Launch baseDateFlight DurationExperimentPayload landing place or cause of the failure
Syowa1/62 hELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
McMurdo1/610 dBOOMERANG (Balloon Observations of Millimetric Extragalactic Radiation and Geophysics)69 miles S of Dome Fuji Station, Antarctica
ESRANGE1/10---Opening Flight--- No Data ---
Syowa1/1318 dELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENTSIn the sea 300 km off the Chilean coast.
Syowa1/1325 dELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENTSIn the sea 500 km off the Chilean coast.
ESRANGE1/16---ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/21---SPIRALE (Spectroscopie Infra-Rouge par Absorption de Laser Embarqué)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/22---AEROSOL STUDIES--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/22---AEROSOL STUDIES--- No Data ---
NAS Tillamook (OR)2/1022 h 30 mDRIFTSONDE TEST--- No Data ---
Baurú (SP)2/18---Narcisse gondola (Inmarsat C) with radiometer + SAOZ (1.5 to 2 months autonomy)15 km NE from Bauru where a team was sent for recovery and investigations. SAOZ payload seems to be only slightly damaged.
Baurú (SP)2/18---SAOZ + SAOZ-H2O + DIRAC + H2O/O3/Ucam experiences--- No Data ---
Baurú (SP)2/193 h 30 mDIRAC CFCs/SLS + Microlidar + Descartes CFCs/SLS + O3 SSS/H2O SAW Experiences30 kms E of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Hyderabad2/19---J-50 - INDO-JAPANESE TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Baurú (SP)2/2010 dNarcisse gondola (Inmarsat C) with radiometer + SAOZ/H2O and lightning/blue jet detector (1.5 to 2 months autonomy)In a small mountain area S of Townsville.
Baurú (SP)2/22---Inmarsat eC-track + RUMBA-H2O/O3 + RUMBA Vorcore-turbulence10 km from Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Baurú (SP)2/23--- SAOZ + SAOZ/BrO + DIRAC N2O + MICRO-LIDAR + O3 SSS/H2O SAW experiences--- No Data ---
Baurú (SP)2/238 dTechno flight new lightened MIR carrying the SAOZ gondola recovered after failure of the first MIR ENVISAT (launched febraury 19) + Inmarsat eC-trackPayload lost in the ocean.
ESRANGE3/1---AMON (Absorption de Minoritaires, Ozone et NO).--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/4---LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS + micro DOAS + CAESR40 km northwest of Raiskio, Finland
Cachoeira Paulista (SP)3/6~ 15 hSPRITES DETECTIONLast Known coordinates: 22.44º S, 312.40º W.
ESRANGE3/6---TRIPLE--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/16---SAOZ + SAOZ-BrO--- No Data ---
Alice Springs3/1712 h 13 mNIGHTGLOW + ULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon)130 miles WSW of Ayers Rock, Australia
ESRANGE3/2015 hMIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne)50 kms from the launch site.
ESRANGE3/23---LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS + micro DOAS + CAESR60 km E of Rovaniemi, Finland
ESRANGE3/25---ELITE--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/30---SAOZ + SAOZ-BrO--- No Data ---
Hyderabad3/30---INFRARED ASTRONOMY--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/31---Mk IV + in situ O3 Photometer--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/31~ 3 hMk IV + in situ O3 PhotometerNear the village of Somma in NE Finland
Fort Sumner (NM)5/2426 h 33 mMAXIPOL8 miles SW of Wickenberg, Arizona, US
ESRANGE6/5---HSFD (High Speed Flight Demonstrator)--- No Data ---
Trapani6/7~ 4 hHASI (Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument)In Sicily
ESRANGE6/9---TRIPLE--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/1510 h 41 mARCADE (Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission)NE of Snyder, Texas, USA
Longyearbyen6/151 dPATHFINDER - 1In the Greenland Sea.
Longyearbyen6/161 dPATHFINDER - 2In the Greenland Sea.
Longyearbyen6/1918 hPATHFINDER - 360 kms away from launch site
ESRANGE7/1---HSFD (High Speed Flight Demonstrator)In the so called "Zone B" devoted to the landing of the nosecones of the rockets launched from ESRANGE
ESRANGE7/33 hMIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne)In a birch grove in the Scandinavian mountains.
Longyearbyen7/95 hPATHFINDER - 415 kms away from launch site
Longyearbyen7/121 hPATHFINDER - 5In the sea near launch site
Longyearbyen7/125 dPATHFINDER - 6--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)7/136 h 27 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No Data ---
N.Battleford (SK)8/??---LE GRAND SAUT - II (Fournier)balloon ripped off during inflation
Palestine (TX)8/7---A test flight in support of the Phase B Semi-Automatic Parachute Release system qualification.--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)8/116 hSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)8/154 h 24 mA test flight in support of the Phase B Semi-Automatic Parachute Release system qualification.--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)8/168 h 7 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No Data ---
NAS Tillamook (OR)8/1911 h 30 mDRIFTSONDE TEST--- No Data ---
Sanriku8/233 hSOLAR SAILPayload rescued from the sea 20 km E of Touni Bay (Long.: 142° 10' E, Lat.: 39° 14' N)
Sanriku8/30~ 6 hBSMILES (Balloon-borne Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder)In the sea 40 km off the E coast of Miyako, Japan
Sanriku9/1~ 4 hMACFT (Membrane Aeroshell Capsule Flight Test)On the Pacific Ocean, near japanese shore.
Fort Sumner (NM)9/19 h 48 mSBI (Solar Bolometric Imager)12 miles SE of Bloomfield, New Mexico, US
NAS Tillamook (OR)9/263 h 30 mDRIFTSONDE TEST--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/3~ 7 hSi/CdTe semiconductor Compton telescope (Prototype)--- No Data ---
RV Triton9/3---QINETIQ1 (Elson - Prescott)Failure of the balloon. Mission aborted
Sanriku9/122 h 47 mFlight performance test (break down test)--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/132 h 50 mObservation of stratospheric ozone--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/165 h 24 mOMS (Observations of the Middle Stratosphere) + ALIAS II + Dual-beam In-Situ UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer39 miles ENE of Ft. Sumner, New Mexico, US
Sanriku9/173 h 36 mLoading equipment test (picture digital transmission)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour9/185 hCASOLBA (CAlibration de cellules SOLaires sur vol BAllon)Near Gimont, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Sanriku9/195 h 10 mLoading equipment test (PLD command test)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/1921 h 13 mMKIV + ALIAS II + Dual-beam In-Situ UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer66 miles WSW of Phoenix, Arizona, US
Aire Sur L'Adour9/254 hrSDLA-LAMA (Spectromètre à Diode Laser Accordable - Laser pour l'Analyse du Méthane Atmosphérique)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/28~ 27 hBLAST (Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope)35 miles SW of Farmington, New Mexico, US
Fort Sumner (NM)10/14 h 38 mBESS (Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer)22 miles SSE of Portales, New Mexico, US
Fort Sumner (NM)10/56 h 56 mCWAS (Cryogenic Whole Air Sampler)44 miles ENE of Ft.Sumner, New Mexico, US
Fort Sumner (NM)10/9~ 25 hNEUTRON SPECTROMETER40 miles WNW of Socorro, New Mexico, US
Aire Sur L'Adour10/9---LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS--- No Data ---
Hyderabad11/24---J-50 - INDO-JAPANESE TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
McMurdo12/9---PATHFINDERLost over Pacific Ocean.
McMurdo12/1214 dTRACER (Transition Radiation Array for Cosmic Energetic Radiation)121 miles W of McMurdo Station, Antarctica
McMurdo12/15~ 30 hMINIS (Miniature Spectrometer)Last known position 77.68 S, 127.87 E - Not recovered
McMurdo12/1718 dTIGER (Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder)270 miles WSW of Mawson Station, Antarctica
Hyderabad12/17---LASE (Large Area Scintillation counter Experiment)--- No Data ---
Nova Ponte (MG)12/18---MASCO (Telescopio de Mascara Codificada)No flight