In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 2008, 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 baseDateFlight DurationExperimentPayload landing place or cause of the failure
Syowa1/4---JT-SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Syowa1/4---JT-SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Seychelles2/118 dSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)Over Congo, Africa
Seychelles2/153 dµLID (Micro Lidar)Over Angola, Africa
Seychelles2/1717 hµDIRAC (Micro Dirac)Over Indian Ocean
Seychelles2/214 dDRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
Seychelles2/2443 hBSP - TSEN--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)3/302 h 20 mMIP (Micro-Instrumentation Package)Balloon failure. Landing 3 miles NW of Hereford, Texas, US
Fort Sumner (NM)4/46 h 8 mTEST FLIGHT - SF430-B6 nm SE of Dimmit, Texas, US
Fort Sumner (NM)4/135 h 45 mMIP (Micro-Instrumentation Package)17 nm ESE of Plainview, Texas, US
TIFR Hyderabad4/149 hLAXPC (Large Area Xenon Proportional Counters)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)4/195 h 34 mTEST FLIGHT - SF450-H--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)4/24---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad4/258 h 12 mLASE (Large Area Scintillation counter Experiment)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)5/6---ULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon)--- No Data ---
N.Battleford (SK)5/27---LE GRAND SAUT - III (Fournier)The balloon cut loose from the capsule at launch. Aborted flight
Timón (MA)5/302 h 30 mOPC (Optical Particle Counter)Between Altos and Coiva, Piauí, Brazil
Fort Sumner (NM)5/3130 h 4 minA-34 Heavy Balloon Test + BalloonSat14 Nautic Miles NW of Winslow, Arizona, US
Timón (MA)6/15 h 30 mTRIPLE (BONBON + HALOX-B + Micro-SDLA)Near Vargem, Piauí, Brazil
Holloman AFB (NM)6/4---HISENTINEL (Stratospheric Airship)--- No Data ---
Timón (MA)6/520 hMIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) + TELIS (TeraHertz Limb Sounder) + Mini DOASNear Gonçalves Dias, Maranhao, Brazil
Timón (MA)6/97 hSPIRALE (Spectroscopie Infra-Rouge par Absorption de Laser Embarqué) + STACNear Coivaras, Piauí, Brazil
NSC Hawaii (HI)6/11---SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON--- No Data ---
Timón (MA)6/13~ 8hLPMA-IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer)Near Caxias, Maranhao, Brazil
NSC Hawaii (HI)6/14---SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON--- No Data ---
Timón (MA)6/19~ 4 hSALOMON-N2 (Spectroscopie d'Absorption Lunaire pour l'Observation des Minoritaires Ozone et NOx - Nacelle 2)Near Timon, Maranhao, Brazil
Longyearbyen6/214 dDUSTER (Dust in the Upper Stratosphere Tracking Experiment and Return)Near the Thule Air Base, Greenland
Fort Sumner (NM)6/224 h 7 mULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)6/22---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Timón (MA)6/27~ 16hLPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOASNear Capinzal do Norte, Maranhao, Brazil
ESRANGE6/284 d 10 hMEAP (Mars Environment Analogue Platform)135km from Umingmaktok, Canada
NSC Hawaii (HI)8/19---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)8/19---ULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon)Ground Abort - No Flight
NSC Hawaii (HI)8/21---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
NSC Hawaii (HI)8/22---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
Taiki8/23~ 6hTECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT30 km NE of the shore line
NSC Hawaii (HI)8/24---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
NSC Hawaii (HI)8/26---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
NSC Hawaii (HI)8/28---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
NSC Hawaii (HI)8/30---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
NSC Hawaii (HI)9/1---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
NSC Hawaii (HI)9/3---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
Taiki9/5~ 4hTECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT30 km of the shore line
NSC Hawaii (HI)9/6---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
NSC Hawaii (HI)9/8---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/15~ 32 hHASP 2008 (High Altitude Student Platform)Between Carlsbad and El Paso, Texas, USA
NSC Hawaii (HI)9/16---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
NSC Hawaii (HI)9/18---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
NSC Hawaii (HI)9/20---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
NSC Hawaii (HI)9/22---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
NSC Hawaii (HI)9/23---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
NSC Hawaii (HI)9/25---DRIFTSONDE--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/27~ 30 hA-34 Heavy Balloon TestNW of Hamlin, Texas, US
ESRANGE10/8~ 5 hBEXUS 6 (Balloon EXperiments for University Students)In Finland, near the border
ESRANGE10/8~ 4 hBEXUS 7 (Balloon EXperiments for University Students)North of Rovaniemi, Finland.
Laramie (WY)10/21---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour11/14---NEW ENVELOPE RIP SYSTEM TESTBurst Test - No Flight
Holloman AFB (NM)11/15---BALLOONWINDSGround abort
Cachoeira Paulista (SP)12/22 hTEST FLIGHTSão José do Barreiro, in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Cachoeira Paulista (SP)12/72 hTEST FLIGHTSão José do Barreiro, in Sao Paulo, Brazil
McMurdo12/1919 d 13 hCREAM IV (Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass)560 nautic miles N-NW of McMurdo Station, Antarctica
McMurdo12/2130 d 16 hANITA II (Antarctic Impulse Transient Antenna)122 NM southwest of Siple Dome, Antarctica
McMurdo12/2854 d 1 h 29 mULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon)Filchner Ice Sheet, Antarctica

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