In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 1982, which are currently available in StratoCat's database. Each row displays essential information such as the launch base, date and time of launch, and, if known, the mission duration and landing site of the payload. Clicking on the experiment name will offer details about the scientific institutions involved, a summary of the experiment's purpose and results, and other relevant information on the balloon flight, including references and images. Clicking on the arrows at the top and the bottom of the table you can move to other year's tables.
| Launch base | Date | Flight Duration | Experiment | Payload landing place or cause of the failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Laramie (WY) | 1/7 | 2 h 30 m | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 S.J.dos Campos (SP) | 1/16 | --- | MASER 24,5 ghz | In Botucatu - Sao Paulo. |
| S.J.dos Campos (SP) | 1/24 | 4 h | MASER 24,5 ghz | In Santa Branca - Sao Paulo. |
| Palestine (TX) | 1/26 | --- | ENGINEERING TEST FLIGHT | Balloon failure at launch |
| S.J.dos Campos (SP) | 1/30 | 10 h | MASER 24,5 ghz | In Teodoro Sampaio - Sao Paulo. |
| Palestine (TX) | 2/1 | F 10 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 5 miles N of Hamilton, Alabama, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 2/5 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 2/7 | 6 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 225 miles ESE of Guthrie, Texas, US |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 2/23 | --- | SCAP 2000 | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 2/26 | 3 h | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 3/5 | --- | SCAP 2000 | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 3/11 | 4 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 55 miles NE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US |
 Stamsund | 3/19 | ~ 4 h | NaI (TL) SCINTILLATION COUNTER | N of Rovaniemi, Finland |
| Stamsund | 3/20 | ~ 4 h | CONDUCTING PLATE ANTENNAS | N of Oulu, Finland |
 TIFR Hyderabad | 3/23 | 2 h 30 m | ION MEASUREMENTS TEST FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 3/24 | 5 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 17 miles E of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 3/24 | 9 h 10 m | STRAIN GAGE TEST FLIGHT | 40 miles E of Monroe, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 4/1 | F 22 h 10 m | CIP II (Consolidated Instrument Package II) - TEST FLIGHT | 20 miles S of Alexandria, Louisiana, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 4/5 | 6 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 48 miles ESE of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 4/6 | --- | DFS (Direct Flow Sampler) + CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/6 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Uberaba (MG) | 4/11 | --- | PULSAR | In Andradina - Sao Paulo. |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/16 | 2 h | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Uberaba (MG) | 4/19 | --- | HIREX (HIgh REsolution X-ray Spectrometer) | In Sete Lagoas - Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Palestine (TX) | 4/24 | F 9 h 40 m | U.V. EXPERIMENT | 20 miles N of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 4/27 | ~ 12.00 h | RADIOMETER 90 GHZ | 3 miles NW of Palquemine, Louisiana, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/30 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Chico (CA) | 4/30 | 10 h | BAMM II (Balloon Altitude Mosaic Measurements) | 15 miles S of Pyramid Lake, Nevada, US |
| Uberaba (MG) | 5/1 | --- | GE-LI-O | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/3 | 13 h 30 m | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | 10 miles SE of Jena, Louisiana, US |
 Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/3 | --- | LIMB CAMERAS | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/4 | F 12 h 30 m | GOLDENER DRACHE TELESKOP | 50 miles SW of Jackson, Mississippi, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 5/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/8 | F 35 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 18 miles NW of Mccomb, Mississippi, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 5/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
 Xiang He | 5/14 | F 9 h 32 m | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/16 | F 16 h 55 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 12 miles SW of Crockett, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/19 | F 11 h 20 m | U.V. EXPERIMENT | 26 miles W of Austin, Texas, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 5/21 | 7 h 30 m | BIMS (Balloon Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | 19 miles ESE of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/22 | F 9 h | CIP II (Consolidated Instrument Package II) - TEST FLIGHT | 4 miles S of Old Dime Box, Texas, US |
 Sanriku | 5/24 | --- | NEAR INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 5/25 | --- | HEAVY PRIMARY COSMIC RAYS OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 5/26 | --- | PARACHUTE TEST | --- No Data --- |
| Greenville (SC) | 5/29 | 64 h 20 m | X-RAY / GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 22 miles N of Winslow, Arizona, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/30 | --- | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | Balloon failure at 62.500 ft. Payload landed 5 miles NE of Alto, Texas, US |
| Sanriku | 5/30 | --- | ULTRAHEAVY NUCLEI OF PRIMARY COSMIC RAYS OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
| Greenville (SC) | 6/2 | 47 h | JACEE 3 (Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment) | 28 miles E of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 6/2 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/2 | F 8 h 50 m | U.V. EXPERIMENT | 20 miles N of Uvalde, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/4 | 19 h 25 m | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | 25 miles SE of San Angelo, Texas, US |
| Sanriku | 6/4 | --- | STUDY OF STELLAR INFRARED SPECTRA | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/5 | F 14 h 50 m | MIFRASO (Milano - FRAscati - Southampton) | 19 miles NE of Midland, Texas, US |
| Greenville (SC) | 6/6 | --- | HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROMETER | Ground abort due to high winds |
| Gap-Tallard | 6/10 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
| Gap-Tallard | 6/10 | 11 h 21 m | CRYOGENIC WHOLE-AIR SAMPLER (KFA) | --- No Data --- |
| Greenville (SC) | 6/10 | F 33 h 10 m | HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROMETER | 25 miles NW of El Paso, Texas, US |
| Greenville (SC) | 6/14 | 49 h 50 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 15 miles W of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 6/16 | --- | SCRIBE (Stratospheric CRyogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 6/17 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/17 | 11 h 55 m | MSBS (Mass Spectrometer-Beam System) | 35 miles W of San Angelo, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/21 | F 8 h | INFRARED GRATING SPECTROMETER | 30 miles S of Brownwood, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/22 | F 9 h 40 m | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | 17 miles W of Orla, Texas, US |
| Greenville (SC) | 6/23 | 11 h 55 m | GRYOGENIC GAS REPLENISHMENT TEST FLIGHT | 20 miles N of Toccoa, Georgia, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/26 | F 3 h 50 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 42 miles ENE of Waco, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/8 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/8 | F 8 h 50 m | 102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | 10 miles NNE of Lampasas, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/8 | 11 h 40 m | NO/NO2 CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTOR + UV O3 PHOTOMETER | 12 miles SW of Colman, Texas, US |
| Roswell (NM) | 7/9 | --- | GALILEO PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/12 | 11 h 20 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 20 miles E of Fort Stockton, Texas, US |
 Trapani | 7/14 | 20 h 52 m | ALIOS 82 | In Huelva, Spain |
| Roswell (NM) | 7/17 | ~ 5 h | GALILEO PROBE PARACHUTE TEST | Over White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US, USA |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/21 | 7 h 30 m | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 38 miles NNE of San Angelo, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/22 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/29 | F 10 h 40 m | FLIGHT TEST OF LINE DEPLOYMENT | 25 miles NW of Pecos, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 8/2 | 9 h 40 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 20 miles NE of Junction, Texas, US |
| Trapani | 8/2 | 10 h 40 m | TIFANI (Telescope Infrarouge Froid pour l'Astronomie des Nuages Interstellaires) | Recovered from the Mediterranean sea, west of the port of Sóller in Mallorca |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 8/5 | --- | ASHCAN - CASSETTE SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 8/6 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Trapani | 8/8 | 23 h 33 m | COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
 Gimli (MB) | 8/10 | --- | NO/NO2 CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTOR + UV O3 PHOTOMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Trapani | 8/10 | 22 h 23 m | XG EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
 Søndre Strømfjord | 8/11 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Trapani | 8/12 | 2 h | BIOLOGY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
| Søndre Strømfjord | 8/14 | --- | SCINTILLATOR | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 8/17 | --- | ASHCAN - CASSETTE SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Sinton (TX) | 8/21 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
| Sinton (TX) | 8/21 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
| Gimli (MB) | 8/28 | 26 h | SOLAR TELESCOPE + MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER | Near Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
| Thompson (MB) | 8/28 | F 35 h 40 m | LEE (Low Energy Electrons) | 30 miles SSE of Thompson, Canada |
| Xiang He | 9/?? | --- | INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 9/1 | --- | COSMIC RAY PARTICLES AND TRACE COMPONENTS OF THE ATMOSPHERE | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 9/2 | --- | GRAB SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/3 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/5 | --- | EXPERIMENTO EN INFRARROJO LEJANO | Launch Pad / Nsbf |
| Sanriku | 9/5 | --- | PRELIMINARY TEST OF PAYLOAD FOR INDONESIAN SOLAR ECLIPSE | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/6 | 18 h 25 m | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | 15 miles E of Abilene, Texas, US |
| Sanriku | 9/6 | 10 h 7 m | PRIMARY COSMIC RAYS (Boomerang Flight) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/7 | 15 h 10 m | BIRAP (Balloon InfraRed Astronomy Platform) | 8 miles SE of Taylor, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/8 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/15 | F 11 h 10 m | REEL DOWN SYSTEM FOR IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS | 5 miles N of Jacksonville, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/17 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Malden (MO) | 9/17 | --- | SKY ANCHOR + HARD X-RAYS EXPERIMENT | Balloon failure. Payload landed 5 miles S of New Madrid, Missouri, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/17 | F 33 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 25 miles SW of Lafayette, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/17 | F 13 h 45 m | BIRAP (Balloon InfraRed Astronomy Platform) | 38 miles SSW of Longview, Texas, US |
| Sanriku | 9/17 | 16 h 50 m | SSTD (Solid State Track Detector) | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 9/20 | --- | ANEMOMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/20 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (MPAE) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/22 | 29 h 10 m | BMLS (Balloon-borne Microwave Limb Sounder) | 5 miles N of Grapeland, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/22 | F 26 h 50 m | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | 17 miles N of Abilene, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/22 | --- | BIC - NPL GONDOLA | Balloon failure. Landing 6 miles W of Grapeland, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/22 | F 18 h 25 m | PROJECT STRATOPROBE | 15 miles N of Beaumont, Texas, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/23 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/24 | --- | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | Balloon failure at 44.000 ft. Landing 20 miles SE of Crockett, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/29 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 9/29 | 29 h | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 9/29 | 30 h | GAMMA RAY OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/30 | ~1 h | DGT (Directional Gamma-Ray Telescope) | Balloon failure at 60.000 ft. Landing 20 miles SW of Frankston, Texas, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/1 | F 3 h 30 m | RASOLBA | In Condom-en-Armagnac, Gers, France |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/3 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 10/4 | 13 h 15 m | BIMS (Balloon Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | 18 miles S of Big Spring, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/4 | --- | ULTRAVIOLET MEASUREMENTS | 30 miles S of Monroe, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/5 | 37 h | BIC - NPL GONDOLA | 7 miles N of Dyersburg, Tennesee, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 10/11 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 Mendoza | 10/14 | --- | GENESIS I | --- No Data --- |
| Cold Lake (AB) | 10/14 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/16 | 12 h 25 m | CAMERA POINTING SYSTEM TEST | 20 miles NW of Jackson, Mississippi, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/17 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 10/18 | 22.4 h | GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 10/18 | --- | RELAY BALLOON TEST | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 10/19 | --- | OBSERVATION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/21 | 6 h 52 m | CRYOGENIC WHOLE-AIR SAMPLER (KFA) | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 10/23 | --- | PARACHUTE OPENING TEST | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/25 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 20 miles W of Jackson, Mississippi, US |
 McMurdo | 10/27 | 1 h 30 m | --- NO DATA --- | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 10/29 | --- | ASHCAN - CASSETTE SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Uberaba (MG) | 10/31 | 10 h 40 m | MPI LARGE AREA COMPTON TELESCOPE | In Martinópolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 11/5 | --- | ASHCAN - CASSETTE SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 11/5 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 11/19 | --- | RADIOMETER 90 GHZ | Found after two years in a forest in Tapiraí , Sao Paulo, Brazil |
 ESRANGE | 11/23 | 6 h | X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| Syowa | 11/24 | 16 h 13 m | SPECTROPHOTOMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 11/24 | 10 h | X-RAY DETECTOR | In Tomasina - Parana. |
| Uberaba (MG) | 11/25 | 4 h | HEXE (High Energy X-Ray Experiment) | Aborted mission due to a hole in the balloon. Payload recovered undamaged. |
| Laramie (WY) | 11/30 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 Paardefontein | 12/5 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES | Payload destroyed. |
| Laramie (WY) | 12/9 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 12/9 | 4 h 30 m | X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 12/10 | ? | SU BAL | --- No Data --- |
| Paardefontein | 12/11 | 53 d | ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES | Not known. Balloon ceased data transmition over W Angola. |
| ESRANGE | 12/12 | ? | SU BAL | --- No Data --- |
 Alice Springs | 12/14 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Aborted flight |
| Gimli (MB) | 12/15 | 3 h | NO/NO2 CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTOR + UV O3 PHOTOMETER | Balloon failure at 31.7 km |
| ESRANGE | 12/16 | ? | A BAL | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 12/18 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
| Syowa | 12/21 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 12/30 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
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