Stratospheric balloons launched in 1999

In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 1999, 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.

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Launch base	Date	Flight Duration	Experiment	Payload landing place or cause of the failure
Goa	1/16	20 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 4.4º N 88.8º W
ESRANGE	1/18	3 h	ELHYSA + DIRAC	--- No Data ---
Syowa	1/18	1 h 30 m	GRAB SAMPLER	--- No Data ---
Syowa	1/18	2 h 30 m	GRAB SAMPLER	--- No Data ---
Goa	1/19	6 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 2.2º S 64.2º W
Arena Arctica	1/21	---	LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde)	--- No Data ---
Goa	1/21	1 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Over Central India
Goa	1/22	5 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 3.2º S 77.7º W
Sanriku	1/25	3 h 22 m	ATMOSPHERIC OZONE OBSERVATION	--- No Data ---
Goa	1/26	5 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 2.5º S 73.2º W
ESRANGE	1/27	6 h 15 m	MIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) + SFINX	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	1/27	2 h 53 m	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ-BrO + DESCARTES	--- No Data ---
Goa	1/27	10 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 0.2º S 89.2º W
ESRANGE	1/30	2 h 37 m	ELHYSA + DIRAC	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/6	1 h 41 m	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ-BrO + DESCARTES	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/6	5 h 9 m	TRIPLE (FISH + ? + ?)	--- No Data ---
Goa	2/7	4 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 22.1º N 78.3º W
Goa	2/7	8 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 6.2º S 64.2º W
Arena Arctica	2/8	---	LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde)	--- No Data ---
Arena Arctica	2/8	---	LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde)	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/10	3 h 30 m	LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/11	1 h 35 m	BPS support flight	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/11	4 h 47 m	AMON (Absorption de Minoritaires, Ozone et NOx) + AMON-RA	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/12	---	BACKSCATTER	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/12	---	BACKDOOR	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/12	---	BACKSCATTER	--- No Data ---
Goa	2/12	9 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 1.0º S 59.5º W
Goa	2/13	10 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 3.8º S 71.4º W
Goa	2/15	9 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 0.1º N 71.8º W
ESRANGE	2/18	2 h 29 m	Technological flight ALLEGEE system	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/18	7 d	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + CH4 + O3	In Siberia on the russian federation.
ESRANGE	2/18	5 h	7 ENG BALLOON TEST FLIGHT # 1	In Finland
ESRANGE	2/19	17 d	LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) + O3	In the Canada coast at 54º 97' N - 56º 70' W
Goa	2/19	4 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 0.4º N 65.6º W
Goa	2/20	4 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 6.7º N 61.7º W
Lauder	2/21	---	AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Goa	2/21	10 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 5.3º S 38.0º W
ESRANGE	2/22	2 h 25 m	ORION	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/23	3 h 28 m	SDLA-LAMA (Spectromètre à Diode Laser Accordable - Laser pour l'Analyse du Méthane Atmosphérique)	--- No Data ---
Goa	2/23	6 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 2.9º N 59.5º W
Holloman AFB (NM)	2/24	---	TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT	near Loving, New Mexico, US
ESRANGE	2/25	---	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	--- No Data ---
Goa	2/25	7 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 1.8º N 48.3º W
Goa	2/28	11 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEX	Lost Signal at 9.5º N 49.1º W
Laramie (WY)	3/18	---	AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad	4/14	---	LASE (Large Area Scintillation counter Experiment)	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	4/15	3 h	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + CH4 + O3	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	4/19	4 h 15 m	OPENING FLIGHT	--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)	4/20	---	AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	4/20	---	TESTBILD	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	4/21	3 h	SAOZ + DIRAC + O3	--- No Data ---
Hondo (NM)	4/27	~ 6 h	SOUNDER	S of Jourdanton, Texas, U.S.
Aire Sur L'Adour	4/28	3 h 22 m	SALOMON (Spectroscopie d'Absorption Lunaire pour l'Observation des Minoritaires Ozone et Nox)	--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad	4/29	---	CRYOSAMPLER (Cryogenic atmospheric sampler)	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	4/29	8 h 50 m	MIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) + SFINX	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	5/3	---	OZONE SAMPLER	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	5/3	4 h 23 m	TRIPLE + HALOMAX	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	5/5	3 h 2 m	ELHYSA + DIRAC	--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)	5/7	9 h 30 m	LXeGRIT (Liquid Xenon Gama-Ray Imaging Telescope)	10 miles NW of Fairview, Oklahoma, US
Aire Sur L'Adour	5/10	4 h 9 m	SDLA-LAMA (Spectromètre à Diode Laser Accordable - Laser pour l'Analyse du Méthane Atmosphérique)	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	5/15	4 h 58 m	SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON TEST	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	5/24	20 h 13 m	HIGH ENERGY PRIMARY ELECTRONIC OBSERVATION	--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)	5/30	24 h 40 m	HEAT pbar (High-Energy Antimatter Telescope)	22 miles SW of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US
Sanriku	5/31	5 h 5m	CRYOGENIC SAMPLER	--- No Data ---
Trapani	6/??	---	BOOMERANG	--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard	6/11	7 h 35 m	OPENING FLIGHT	--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)	6/14	F 5 h 15 m	SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION	16 miles SW of Lometra, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)	6/17	F 8 h 31 m	MAXIMA (Millimeter anisotropy experiment imaging array)	15 miles N of Sterling City, Texas, US
Gap-Tallard	6/17	6 h 47 m	MACSIMS (Measurement of Atmospheric Constituents by Selective Ion Mass Spectrometry)	--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)	6/23	---	AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard	6/23	7 h 54 m	VERDI	--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard	6/25	12 h 8 m	LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS	--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard	6/29	6 h 58 m	SPIRALE (Spectroscopie Infra-Rouge par Absorption de Laser Embarqué)	--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard	6/30	7 h 56 m	INMARSAT SYSTEM TEST	--- No Data ---
Trapani	7/5	17 hs	COBY II	In Spain
Palestine (TX)	7/6	F 5 h 8 m	SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION	5 miles W of Knickobacker, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)	7/6	F 6 h 33 m	SPRITES DETECTION	5 miles W of Knickobacker, Texas, US
Gap-Tallard	7/6	3 h 4 m	*SAOZ + SAOZ-BrO + Descartes + CH4 + 2O3/U + H2O/U**	--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard	7/7	2 h 21 m	µRADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon)	--- No Data ---
Kamchatka	7/8	141 h	RUNJOB VIII (RUssia-Nippon JOint Balloon program)	In Kirov, Russia
Kamchatka	7/12	145 h	RUNJOB IX (RUssia-Nippon JOint Balloon program)	In Rozhki, Russia
Kamchatka	7/13	148 h	RUNJOB X (RUssia-Nippon JOint Balloon program)	In Tolkay, Russia
Kamchatka	7/14	146 h	RUNJOB XI (RUssia-Nippon JOint Balloon program)	In Orenburug, Russia
Trapani	7/17	~ 24 hs	ARCHEOPS	Near Granja de Torre Hermosa, Badajoz, Spain
Laramie (WY)	7/18	---	HALOZ	--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)	7/21	---	HALOZ + AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Lynn Lake (MB)	8/1	~ 2 hr	BESS (Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer)	Reindeer Lake, Saskatchewan, Canadá
Trapani	8/2	~ 14 h	IBEX (Infrared Balloon-borne EXperiment) + GPSR-MEBEX	Near Nerpio, a town in the Sierra de Segura, Albacete province of Huelva, Spain.
Lynn Lake (MB)	8/11	38 h 22 m (34.8 hr)	BESS (Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer)	22 miles NE of Hotchkiss, Alberta, Canada
Ottumwa (IA)	8/14	---	SPRITES DETECTION	Aborted flight
Ottumwa (IA)	8/14	13 h 29 m (10 h)	SPRITES DETECTION	5 miles NW of Carleton, Nebraska, US
Lynn Lake (MB)	8/17	45 h 13 m (42 h)	AESOP (Anti-Electron Sub Orbital Payload) + LEE (Low Energy Electrons)	16 miles ENE of Peace River, Alberta, Canada
Ottumwa (IA)	8/21	11 h 34 m (8 hr 30 m)	SPRITES DETECTION	5 miles of Endicott, Nebraska, US
ESRANGE	8/26	~ 2 h	SKERRIES 2	By the lake Kitkiöjärvi near the Finnish border.
Sanriku	8/31	3 h 58 m	STRATOSPHERIC OZONE OBSERVATION	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	9/1	3 h 15 m	UTLTRA THIN BALLOON TEST	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	9/2	6 h 55 m	BETS (Balloon-borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers)	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	9/6	---	TELEMETRY TEST	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	9/6	4 h 20 m	BALLOON ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT	--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)	9/16	---	AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)	9/20	31 h 50 m	TRACER (Transition Radiation Array for Cosmic Energetic Radiation)	16 miles S of Roswell, New Mexico, US
Fort Sumner (NM)	9/22	11.5 h	PRONAOS (Projet National d'Astronomie Submillimetrique)	16 miles S of Alamogordo, New Mexico, US
Fort Sumner (NM)	10/3	---	UPPER ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH	40 miles of Amarillo, Texas, US
Aire Sur L'Adour	10/6	5 h 50 m	CASOLBA (CAlibration de cellules SOLaires sur vol BAllon)	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	10/11	7 h 8 m	OZONE SAMPLER	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	10/12	6 h 10 m	TM ALLEGEE	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	10/21	3 h 44 m	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + TM ALLEGEE	--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)	10/23	2 h	ULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon)	3 miles S of Melrose, New Mexico, US
Laramie (WY)	10/25	---	HALOZ	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	11/9	~ 2 h	SKERRIES 3	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	11/11	---	TELEMETRY TEST	--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad	11/12	---	INFRARED ASTRONOMY	Ground abort
Laramie (WY)	11/15	---	HALOZ	--- No Data ---
Andoya	11/17	2 h 58 m	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + DESCARTES	At coordinates 69º 31' 08" North, 20º 31' 40" East.
ESRANGE	11/19	5 h 18 m	OMS Gondola - Analizador de CO2 / LACE / UV O3 PHOTOMETER / ALIAS II	9 miles S of Kittila, Sweden
TIFR Hyderabad	11/25	---	FPS100 - INFRARED TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad	12/3	---	FIRBE (Far InfraRed Balloon-borne Experiment)	53 km from Hyderabad, India.
ESRANGE	12/3	6 h 43 m	MKIV INTERFEROMETER / SLS Microwave Instrument (both JPL) and DESCARTES instrument (IRF)	12 miles S of Orajarvi, Sweden
ESRANGE	12/4	3 h 40 m	OPENING FLIGHT	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	12/4	---	AEROCLIPPER	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	12/6	---	AEROCLIPPER	--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)	12/10	---	AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	12/10	2 h 34 m	ETNA (Equipement de Télécommunication Numérique pour Aérostat)	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	12/15	~ 2 h	SKERRIES 4	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	12/17	1 h 49 m	ETNA (Equipement de Télécommunication Numérique pour Aérostat)	--- No Data ---

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