Stratospheric balloons launched

worldwide in 1993

In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 1993, 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
Syowa1/5---PPB (Polar Patrol Balloon)--- No Data ---
Alert (NU)1/51.27 dPOVORBEX (POlar VORrtex Balloon Experiment)--- No Data ---
Reno (NV)1/12---EARTHWINDS (Dzhanibehov - Moses - Newman)Failed after 12 miles when the ballast balloon was torn on a mountain peak.
Alert (NU)1/122,65 dPOVORBEX (POlar VORrtex Balloon Experiment)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)1/16---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Andoya2/7---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/8---STRAFAM 3 (Stratosphaeren-Fallschirm-Massenspektrometer)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/10---STRAFAM 3 (Stratosphaeren-Fallschirm-Massenspektrometer)--- No Data ---
Andoya2/12---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/18---STRAFAM 3 (Stratosphaeren-Fallschirm-Massenspektrometer)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)2/26---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour2/28---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour3/7---ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour3/7---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)3/19---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Dagget (CA)3/236.7 hFIRS-2 (far infrared Fourier transform spectrometer)25 Miles SW of Sayre, Oklahoma, US
Dagget (CA)4/310 hMKIV INTERFEROMETER + UV O3 PHOTOMETER + SLS + FILOS25 Miles SE of Artesia, New Mexico, US
Dagget (CA)4/7---FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER25 Miles SE of Moriarty, New Mexico, US
Laramie (WY)4/8---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour5/16 hRADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon)W of Caussade (Tarn et Garonne), France
Fort Wainwright (AK)5/1F 4 h 24 mAURORAL SCIENCE55 miles NW of Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Fort Sumner (NM)5/3---8000# PAYLOAD TEST FLIGHT15 miles E of Guthrie, Texas, US
Aire Sur L'Adour5/5---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)5/6F 3 h 54 mAURORAL SCIENCE53 miles NW of Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Vanscoy (SK)5/1114 hCRAYBEX (Cosmic Ray Balloon Experiment)Near the launch site
Palestine (TX)5/21F 6 h 8 mGRATIS (Gamma Ray Arcminute Telescope Imaging System)23 miles NE of Victoria, Texas, US
Sanriku5/24---TEST FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)5/25---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/25---ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTSBalloon burst at 59kft. Gondola impact 18 miles SE of Palestine, Texas, US
Fort Sumner (NM)5/25---PAYLOAD UNKNOWNAborted flight
Fort Sumner (NM)5/31---IBEX (Infrared Balloon-Borne Experiment)20 miles W of Belen, New Mexico, US
Sanriku6/5---WELCOME I--- No Data ---
Sanriku6/8---CRYOGENIC SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Birigui (SP)6/8~ 8 hTIMAX (Telescopio Imageador de Raios X)--- No Data ---
Sanriku6/9---OZONE DENSITY OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
Sanriku6/93 hOPTICAL OZONE SENSOR--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)6/11---HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION20 miles S of Pueblo, New Mexico, US
Palestine (TX)6/14F 8 h 52 mEXITE-2 (Energetic X-Ray Imaging Telescope Experiment) + MIXE-1 (Marshall Imaging X-ray Experiment)70 miles NE of Abilene, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)6/16F 7 hMAX (Millimeter wavelength Anisotropy eXperiment)3 miles NW of Miles, Texas, US
Clovis (NM)6/16---HABE (High-Altitude Balloon Experiment)Near Pleasant Hill, New Mexico, US
Laramie (WY)6/21---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/22F 6 h 17 mHEIDI (High Energy Imaging Device)50 miles SW of Ozona, Texas, US
Gap-Tallard6/24---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)7/19F 20 h 41 mSOLAR MEASUREMENTS12 miles NW of Sterling City, Texas, US
Laramie (WY)7/25---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Lynn Lake (MB)7/2617 hBESS (Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer)50 Miles S of High Level, Alberta, Canada
Nouméa7/2819 dTEST FLIGHT OF BALLOON "� CAPE" #1--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)7/29F 4 h 31 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION10 miles SW of Eldorado, Texas, US
Nouméa8/226 dTEST FLIGHT OF BALLOON "� CAPE" #2--- No Data ---
Trapani8/420 h 15 mARGONear Ojos Albos, Avila, Spain
Laramie (WY)8/5---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)8/11F 5 h 5 mSIS SPECTROMETER12 miles NW of Rankin, Texas, US
Lynn Lake (MB)8/1311 hTHISTLE (Tracking Heavy Isotope Spectrometer Telescope for Low Energy)5 miles W of Collins Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada
Lynn Lake (MB)8/1750 hLDBV (Long Duration Balloon Vehicle) - Flight Test # 422 miles NE of Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada
Wallops (VA)8/17---ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS8 miles SE of Wallops, Virgina, US
Xiang He8/22---AEROSOL MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
Sanriku8/29---PRIMARY ELECTRON STUDY--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/1---PAYLOAD UNKNOWNAborted flight
Lynn Lake (MB)9/25 hTDRSS SYSTEM TESTBalloon leaker. Payload landed 7 miles NW of Nelson House, Manitoba, Canada
Sanriku9/3---TEST FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/6---INFRARED TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/8~ 25 hTS932 miles W of Eloy, Arizona, US
Sanriku9/10---MOON PENETRATOR DROP TEST--- No Data ---
Xiang He9/12---OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTER--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/1437 h 30 mGRIP-2 (Gamma-Ray Imaging Payload)25 miles NE of Lake Havasu, Arizona, US
Aire Sur L'Adour9/207 h 45 mFAR INFRARED TELESCOPE - MIL I MISSION20 km from Carcassone, France
Aire Sur L'Adour9/20---MULTIINSTRUMENTED GONDOLA--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/2324 hGRIS (Gamma-Ray Imaging Spectrometer)5 miles SE of Hobart, Oklahoma, US
Xiang He9/25---HAPI-4 (X-Ray telescope)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/25---MKIV INTERFEROMETER + UV O3 PHOTOMETER23 miles SE of Abilene, Texas, US
Laramie (WY)9/29---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/29~ 24 hBUGS-4 (Bristol University Gas Scintillator)10 miles SE of Woodward, Oklahoma, US
Aire Sur L'Adour9/30---CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (MPAE)--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)10/??---OBJS (Off-board Balloon Jammer System)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/6---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)10/11---PAYLOAD UNKNOWNAborted flight
Aire Sur L'Adour10/13---BALLAD (BALloon Limb Aerosol Detection)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/16---AMON (Absorption de Minoritaires, Ozone et NOx)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)10/27---BLIMP (Balloon Launched INTEGRAL Model Payload)3 miles NE of Gotebo, Oklahoma, US
Lauder11/10---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)11/15---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad11/185 hINFRARED ASTRONOMY--- No Data ---
ESRANGE11/23---TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT--- No Data ---
León12/2---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad12/10~ 8 hXMPC (Xenon filled Multi-anode Proportional Counter telescope)--- No Data ---
McMurdo12/14~ 10 dJACEE 11 (Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment)It sunked in Wohlschlag Bay off Cape Royds in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Never recovered.

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