| Launch base | Date | Flight Duration | Experiment | Payload landing place or cause of the failure |
Syowa | 1/6 | 2 h | ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
McMurdo | 1/6 | 10 d | BOOMERANG (Balloon Observations of Millimetric Extragalactic Radiation and Geophysics) | 69 miles S of Dome Fuji Station, Antarctica |
ESRANGE | 1/10 | --- | Opening Flight | --- No Data --- |
Syowa | 1/13 | 18 d | ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS | In the sea 300 km off the Chilean coast. |
Syowa | 1/13 | 25 d | ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS | In the sea 500 km off the Chilean coast. |
ESRANGE | 1/16 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/21 | --- | SPIRALE (Spectroscopie Infra-Rouge par Absorption de Laser Embarqué) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/22 | --- | AEROSOL STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/22 | --- | AEROSOL STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
NAS Tillamook (OR) | 2/10 | 22 h 30 m | DRIFTSONDE 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) | 2/19 | 3 h 30 m | DIRAC CFCs/SLS + Microlidar + Descartes CFCs/SLS + O3 SSS/H2O SAW Experiences | 30 kms E of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Hyderabad | 2/19 | --- | J-50 - INDO-JAPANESE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
Baurú (SP) | 2/20 | 10 d | Narcisse 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-turbulence | 10 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) | 2/23 | 8 d | Techno flight new lightened MIR carrying the SAOZ gondola recovered after failure of the first MIR ENVISAT (launched febraury 19) + Inmarsat eC-track | Payload lost in the ocean. |
ESRANGE | 3/1 | --- | AMON (Absorption de Minoritaires, Ozone et NO). | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 3/4 | --- | LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS + micro DOAS + CAESR | 40 km northwest of Raiskio, Finland |
Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 3/6 | ~ 15 h | SPRITES DETECTION | Last Known coordinates: 22.44º S, 312.40º W. |
ESRANGE | 3/6 | --- | TRIPLE | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 3/16 | --- | SAOZ + SAOZ-BrO | --- No Data --- |
Alice Springs | 3/17 | 12 h 13 m | NIGHTGLOW + ULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon) | 130 miles WSW of Ayers Rock, Australia |
ESRANGE | 3/20 | 15 h | MIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) | 50 kms from the launch site. |
ESRANGE | 3/23 | --- | LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS + micro DOAS + CAESR | 60 km E of Rovaniemi, Finland |
ESRANGE | 3/25 | --- | ELITE | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 3/30 | --- | SAOZ + SAOZ-BrO | --- No Data --- |
Hyderabad | 3/30 | --- | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 3/31 | --- | Mk IV + in situ O3 Photometer | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 3/31 | ~ 3 h | Mk IV + in situ O3 Photometer | Near the village of Somma in NE Finland |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 5/24 | 26 h 33 m | MAXIPOL | 8 miles SW of Wickenberg, Arizona, US |
ESRANGE | 6/5 | --- | HSFD (High Speed Flight Demonstrator) | --- No Data --- |
Trapani | 6/7 | ~ 4 h | HASI (Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument) | In Sicily |
ESRANGE | 6/9 | --- | TRIPLE | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 6/15 | 10 h 41 m | ARCADE (Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission) | NE of Snyder, Texas, USA |
Longyearbyen | 6/15 | 1 d | PATHFINDER - 1 | In the Greenland Sea. |
Longyearbyen | 6/16 | 1 d | PATHFINDER - 2 | In the Greenland Sea. |
Longyearbyen | 6/19 | 18 h | PATHFINDER - 3 | 60 kms away from launch site |
ESRANGE | 7/1 | --- | HSFD (High Speed Flight Demonstrator) | In the so called "Zone B" devoted to the landing of the nosecones of the rockets launched from ESRANGE |
ESRANGE | 7/3 | 3 h | MIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) | In a birch grove in the Scandinavian mountains. |
Longyearbyen | 7/9 | 5 h | PATHFINDER - 4 | 15 kms away from launch site |
Longyearbyen | 7/12 | 1 h | PATHFINDER - 5 | In the sea near launch site |
Longyearbyen | 7/12 | 5 d | PATHFINDER - 6 | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 7/13 | 6 h 27 m | SOLAR 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) | 8/11 | 6 h | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 8/15 | 4 h 24 m | A test flight in support of the Phase B Semi-Automatic Parachute Release system qualification. | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 8/16 | 8 h 7 m | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | --- No Data --- |
NAS Tillamook (OR) | 8/19 | 11 h 30 m | DRIFTSONDE TEST | --- No Data --- |
Sanriku | 8/23 | 3 h | SOLAR SAIL | Payload rescued from the sea 20 km E of Touni Bay (Long.: 142° 10' E, Lat.: 39° 14' N) |
Sanriku | 8/30 | ~ 6 h | BSMILES (Balloon-borne Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder) | In the sea 40 km off the E coast of Miyako, Japan |
Sanriku | 9/1 | ~ 4 h | MACFT (Membrane Aeroshell Capsule Flight Test) | On the Pacific Ocean, near japanese shore. |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/1 | 9 h 48 m | SBI (Solar Bolometric Imager) | 12 miles SE of Bloomfield, New Mexico, US |
NAS Tillamook (OR) | 9/2 | 63 h 30 m | DRIFTSONDE TEST | --- No Data --- |
Sanriku | 9/3 | ~ 7 h | Si/CdTe semiconductor Compton telescope (Prototype) | --- No Data --- |
RV Triton | 9/3 | --- | QINETIQ1 (Elson - Prescott) | Failure of the balloon. Mission aborted |
Sanriku | 9/12 | 2 h 47 m | Flight performance test (break down test) | --- No Data --- |
Sanriku | 9/13 | 2 h 50 m | Observation of stratospheric ozone | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/16 | 5 h 24 m | OMS (Observations of the Middle Stratosphere) + ALIAS II + Dual-beam In-Situ UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer | 39 miles ENE of Ft. Sumner, New Mexico, US |
Sanriku | 9/17 | 3 h 36 m | Loading equipment test (picture digital transmission) | --- No Data --- |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/18 | 5 h | CASOLBA (CAlibration de cellules SOLaires sur vol BAllon) | Near Gimont, Midi-Pyrénées, France |
Sanriku | 9/19 | 5 h 10 m | Loading equipment test (PLD command test) | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/19 | 21 h 13 m | MKIV + ALIAS II + Dual-beam In-Situ UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer | 66 miles WSW of Phoenix, Arizona, US |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/25 | 4 hr | SDLA-LAMA (Spectromètre à Diode Laser Accordable - Laser pour l'Analyse du Méthane Atmosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/28 | ~ 27 h | BLAST (Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope) | 35 miles SW of Farmington, New Mexico, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/1 | 4 h 38 m | BESS (Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer) | 22 miles SSE of Portales, New Mexico, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/5 | 6 h 56 m | CWAS (Cryogenic Whole Air Sampler) | 44 miles ENE of Ft.Sumner, New Mexico, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/9 | ~ 25 h | NEUTRON SPECTROMETER | 40 miles WNW of Socorro, New Mexico, US |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/9 | --- | LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS | --- No Data --- |
Hyderabad | 11/24 | --- | J-50 - INDO-JAPANESE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
McMurdo | 12/9 | --- | PATHFINDER | Lost over Pacific Ocean. |
McMurdo | 12/12 | 14 d | TRACER (Transition Radiation Array for Cosmic Energetic Radiation) | 121 miles W of McMurdo Station, Antarctica |
McMurdo | 12/15 | ~ 30 h | MINIS (Miniature Spectrometer) | Last known position 77.68 S, 127.87 E - Not recovered |
McMurdo | 12/17 | 18 d | TIGER (Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder) | 270 miles WSW of Mawson Station, Antarctica |
Hyderabad | 12/17 | --- | LASE (Large Area Scintillation counter Experiment) | --- No Data --- |
Nova Ponte (MG) | 12/18 | --- | MASCO (Telescopio de Mascara Codificada) | No flight |