/1122 hTELEMAQUENear Sevilla, Spain
Palestine (TX)7/125 hSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION45 miles NE of Abilene, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)7/18---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE15 miles NW of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US
Mendoza7/19---GENESIS II--- No Data ---
Gimli (MB)7/248 hTDLAS (Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometer)--- No Data ---
Roswell (NM)7/25---GALILEO PROBE PARACHUTE TEST--- No Data ---
Trapani7/26~ 20 hELENANear Sevilla, Spain
Gimli (MB)8/18~ 10 hLIMB-SCANNING RADIOMETER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)8/25---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE5 miles NE of Lowake, Texas, US
Sanriku8/28~ 6 hAIR SAMPLING--- No Data ---
Sanriku8/30---AEROSOL SAMPLING--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/2---FAR INFRARED OBSERVATIONS--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/4---SOLAR TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/6---MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENT--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour9/10---CRYOGENIC SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour9/10---CRYOGENIC SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/1713 h 45 m---No Data------ No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)9/17---DUCKY IBalloon failure. Aborted flight
Holloman AFB (NM)9/19------No Data---Ground abort. No flight
Palestine (TX)9/225 hATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE7 miles S of Jacksonville, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)9/23---COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT13 miles W of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US
Palestine (TX)9/23~3 hDGT (Directional Gamma-Ray Telescope)4 miles NE of Crocket, Texas, US
Sanriku9/23---GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour9/23---INFRARED SPECTROMETER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/26---CRYOGEN GAS REPLENISHMENT5 miles N of Tomball, Texas, US
Sanriku9/26---STRATOSPHERIC TURBULENCE STUDIES--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/26---FAR INFRARED MEASUREMENTSBalloon failure. Payload landed 1 mile S of Palestine, Texas, US
Sanriku9/28---ARGOS SATELLITE LINK TEST--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour9/289 hMICROWAVE RADIOMETER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/29---GAMMA RAY MEASUREMENTS4 miles S of York, Alabama, US
Palestine (TX)9/3012 hCOSMIC RAYS EXPERIMENT24 miles N of Shreveport, Louisiana, US
Palestine (TX)10/5---X-RAY ASTRONOMY10 miles W of Lufkin, Texas, US
Aire Sur L'Adour10/5---MASS ION SPECTROMETER--- No Data ---
Mendoza10/59h--- NO DATA ------ NO DATA ---
White Sands (NM)10/69 h 15 m---No Data------ No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/101 h 30 mATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE1 mile N of Yazoo City, Mississippi, US
Palestine (TX)10/108 h 20 mATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE35 miles S of Monroe, Louisiana, US
Palestine (TX)10/11---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE19 miles NW of Lufkin, Texas, US
Holloman AFB (NM)10/117 h 20 mDUCKY IaLovington, New Mexico, US
Palestine (TX)10/1310 h 10 mATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE5 miles W of Natchitoches, Louisiana, US
Palestine (TX)10/16---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE28 miles NE of Monroe, Louisiana, US
Palestine (TX)10/18---TEST BALLOON MATERIAL8 miles NE of Bastrop, Louisiana, US
Hyderabad10/20---Radiation measurements, electro-dynamics experience and IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program)--- No Data ---
Paardefontein10/21---TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT - MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTSNear Brazilian coast
Holloman AFB (NM)10/23F 30 m---No Data------ No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/24---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCEBalloon failure. Payload landed 3 miles NE of Alto, Texas, Us
Paardefontein10/26---MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/278 hATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE33 miles SW of Jackson, Mississippi, US
Palestine (TX)10/27---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE1 mile S of New Lexington, Alabama, US
Palestine (TX)10/2813 h 50 mATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE25 miles ENE of Bugalusa, Louisiana, US
São Manuel (SP)10/30---FIGARO (French Italian Gamma Ray Observatory)--- No Data ---
Paardefontein10/307 dTECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT - GREAT VOLUME MIR--- No Data ---
São Manuel (SP)11/??---FIGARO (French Italian Gamma Ray Observatory)Payload destroyed
São Manuel (SP)11/114 hAGLAE 83--- No Data ---
Alice Springs11/734 hCOSMIC RAY IRON NUCLEI--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)11/78 h 30 m---No Data------ No Data ---
Palestine (TX)11/1110 h 45 mATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE34 miles SE of Jackson, Mississippi, US
Palestine (TX)11/16---COSMIC BACKGROUD20 miles E of Dothan, Alabama, US
Palestine (TX)11/16---TEST MATERIAL35 miles S of McComb, Kansas, US
Paardefontein11/217 dWATER VAPOUR + RADIOMETER + ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVESIn the Atlantic Ocean
Hyderabad11/214 h 40 mINFRARED ASTRONOMY--- No Data ---
Paardefontein12/319 dWATER VAPOUR + RADIOMETER + ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVESIn the Pacific Ocean at 170º Long. East
Hyderabad12/12---TICAL - X-RAY TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour12/153 hRADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon)150 km NE from Aire Sur L'Adour, France
Cachoeira Paulista (SP)12/2011 hGELI (?)In Santa Fe do Sul - Sao Paulo.
Hyderabad12/21---X-RAY STUDIES--- No Data ---