Stratospheric balloons launched

worldwide in 2014

In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 2014, 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
Halley1/3~ 30 mBARREL 2J (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)8.5 km from Halley Station, Antarctica
SANAE1/4~ 19 dBARREL 2X (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)In tne Antarctic Plateau at 83.11S 67.96 E
Halley1/4~ 9 dBARREL 2K (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)On the sea ice at 76.49 S, 171.49 E, Antarctica
Halley1/629 dBARREL 2L (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)In tne Antarctic Plateau at 68.41 S 96.74 W
TIFR Hyderabad1/73 h 2 mHAA (High Altitude Balloon Development Project)Near the town of Husnabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
SANAE1/118 dBARREL 2Y (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)Last coordinates were 71.55 S 135.11 W
Halley1/11~ 2 dBARREL 2M (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)On the sea ice at 76.71 S, 51.56 W, Antarctica
SANAE1/122 hBARREL 2Z (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)30 kms from SANAE station, Antarctica
SANAE1/1619 dBARREL 2A (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)--- No Data ---
SANAE1/1722 dBARREL 2B (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)--- No Data ---
SANAE1/1813 h 30 mBARREL 2N (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)30 kms from SANAE station, Antarctica
SANAE1/20---BARREL 2C (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)Lost contact
TIFR Hyderabad1/212 h 22 mHAA (High Altitude Balloon Development Project)Near Hakimpet Air Force Station, Andhra Pradesh, India
TIFR Hyderabad1/232 h 30 mHAA (High Altitude Balloon Development Project)30 km NE ofHyderabad, India
Halley1/2614 dBARREL 2O (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/27---MADS (Magnetic Attitude Determination System)--- No Data ---
SANAE1/272 dBARREL 2D (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)In tne Antarctic Plateau at 72.17S, 12.78W.
Halley1/3012 dBARREL 2E (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)--- No Data ---
Halley1/3012 dBARREL 2P (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)--- No Data ---
Halley2/31 dBARREL 2Q (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/27---SVT - HJARNKONTORET--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/20---ICE CLOUD OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)3/26---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Tillamook (OR)6/652 mGPHAR (Guided Parafoil High Altitude Research)Near Beaver, Oregon, US
Roswell (NM)6/185 hTYCHO285--- No Data ---
Barking Sands (HI)6/282 h 20 mLDSD (Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator) TV-1Over the Pacific Ocean, W of Kauai at coordinates 22º 11' N - 160º 42' W
Laramie (WY)7/1---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Roswell (NM)7/3---STRATEX--- No Data ---
Madras Muni. (OR)7/17---PAMSS (Planetary Atmosphere Minor Species Sensor)--- No Data ---
Madras Muni. (OR)7/18---ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)8/97 h 52 mHASP 2014 (High Altitude Student Platform)NE of Grand Falls, Arizona, US
Longyearbyen8/178 dOLIMPO PROJECT SYSTEMS TEST--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)8/189 h 20 mHYSICS (HyperSpectral Imager for Climate Science )SE of Holbrook, Arizona, US
Timmins (ON)8/217 h 47 mOPENING FLIGHT - BANA25 km N of Chapleau, Ontario, Canada
Taiki8/222 h 50 mBOV (Balloon-based Operation Vehicle)In the Pacific Ocean
Timmins (ON)8/248 h 6 mEUSO-BALLOON (Extreme Universe Space Observatory)In a lake 20 km NE of Elsas, in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
Fort Sumner (NM)8/246 h 38 mLONG DURATION BALLOON SYSTEMS TESTSW of Socorro, New Mexico, US
Timmins (ON)8/2811 hEDS (Effect De Serre)100 km SSW of Val D'Or, Canada
Timmins (ON)9/718 h 49 mMIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) + TELIS (TeraHertz Limb Sounder)In Senneterre, Quebec, Canada
Timmins (ON)9/129 h 43 mSALOMON-N2 (Spectroscopie d'Absorption Lunaire pour l'Observation des Minoritaires Ozone et NOx - Nacelle 2)80 km NNW of Amos Quebec, Canada
Fort Sumner (NM)9/1323 h 14 mJPL REMOTENear Lupton, Arizona, US
Timmins (ON)9/145 h 21 mH2O70 km N of Amos, Quebec, Canada
Laramie (WY)9/16---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Timmins (ON)9/1916 h 7 mCARMEN-270 km NE of Amos, Quebec, Canada
Fort Sumner (NM)9/247 h 40 mX-CALIBUR / InFOCuS40 miles W of Ft.Sumner, New Mexico, US
Fort Sumner (NM)9/2521 h 10 mBOPPS (Balloon Observation Platform for Planetary Science)W of Amarillo, Texas, US
Fort Sumner (NM)9/2618 h 51 mGRAPE (Gamma-Ray Polarimeter Experiment)W of Childress, Texas, US
Roswell (NM)10/5---STRATEX (Estauce)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE10/84 h 30 mBEXUS 19 (Balloon EXperiments for University Students)In Finland
Fort Sumner (NM)10/811 h 2 mOPIS (Observatory for Planetary Investigations from the Stratosphere)37 miles NW of Childress, Texas, US
ESRANGE10/103 hBEXUS 18 (Balloon EXperiments for University Students)In Finland
ESRANGE10/15 SHADT (Sub-scale High Altitude Drop Test)--- No Data ---
Roswell (NM)10/15---STRATEX (Eustace)In New Mexico, US
ESRANGE10/16 SHADT (Sub-scale High Altitude Drop Test)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE10/22 TENTH NOTION--- No Data ---
ESRANGE10/22 TENTH NOTION--- No Data ---
Roswell (NM)10/242 h 23 mSTRATEX (Estauce)70 miles from Roswell, New Mexico, US
Holloman AFB (NM)10/28~ 8 hMULTI-INSTRUMENTAL GONDOLA--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)11/20---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
McMurdo12/1722 d 9 h 14 mANITA III (Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna)100 miles from Australia's Davis Station, Antarctica
McMurdo12/194 d 20 hANITA Hi-Cal (Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna High Altitude Calibration)Payload no recoverable
McMurdo12/281 d 19 hSPB (Super Pressure Balloon) + COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager Science)350 miles from McMurdo Station, Antarctica

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