| Launch base | Date | Flight Duration | Experiment | Payload landing place or cause of the failure |
ESRANGE | 1/18 | --- | ACIMS (Active Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
Hyderabad | 1/22 | 3 h 45 m | Ionization measurements, electro-dynamics experience and IMAP experience (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/23 | --- | OZONE SONDES | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/30 | --- | ACIMS (Active Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) + OZONE SONDES | --- No Data --- |
Hyderabad | 2/25 | --- | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
Hyderabad | 4/1 | 6 h | X-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
Alice Springs | 4/3 | 28 h | GRIP (GAMMA-RAY IMAGING PAYLOAD) | 20 miles NE of Fregon, South Australia |
Hyderabad | 4/8 | 4 h 10 m | Water vapour measurements and IMAP experience (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program) | --- No Data --- |
Alice Springs | 4/15 | --- | EXITE (Energetic X-ray Imaging Telescope Experiment) | Aborted flight |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 4/18 | --- | SDS (SOLAR DISK SEXTANT) | 7 miles N of Onley, Texas, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 4/19 | --- | HIGH RESOLUTION INTERFEROMETER | 13 miles E of Dimmit, Texas, US |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/8 | --- | FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
Alice Springs | 5/9 | 6 h | EXITE (Energetic X-ray Imaging Telescope Experiment) | 160 miles NE of Longreach, Queensland, Australia |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 5/9 | --- | ASHCAN + GAS (Get Away Special) | Balloon burst after release. Ground abort |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 5/10 | --- | ASHCAN + GAS (Get Away Special) | 5 miles N of Orogrande, New Mexico, US |
Palestine (TX) | 5/15 | --- | FIRS-2 | --- No Data --- |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/17 | --- | MIPAS-B1 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) | --- No Data --- |
Alice Springs | 5/17 | 10 h | SN1987A SUPERNOVA OBSERVATION | 31 miles SSE of Tambo, Queensland, Australia |
Alice Springs | 5/22 | 5 h | HEXAGONE | 130 miles WSW of Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 5/23 | --- | SCRIBE (Stratospheric Cryogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | S of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
Sanriku | 5/25 | 22 h 10 m | EMULSION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 5/27 | --- | BMLS (Balloon Microwave Limb Sounder) + OZONE UV PHOTOMETER | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 5/27 | F 10 h 8 m | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 23 miles SW of Brownwood, Texas, US |
Alice Springs | 5/29 | 20 h | LAPEX (Large-Area Phoswich Balloon Experiment for Hard-X-Ray Astronomy) | 5 miles E of Muttatura, Australia |
Palestine (TX) | 6/5 | --- | REMOTE INDUCED FLUORESCENCE WITH LASER RADAR | Graham, Texas, US |
Palestine (TX) | 7/21 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE | 12 miles SW of Sterling City, Texas, US |
Palestine (TX) | 7/28 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE | 24 miles SSE of Brownwood, Texas, US |
Palestine (TX) | 7/31 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE | 39 miles SW of Abilene, Texas, US |
Palestine (TX) | 8/9 | --- | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | --- No Data --- |
Trapani | 8/9 | ~23 h | ARGO - MINI-TIR | In El Bosque, near Jerez de la Frontera, Spain |
Vanscoy (SK) | 8/14 | --- | -- No Data -- | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 8/25 | --- | HIGH REPETITITON COPPER VAPOR LASER SYSTEM | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 8/29 | --- | UV SPECTROMETER + OZONE UV PHOTOMETER | --- No Data --- |
Prince Albert (SK) | 8/31 | 19 h 8 m | SMILI (Superconducting Magnet Instrument for Light Isotopes) | 35 miles NE of Prince Albert, Sasktachewan, Canada |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/?? | 7 h | PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/?? | 8 h | PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/?? | 3 h 30 m | PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- |
Prince Albert (SK) | 9/5 | 8 h | MASS (Matter Antimatter Superconducting Spectrometer) | 100 miles ENE of Prince Albert, Sasktachewan, Canada |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/22 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/23 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/24 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/26 | 23 h | FIRS-2 (far infrared Fourier transform spectrometer) | 11 miles NW of Gallup, New Mexico, US |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/26 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/29 | --- | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 2 miles S of Des Moines, New Mexico, US |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/29 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/30 | 18 h | PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/30 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/30 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/6 | --- | MKIV | 30 miles SW of Hobart, Oklahoma, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/8 | --- | Dual-beam In-Situ UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer | 5 miles NE of Hobart, Oklahoma, US |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/12 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/13 | --- | ENGINEERING TEST | 12 miles NNW of Plainview, Texas, US |
Hyderabad | 10/17 | 7 h | Ionization measurements, electro-dynamics experience and IMAP experience (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program) | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/19 | --- | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 6 Nm E Jayton, Texas, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/24 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE | 50 miles ENE of Plainview, Texas, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 11/2 | --- | TEST OF NEW BALLOON | 20 miles W of Childress, Texas, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 11/9 | --- | ---No Data--- | Aborted flight |
Paardefontein | 11/12 | 51 d | SAMBA | --- No Data --- |
Paardefontein | 11/13 | 12 d | SAMBA + H2O | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 11/15 | --- | MAX (Millimeter wavelength Anisotropy eXperiment) | 30 miles SE of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 11/18 | --- | INFRARED EXPERIMENT | 20 miles SE of Clovis, New Mexico, US |
Hyderabad | 11/18 | 6 h | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
Paardefontein | 11/20 | 69 d | -- No Data -- | Lost in the Pacífic Ocean NE of Australia |
Paardefontein | 11/23 | 9 d | SAMBA + H2O | --- No Data --- |
Hyderabad | 12/6 | 4 h 15 m | New baloon film test and electro-dynamics experience | --- No Data --- |
Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 12/13 | 11 h | ELECTRIC FIELD | In Mogi Guacu - Sao Paulo. |
Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 12/22 | 11 h | SUPERNOVA 1987 A OBSERVATION | In Fazenda Sao Carlos - Nioaque - Minas Gerais. |