McMurdo | 1/12 | --- | PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/17 | 2 h 36 m | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/18 | 2 h 36 m | ACIMS (Active Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
McMurdo | 1/19 | --- | PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- |
McMurdo | 1/21 | --- | PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/23 | 3 h 28 m | MULTI-INSTRUMENTED GONDOLA | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/30 | 3 h 19 m | ACIMS (Active Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) + OZONE SONDES | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 2/15 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
TIFR Hyderabad | 2/25 | --- | 100 CM TIFR BALLOON-BORNE TELESCOPE | Balloon failed |
TIFR Hyderabad | 4/1 | 8 h 30 m | XMPC (Xenon filled Multi-anode Proportional Counter telescope) | --- No Data --- |
Alice Springs | 4/3 | 18 h 30 m | GRIP (Gamma-Ray Imaging Payload) | 20 miles NE of Fregon, South Australia |
TIFR Hyderabad | 4/8 | 4 h 10 m | IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program) - IMAP-C:04 | --- No Data --- |
Alice Springs | 4/15 | --- | EXITE-1 (Energetic X-Ray Imaging Telescope Experiment) | Aborted flight |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 4/18 | --- | SDS (Solar Disk Sextant) | 7 miles N of Onley, Texas, US |
Laramie (WY) | 4/18 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 4/19 | --- | HIGH RESOLUTION INTERFEROMETER | 13 miles E of Dimmit, Texas, US |
TIFR Hyderabad | 4/22 | 3 h 45 m | IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program) - IMAP-C:05 | --- No Data --- |
Baurú GLB (SP) | 4/22 | --- | CHARGED PARTICLES DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/?? | --- | FOCA 1500 (FOcal Corrector Anastigmat 1500) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 5/8 | --- | MIKROBA 3 (MIKRO-g with Ballon drop capsule) | --- No Data --- |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/8 | ~ 8 h | FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE - CYGNUS I MISSION | --- No Data --- |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 5/9 | --- | ASHCAN + GAS (Get Away Special) | Balloon burst after release. Ground abort |
Alice Springs | 5/9 | 6 h | EXITE-1 (Energetic X-Ray Imaging Telescope Experiment) | 160 miles NE of Longreach, Queensland, Australia |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 5/10 | --- | ASHCAN + GAS (Get Away Special) | 5 miles N of Orogrande, New Mexico, US |
Palestine (TX) | 5/15 | F 9 h 8 m | FIRS-2 (Far infrared Fourier transform spectrometer) | 35 miles SE of Austin, Texas, US |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/17 | 3 h | MIPAS-B1 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) | --- No Data --- |
Alice Springs | 5/17 | 10 h | POKER 89 | 31 miles SSE of Tambo, Queensland, Australia |
Sanriku | 5/18 | --- | BALLOON ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 5/22 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Alice Springs | 5/22 | 5 h | HEXAGONE (High Energy X-ray And Gamma ray Observatory for Nuclear Emissions) | 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 | F 18 h 43 m | BMLS (Balloon Microwave Limb Sounder) + OZONE UV PHOTOMETER | 35 miles E of Ft.Stockton, Texas, US |
Palestine (TX) | 5/27 | F 10 h 8 m | ZEBRA TELESCOPE TEST | 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 |
Sanriku | 5/31 | --- | BALLOON ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
Sanriku | 6/1 | --- | STELLAR INFRARED OBSERVATIONS | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 6/5 | F 6 h 20 m | BALLOON-BORNE LIDAR | Freefall from 120 kft. Impact 8 Miles SE of Graham, Texas, US |
Laramie (WY) | 6/16 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Gap-Tallard | 6/18 | --- | ODD NITROGEN MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
Gap-Tallard | 6/20 | ~ 8 h | WHOLE AIR SAMPLER | 190 km W of Gap_tallard, France |
Laramie (WY) | 7/1 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Trapani | 7/13 | 23 h 15 m | ILIADA | In Huelva, Spain |
Laramie (WY) | 7/14 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Trapani | 7/16 | --- | MIFRASO (Milano - FRAscati - Southampton) | Balloon failure just after the launch. Aborted mission. |
Palestine (TX) | 7/21 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 12 miles SW of Sterling City, Texas, US |
Laramie (WY) | 7/24 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 7/28 | --- | HARVARD LYMAN-ALPHA HYGROMETER | 24 miles SSE of Brownwood, Texas, US |
Palestine (TX) | 7/31 | --- | CRYOGENIC AIR COLLECTOR | 39 miles SW of Abilene, Texas, US |
Palestine (TX) | 8/9 | F 2 h 28 m | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 28 miles SSW of Coleman, Texas, US |
Trapani | 8/9 | 22 h 51 m | ARGO - MINI-TIR | In El Bosque, near Jerez de la Frontera, Spain |
Laramie (WY) | 8/14 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Vanscoy (SK) | 8/14 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
Xiang He | 8/21 | 4 h 30 m | TELEMETRY AND TELECOMMAND TESTS | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 8/25 | F 3 h 54 m | HARVARD LYMAN-ALPHA HYGROMETER | 15 miles SE of Abilene, Texas, US |
Xiang He | 8/27 | 1 h 20 m | MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENT | Failed mission. Balloon didn't reach the ceiling altitude |
Palestine (TX) | 8/29 | F 3 h 44 m | UV SPECTROMETER + OZONE UV PHOTOMETER | 5 miles W of Roby, Texas, US |
Sanriku | 8/30 | --- | STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOL OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
Prince Albert (SK) | 8/31 | 19 h 8 m | SMILI 1 (Superconducting Magnet Instrument for Light Isotopes) | 35 miles NE of Prince Albert, Sasktachewan, Canada |
Sanriku | 9/1 | 13 h 45 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | In the Japan Sea |
Xiang He | 9/2 | 6 h 30 m | BALLOON TEST | --- No Data --- |
Prince Albert (SK) | 9/5 | 8 h | MASS (Matter Antimatter Superconducting Spectrometer) | 100 miles ENE of Prince Albert, Sasktachewan, Canada |
Xiang He | 9/6 | 8 h 30 m | STAR-1 HARD X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
Xiang He | 9/13 | 1 h 15 m | ATMOSPHERIC EXPERIMENT | Failed mission. Balloon didn't reach the ceiling altitude |
Sanriku | 9/15 | 4 h 35 m | PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENT FOR PROTON OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
Sanriku | 9/17 | --- | BALLOON ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
Xiang He | 9/19 | 1 h 20 m | MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENT | Failed mission. Balloon didn't reach the ceiling altitude |
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 --- |
Sanriku | 9/24 | 30 h 57 m | OBSERVATION OF ELECTRIC FIELD | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/26 | 23 h | JPL OMS Gondola | 11 miles NW of Gallup, New Mexico, US |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/26 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
Sanriku | 9/27 | 38 h 18 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/29 | --- | COMPTON GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | 2 miles S of Des Moines, New Mexico, US |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/29 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/30 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/30 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
Holloman AFB (NM) | 9/30 | 18 h | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/6 | --- | MIT RADIOMETER | 30 miles SW of Hobart, Oklahoma, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/8 | --- | UV O3 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 | 5 h | BALLOON STRESS INDEX TEST #1 | 12 miles NNW of Plainview, Texas, US |
TIFR Hyderabad | 10/17 | 7 h | IONIZATION MEASUREMENTS + ELECTRO-DYNAMICS EXPERIENCE + IMAP (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 | --- | CRYOGENIC AIR COLLECTOR | 50 miles ENE of Plainview, Texas, US |
Laramie (WY) | 10/24 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 11/2 | --- | TEST OF NEW BALLOON | 20 miles W of Childress, Texas, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 11/9 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 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 |
Laramie (WY) | 11/17 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 11/18 | --- | INFRARED EXPERIMENT | 20 miles SE of Clovis, New Mexico, US |
TIFR Hyderabad | 11/18 | 6 h | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
Paardefontein | 11/20 | 69 d | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Lost in the Pacífic Ocean NE of Australia |
Paardefontein | 11/23 | 9 d | SAMBA + H2O | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 12/1 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
TIFR Hyderabad | 12/6 | 4 h 15 m | NEW BALLOON FILM TEST AND ELECTRO-DYNAMICS EXPERIENCE | --- No Data --- |
Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 12/13 | 11 h | ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS | In Mogi Guacu, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Laramie (WY) | 12/20 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 12/22 | 11 h | SUPERNOVA 1987 A OBSERVATION | In Fazenda Sao Carlos - Nioaque - Minas Gerais. |
Laramie (WY) | 12/29 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |