In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 1987, 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 |
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![]() | 1/9 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/14 | 5 h 45 m | ASTROFILM LOW LIGHT LEVEL | 30 miles NE of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 1/25 | 6 d 6 h | JACEE 7 (Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment) | In Concepcion, Paraguay |
![]() | 1/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/5 | --- | ACIMS (Active Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer) + CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/9 | 12 d | OBSERVATION OF THE SUN CORONA | In Palotina, Parana, Brazil |
![]() | 2/11 | --- | CHEOPS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/19 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/19 | --- | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/23 | --- | BMS ANTENNA TEST | 30 miles NE of Meridian, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 2/24 | --- | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | Ground abort. |
![]() | 2/26 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/2 | --- | BALLOON MATERIAL TEST | 20 miles N of Lawton, Oklahoma, US |
![]() | 3/5 | --- | TEST BALLOON | 7 miles N of Leesville, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 3/6 | --- | BALLOON MATERIAL TEST | 3 miles W of Ralls, Texas, US |
![]() | 3/6 | --- | BALLOON TEST | 2 miles N of DeQuincy, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 3/26 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/26 | 1 h 20 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (MPAE) + MULTICHANNEL RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/2 | --- | 102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | 15 miles NW of Waco, Texas, US |
![]() | 4/8 | 4 h | IONIZATION MEASUREMENTS + ELECTRO-DYNAMICS EXPERIENCE + IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/13 | 2 h | X-RAY / GAMMA RAY ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/19 | 9 h | SN87A - I | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/23 | --- | COSMIC RADIATION EXPERIMENT | 23 miles SE of Meridian, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 4/27 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/?? | --- | FOCA 1500 (FOcal Corrector Anastigmat 1500) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/8 | --- | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 18 miles N of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 5/10 | --- | BLISS (Balloon-borne Laser In-Situ Sensor) | 15 miles SW of Lufkin, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/16 | 5 h 30 m | ALFAN II (Airborne Measurement of Low Frequency Atmospheric Noise) | Near Deming, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 5/19 | 12 h 7 m | OBSERVATION OF STRATOSPHERIC NO2 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/20 | F 8 h 24 m | GRIP (Gamma-Ray Imaging Payload) | 15 miles S of Middleton, Australia |
![]() | 5/25 | 32 h 34 m | EMULSION CHAMBER | In the Pacific Ocean, off Ofunato, Japan |
![]() | 5/29 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/30 | F 9 h 40 m | GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER | 15 miles NNE of Clermount, Australia |
![]() | 5/31 | 3 h 37 m | SEA RECOVERY TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/2 | 7 h 59 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/2 | 20 m | BELL/SANDIA GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | Balloon failure at 10.000 ft. Landed 3 miles S of Alice Springs, Australia |
![]() | 6/6 | 2 h 17 m | NEW LAUNCH METHOD VERIFICATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/7 | --- | TRANSIT OMEGA TEST | 10 miles NW of Wink, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/8 | F 9 h 57 m | SUPERNOVA OBSERVATION | 40 miles N of Longreach, Australia |
![]() | 6/23 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (MPAE) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/25 | --- | INFRARED TELESCOPE | 9 miles SW of McGregor, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/25 | --- | SCRIBE 99 (Stratospheric Cryogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | On the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 6/27 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 20 miles SW of Abilene, Texas, US |
![]() | 7/7 | 19 h 42 m | THEMIS | Near Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 7/8 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/15 | --- | HARVARD LYMAN-ALPHA HYGROMETER | 8 miles W of Coleman, Texas, US |
![]() | 7/15 | 20 h 52 m | MIFRASO (Milano - FRAscati - Southampton) | Near Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 7/17 | --- | TWO PROTON MAGNETOMETERS | In Saratov region, Russia |
![]() | 7/23 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/25 | --- | TWO PROTON MAGNETOMETERS | In Saratov region, Russia |
![]() | 7/26 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 5 miles W of Miller Tavern, Virginia, US |
![]() | 7/26 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 15 miles NNE of Farmville, Virginia, US |
![]() | 7/28 | F 3 h 20 m | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 2 miles W of Meherrin, Virginia, US |
![]() | 7/29 | 17 h 32 m | NITRIC OXID MEASUREMENTS | 80 Km E of Nanking, China |
![]() | 7/29 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 25 miles NE of Roanoke, Virginia, US |
![]() | 7/29 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | In Lanexa, Virginia, US |
![]() | 7/29 | 22 h 5 m | ARGO | Near Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 7/31 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 14 miles S of Flat Rock, Virginia, US |
![]() | 8/?? | --- | PIROG 2 (Pointing InfraRed Observing Gondola) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/1 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 20 miles SSE of Lynchburg, Virginia, US |
![]() | 8/3 | 10 h 32 m | GALACTIC IR OBSERVATIONS | In China |
![]() | 8/4 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 34 miles W of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada |
![]() | 8/4 | 18 h 10 m | AROME | Near Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 8/10 | 1 h 10 m | STELLAR IR OBSERVATIONS | Balloon burst |
![]() | 8/13 | 10 h 30 m | PBAR | 40 miles N of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada |
![]() | 8/15 | 14 h 40 m | ALICE (A Large Isotopic Composition Experiment) | 20 miles N of Vegreville, Alberta, Canada |
![]() | 8/16 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/19 | --- | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | Balloon failure at 50.000 ft. Payload landed 2.5 miles SE of Elkhart Texas, US |
![]() | 8/21 | 22 h | LEAP (Low Energy Antiproton Experiment) | 2 miles WSW of Mapple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada |
![]() | 8/23 | --- | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 24 miles W of San Angelo Texas, US |
![]() | 8/25 | --- | LEE (Low Energy Electrons) | 12 miles S of Coronation, Alberta, Canada |
![]() | 8/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/30 | 4 h 39 m | ABLE II (Atmospheric Balloon Lidar Experiment) | Gardner Peak, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 8/31 | --- | X-RAY TELESCOPE - PROTOTYPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/2 | --- | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 5 miles NW of Mentone, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/17 | --- | CHEMILUMINESCENT NO DETECTOR + UV ABSORPTION PHOTOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/23 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/23 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 15 NE of Alexandria, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 9/24 | --- | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | 13 miles ESE of Booneville, Arkansas, US |
![]() | 9/24 | 41 h 50 m | OBSERVATION OF ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELD | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | 46 h | HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/1 | --- | AIR SAMPLING STUDY FOR KRYPTON-85 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/3 | 2 h | HIMES - JET CONTROLLED GONDOLA TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/4 | --- | FIRS-2 (Far infrared Fourier transform spectrometer) | 3 miles SE of Groveton, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/10 | --- | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | 8 miles SE of Oakdale, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 10/10 | 18 h | SUGAR (Supernova Gamma Ray) | In Alpinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
![]() | 10/13 | --- | BLISS (Balloon-borne Laser In-Situ Sensor) | 8 miles SE of Atmore, Alabama, US |
![]() | 10/17 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/18 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 3 miles W of Cuba, Alabama, US |
![]() | 10/23 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/28 | --- | SPECIAL GONDOLA TEST | City limits of Jackson, Alabama, US |
![]() | 10/28 | --- | AIR SAMPLING STUDY FOR KRYPTON-85 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/29 | 40 h | GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER | 10 miles S of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia |
![]() | 10/30 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/8 | --- | GRIP (Gamma-Ray Imaging Payload) | Aborted launch |
![]() | 11/18 | 4 h 27 m | HIGH RESOLUTION INTERFEROMETER | 23 miles SW of Ardmore, Oklahoma, US |
![]() | 11/18 | 11 h 30 m | GRIP (Gamma-Ray Imaging Payload) | 400 miles W of Alice Springs, Australia |
![]() | 12/3 | 3 h 10 m | SF-372 MATERIAL TEST | 21 miles SW of Guthrie, Texas, US |
![]() | 12/3 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/6 | 10 h 50 m | GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER | 550 miles W of Alice Springs, Australia |
![]() | 12/7 | --- | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/9 | 4 h 10 m | SF-372 MATERIAL TEST | 9 miles W of Haskell, Texas, US |
![]() | 12/18 | 5 d | PPB (Polar Patrol Balloon) - Test flight | --- No Data --- |
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