Launch baseDateFlight DurationExperimentPayload landing place or cause of the failure
Alice Springs1/5---GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
McMurdo1/83 dGRAD (Gamma Ray Advanced Detector)320 km east of Russian Vostok Station, Antarctica
Vanscoy (SK)1/15----- No Data ----- No Data ---
Vanscoy (SK)1/22----- No Data ----- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/1---ACIMS (Active Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry)--- No Data ---
Cachoeira Paulista (SP)2/36 h-- No Data --Payload lost.
Alice Springs2/86 dCOSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT3 miles NW of Pratinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Vanscoy (SK)2/9----- No Data ----- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)2/11---SF-372 MATERIAL TEST7 miles NW of Texico, Texas, US
Alice Springs2/169 dGAMMA RAY EXPERIMENTMogi Mirim, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Hyderabad3/7---INFRARED ASTRONOMY--- No Data ---
Hyderabad3/142 h 20 mIonization measurements, electro-dynamics experience and IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour4/??---FOCA 1000--- No Data ---
Alice Springs4/5---GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE100 miles SSW of Mongrel Downs, Northern Territory, Australia
Alice Springs4/8F 31 hHARD X-RAY TELESCOPE11 miles WNW of Murray Downs, Australia
Alice Springs4/11---GRIP (GAMMA-RAY IMAGING PAYLOAD)16 miles W of Ti Tree, Northern Territory, Australia
Hyderabad4/116 h 30 mIonization measurements, electro-dynamics experience and IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE4/12---MIKROBA--- No Data ---
Alice Springs4/1510 hDOUBLE COMPTON TELESCOPE30 miles N of Erldunda, Northern Territory, Australia
Alice Springs4/18---INFRARED EXPERIMENT61 miles SW of Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory, Australia
Palestine (TX)4/19---SOLAR PHYSICS10 miles SE of Vicksburg, Mississippi, US
Alice Springs4/3024 hGRIS (Gamma-Ray Imaging Spectrometer)174 miles NW of Longbeach, New South Wales, Australia
Palestine (TX)5/5---OZONE MEASUREMENTS8 miles N of DeQuincy, Louisiana, US
Palestine (TX)5/5---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES10 miles SW of Yazoo City, Mississippi, US
Alice Springs5/6---GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENTAborted flight
Palestine (TX)5/11---DGT (Directional Gamma-Ray Telescope)2 miles N of Burton, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)5/1216.6 hFIRS-2 (far infrared Fourier transform spectrometer)8 miles W of San Augustine, Texas, US
Alice Springs5/16---GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT98 miles SE of Longbeach, New South Wales, Australia
Alice Springs5/17---EXITE (Energetic X-ray Imaging Telescope Experiment)121 miles WNW of Longbeach, New South Wales, Australia
Campinas (SP)5/20---COSMIC RAY DETECTOR--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/257 hBIRT (Balloon-borne InfraRed Telescope)18 miles W of Huntsville Texas, US
Palestine (TX)6/49 hBIRT (Balloon-borne InfraRed Telescope)17 miles NW of Lampasas, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)6/6---HIGH RESOLUTION INTERFEROMETER4 miles NE of Cranfills Gap, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)6/6---REMOTE INDUCED FLUORESCENCE WITH LASER RADAR18 miles ESE of Midland, Texas, US
Gap-Tallard6/169 hCASOLBA (CAlibration de cellules SOLaires sur vol BAllon)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/18---TEST OF NEW BALLOON15 miles SW of Gatesville, Texas, US
Birigui (SP)6/188 hSUPERNOVA 1987 A OBSERVATION - IIn Sao Domingos da Prata - Minas Gerais
Palestine (TX)7/6---HIGH REPETITITON COPPER VAPOR LASER SYSTEM6 miles e of San Saba, Texas, US
Wallops (VA)7/9---ELECTRODYNAMICS--- No Data ---
Wallops (VA)7/12---ELECTRODYNAMICS21 miles SSW of Charlottesville, Virginia, US
Wallops (VA)7/27---ELECTRODYNAMICSBalloon burst at 15.000 ft. Payload landed 21 miles NE of Wallops, Virginia, US
Palestine (TX)7/31---TEST OF NEW BALLOON30 miles SW of Brownwood, Texas, US
Trapani8/1~ 2 h---No Data---In the sea, near Sicily, Italy
Palestine (TX)8/4---SOLAR CELL CALIBRATIONBalloon failure at 41.000 ft. Payload recovered 2 miles NW of palestine, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)8/5---TEST OF NEW BALLOON15 miles SW of Brownwood, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)8/7---SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION8 miles S of Roscoe, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)8/15---TEST OF NEW BALLOON12 miles SW of Brownwood, Texas, US
Kagoshima8/1615 h 20 mX-RAY ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONSIn Jangsu, China
Kagoshima8/2013 h 18 mGALACTIC IR OBSERVATIONSIn China
Kagoshima8/2316 h 7 mGALACTIC ELECTRON OBSERVATIONIn China
Palestine (TX)8/25---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE16 miles SW of San Angelo, Texas, US
Kagoshima8/25---STELLAR IR OBSERVATIONSCommand Fail
Prince Albert (SK)8/26---HEIST (High Energy Isotope Spectrometer Telescope)25 miles E of Trochu, Alberta, Canada
Prince Albert (SK)8/28---SOFIE (Scintillating Optical Fiber Isotope Experiment)3 miles ESE of Malta, Montana, US
Birigui (SP)9/??----- No Data ----- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/1---COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT26 miles SSE of Midland, Texas, US
ESRANGE9/1---PIROG (Pointing InfraRed Observing Gondola)--- No Data ---
Prince Albert (SK)9/48 hEXAM (EXtragalactic AntiMatter)8 miles NW of Mistatim, Saskatchewan, Canada
Palestine (TX)9/7---REMOTE INDUCED FLUORESCENCE WITH LASER RADAR--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/13---BLISS (Balloon-Borne Laser In Situ Sensor) + OZONE UV PHOTOMETER + RADIOMETERS--- No Data ---
White Sands (NM)9/15---ABLE III (Atmospheric Balloon Lidar Experiment)Over White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US, USA
Aire Sur L'Adour9/27---S38--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/30---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE20 miles NW of Carrizozo, New Mexico, US
Fort Sumner (NM)10/8---EXITE (Energetic X-ray Imaging Telescope Experiment)24 miles SSW of Wichita Falls, Texas, US
Vanscoy (SK)10/14----- No Data ----- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/145 hSIMBA (Solar Irradiance Monitoring from Balloons)In Orange, Vaucluse, France
Fort Sumner (NM)10/17---GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT27 miles S of Amarillo, Texas, US
Fort Sumner (NM)10/26---SDS (SOLAR DISK SEXTANT)19 miles NW of McAllister, US
Alice Springs10/2844 hGRIS (Gamma-Ray Imaging Spectrometer)61 miles NW of Warrabri, Northern Territory, Australia
Vanscoy (SK)10/29----- No Data ----- No Data ---
Charleville10/2919 h 31 mAROME--- No Data ---
Alice Springs11/2---GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT34 miles WNW of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Holloman AFB (NM)11/2---PATHFINDER PROGRAM--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)11/3---PATHFINDER PROGRAM--- No Data ---
Hyderabad11/5---Ionization measurements, electro-dynamics experience and IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program)--- No Data ---
Paardefontein11/1344 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)Lost contact over Pacific Ocean
Alice Springs11/17---COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT3 miles N of Stirling, Australia
Hyderabad11/177 hINFRARED ASTRONOMY--- No Data ---
Paardefontein11/1928 dNo data about the main experience. A secondary one consisted in a magnetic sensor (scalar) located 6 mts. below the gondola within a thermal insulator.--- No Data ---
Paardefontein11/2019 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)Balloon lost over South America
Poços de Caldas (MG)11/2412 hSUPERNOVA 1987 A OBSERVATIONIn Araraquara - Sao Paulo.
Charleville11/2523 h 45 mFIGARO II (French Italian Gamma Ray Observatory)--- No Data ---
Poços de Caldas (MG)11/2813 hSUPERNOVA 1987 A OBSERVATIONIn Japiraí - Sao Paulo.
Holloman AFB (NM)11/29---PATHFINDER PROGRAM--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)11/30---PATHFINDER PROGRAM--- No Data ---
Paardefontein12/225 dSAMBA--- No Data ---
Poços de Caldas (MG)12/3---SUPERNOVA 1987 A OBSERVATION - II / COSMIC RAYSPayload lost.
Paardefontein12/324 d---No Data---Over Ocean N of Australia
Paardefontein12/850 d-- No Data --Lost contact over the Atlantic Ocean.
Hyderabad12/189 hX-RAY STUDIES--- No Data ---