Stratospheric balloons launched

worldwide in 1974

In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1974, which are currently available in StratoCat's database. Each row shows basic data about the launch base from which departed, date and time of the launch, and if available the duration of the mission and the site of termination or landing place of the payload.


Regarding the kind of payload or experiment transported in each balloon mission, if you click the experiment name a text will be displayed showing the name of the scientific institutions involved in that mission, a brief resume of the purpose of the experiment carried onboard as well the scientific results obtained, and other information of relevance from that particular mission. Finaly at the bottom of the window there are links to external references. In some cases, these references are available throught scientific websites or journals for free. In other cases however, the information was published on journals only accesible throught direct suscription or using the access provided by Universities or research centers.

Launch baseDateFlight DurationExperimentPayload landing place or cause of the failure
Holloman AFB (NM)1/412 hPAYLOAD UNKNOWN1 mile W of Three Rivers, New Mexico, US
Palestine (TX)1/7F 25 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)1/12F 4 h 45 mFAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)1/20---BROADBAND DIFFERENTIAL RADIOMETERS--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)1/21F 11 h 45 mFAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)1/21F 1 h 5 mTEST FLIGHT OF BALLOON--- No Data ---
Mildura1/22---ASHCAN--- No Data ---
Sanriku1/26---FLIGHT TEST (NYLON-12 FILM)--- No Data ---
Sanriku1/27---WHISTLERS (?)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)1/28F 2 h 55 mBROADBAND DIFFERENTIAL RADIOMETERS--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)1/31---TEST FLIGHT OF NYLON BALLOONBalloon failure
Palestine (TX)2/3F 6 h 5 m102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Mildura2/4---RADIOMETER--- No Data ---
Mildura2/5---ASHCAN--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad2/12---X-RAY STUDIESGround abort
Laramie (WY)2/13---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)2/16F 8 h 5 mSUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET SPECTROMETER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)2/16F 4 h 25 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No Data ---
Harrisburg (PA)2/18---LIGHT HEART (Gatch)Dissapeared near Canary Islands
Palestine (TX)2/25F 3 h 45 mWHOLE AIR SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)2/27---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad3/2---X-RAY STUDIESBalloon burst at tropopause
Albrook AFB, Panama3/12---ASHCAN--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)3/13F 4 h 50 mCOSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
Albrook AFB, Panama3/13---ASHCAN--- No Data ---
Albrook AFB, Panama3/14---ASHCAN--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad3/19---GAMMA-RAY STUDIESGround abort
TIFR Hyderabad3/268 hGAMMA-RAY STUDIES--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)3/29F 6 hTEST FLIGHT OF SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON--- No Data ---
Rio Cuarto4/116 hMEASUREMENTS OF LOW ENERGY GAMMA RADIATIONNear Ortiz Basualdo, Buenos Aires, Argentine
Palestine (TX)4/5F 2 h 55 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)4/5F 5 h 25 mX-RAY EMISSION FROM THE CRAB NEBULA--- No Data ---
Rio Cuarto4/64 hAERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY--- No Data ---
Rio Cuarto4/6---X-RAY ASTRONOMYBalloon Failure
Holloman AFB (NM)4/93 hPAYLOAD UNKNOWN18 miles E of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US
Laramie (WY)4/9---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)4/9---COSMIC RAY DETECTOR--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)4/124 hASHCAN20 miles NE of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US
Palestine (TX)4/12F 1 hFAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad4/138 hGAMMA-RAY STUDIES--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)4/163 h 30 mPAYLOAD UNKNOWN7 miles SSE of Roswell, New Mexico, US
Palestine (TX)4/16F 1 h 25 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)4/224 hASHCAN29 miles SW of Roswell, New Mexico, US
Palestine (TX)4/23F 4 h 20 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)4/25F 8 hHIGH RESOLUTION UV SPECTROGRAPH--- No Data ---
Longreach4/27---RADIOMETER--- No Data ---
Longreach4/28---ASHCAN + RADIOMETER--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad4/28---X-RAY STUDIESBalloon burst at tropopause.
Longreach4/29---ASHCAN--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/3F 11 h 35 mX-RAY TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/4F 29 h 50 mGAMMA RAY BURST DETECTOR--- No Data ---
White Sands (NM)5/5~ 10 hLACATE (Lower Atmospheric Composition and Temperature Experiment)36 kms from the launch site.
Palestine (TX)5/6F 19 h 55 mMAGELLAN (Micrometeorite Collector)--- No Data ---
Levelland (TX)5/7F 3 h 45 mLOW TEMPERATURE AIR SAMPLER - LACATE PROGRAM--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/7F 35 h 30 mCOSMIC RAY DETECTOR--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/9F 4 h 42 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/11F 11 h 40 mCOSMIC RAY MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour5/13---GRID SPECTROMETER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/171 h 35 mBEFS (Balloon Electric Field Sensor)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/19F 7 h 10 mHIGH RESOLUTION UV SPECTROGRAPH--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)5/22---STRATCOM - V (Stratospheric Composition)--- No Data ---
Hope (AR)5/23---SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON TEST FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Eielson AFB (AK)5/25---ASHCAN--- No Data ---
Sanriku5/28---COSMIC-RAY SHORT PERIOD FLUCTUATION--- No Data ---
Eielson AFB (AK)5/28---ASHCAN--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)5/30---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Sanriku5/30---PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF THE STRATOSPHERE--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/2F 11 h 15 mFAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT--- No Data ---
Sanriku6/4---MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTSBoomerang flight. Balloon Burst
Sanriku6/7---HIGH ENERGY PARTICLESBoomerang flight
Palestine (TX)6/10F 6 h 55 mGAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/10F 5 h 45 mFAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT--- No Data ---
Sanriku6/13---PRIMARY COSMIC RAYSBoomerang flight. Balloon Burst
Sanriku6/15---ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/17F 4 h 5 mMPI DOUBLE COMPTON TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/17F 8 h 30 mBROADBAND DIFFERENTIAL RADIOMETERS--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)6/207 hPOLAR NEPHELOMETERNear Silver City, New Mexico, US
Palestine (TX)6/21F 8 h 50 mX-RAY OBSERVATIONS--- No Data ---
Sanriku6/23---AIRGLOW & ZODIACAL LIGHT--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)6/277 hLIQUID HELIUM SPECTROMETER + OZONE DETECTORSouth of Phoenix, Arizona, US
Fort Churchill (MB)7/4F 10 h 30 mLEE (Low Energy Electrons)--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard7/6F 5 h 30 mX-RAY DETECTOR--- No Data ---
Kourou7/784 dCBS (Carrier Balloon System)Over the Amazonia, Brazil
Fort Churchill (MB)7/8---STRATOPROBE I--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)7/9---SOLAR SPECTROMETER (Piggy Back Payload?)--- No Data ---
Volsk7/10---GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)7/11F 6 hMPI DOUBLE COMPTON TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)7/1520 h 10 mMAGNETIC SPECTROMETER--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)7/15F 8 h 50 mLEE (Low Energy Electrons)--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)7/16---CHEMILUMINISCENT PROBE--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)7/17F 5 h 25 mLOW ENERGY GAMMA RAY OBSERVATIONS--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)7/21---MULTIELEMENT TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)7/22F 6 h 15 mHIGH ENERGY CERENKOV GAMMA RAY TELESCOPENear Van Horn, Texas, US
Fort Churchill (MB)7/22~ 22 hSTRATOPROBE I--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)7/236 h 30 mPAYLOAD UNKNOWN11 miles W of Springerville, Arizona, US
Laramie (WY)7/23---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)7/23F 9 h 20 mFAR INFRARED TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)7/24F 4 hLIQUID HELIUM SPECTROMETER--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)7/263 h 30 mPAYLOAD UNKNOWN16 miles W of Newman, Texas, US
Holloman AFB (NM)7/30---ASHCAN--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)7/31F 4 h 25 mLGT (Large Gamma-ray Telescope)--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)8/316 h 20 mMAGNETIC SPECTROMETERIn the Athabasca River area, Alberta Canada
Fort Churchill (MB)8/3---MULTIELEMENT TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)8/811 hPARTICLE TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)8/12F 21 hTHISBE (Telescope of Heidelberg for Infrared Studies by Balloon-borne Experiments)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)8/13F 5 h 10 mBROADBAND DIFFERENTIAL RADIOMETERS--- No Data ---
N.Battleford (SK)8/13F 4 h 20 mX-RAY TELESCOPEN of Saskatchewan, Canada
Thompson (MB)8/18---X-RAY IMAGING DETECTOR--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)8/22F 6 h 40 mOBSERVATIONS OF ANISOTROPIES OF COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND--- No Data ---
Sioux City (IA)8/2711 h 45 mCOSMIC RAY TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Kourou9/??---ATMOSAT TEST--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/4F 7 h 10 mTEST FLIGHT OF CARRIER BALLOON SYSTEM--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/6F 8 hTHISBE (Telescope of Heidelberg for Infrared Studies by Balloon-borne Experiments)--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/11---SOLAR ULTRAVIOLETLaunch failure
Aire Sur L'Adour9/12---FAR INFRARED MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/13---BAT-1 (Balloon-Borne Astronomical Telescope)--- No Data ---
Watertown (SD)9/1346 h 25 mIRIS (IRon ISotopes)--- No Data ---
Sioux City (IA)9/1756 h 20 mCOSMIC RAY TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Volsk9/20---BALLOON MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER - ANTIP 1--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour9/20---FAR INFRARED MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/22F 12 h 15 mAIROscope (Ames Infrared Observatory telescope)--- No Data ---
Sioux Falls (SD)9/22127 h 30 mSTACK OF NUCLEAR EMULSIONSNear Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Sioux Falls (SD)9/22---MULTIELEMENT TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/23F 6 h 45 mINFRARED SCANNING INTERFEROMETER--- No Data ---
Mildura9/25---JET IMPACTOR SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/27F 4 h 50 mTHISBE (Telescope of Heidelberg for Infrared Studies by Balloon-borne Experiments)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour9/277 h 15 mGAMMA RAY BURST DETECTOR--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/29F 12 h 5 mCOSMIC RAY DETECTOR--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/30F 4 h 20 mHIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/1F 3 h 20 mMASS ESPECTROMETERNear Huntsville, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)10/2F 11 h 45 mMEASUREMENTS IN FAR INFRARED--- No Data ---
S.J.dos Campos (SP)10/22.3 hTRAINING FLIGHT AND TELEMETRY TESTIn Cunha - Sao Paulo
Palestine (TX)10/6F 41 h 10 mCOSMIC RAY DETECTOR--- No Data ---
Sanriku10/6---LEVEL TEST FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)10/8---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Sanriku10/8---INSTRUMENTAL TESTING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Sanriku10/8---INSTRUMENTAL TESTING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
S.J.dos Campos (SP)10/87 hTEST OF RADIOACTIVE SONDE--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/9F 8 h 50 mHIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/9F 6 h 15 mBUSS (Balloon-Borne Ultraviolet Stellar Spectrometer)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/11F 2 h 25 mHIGH RESOLUTION UV SPECTROGRAPH--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/11F 8 hTEST FLIGHT OF CARRIER BALLOON SYSTEM--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/12F 7 h 50 mBIRAP (Balloon InfraRed Astronomy Platform)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/12F 6 h 30 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/12---ANEMOMETERS--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/17F 41 h 45 mMAGELLAN (Micrometeorite Collector)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/18F 11 h 30 mMEASUREMENTS IN FAR INFRARED--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/20F 8 h 55 mHIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/23F 8 h 20 mBIRAP (Balloon InfraRed Astronomy Platform)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)10/24F 3 h 25 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No Data ---
S.J.dos Campos (SP)10/246 hTECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHTIn Franco da Rocha - Sao Paulo
Holloman AFB (NM)10/25---ASHCAN--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)10/264 hPAYLOAD UNKNOWN1 mile N of Crosbyton, Texas, US
Las Cruces (NM)11/112 hDA VINCI I (Craig - Engelmann - Imboden - Simons)Wagon Mound, New Mexico, US
Holloman AFB (NM)11/43 h 30 mPAYLOAD UNKNOWN35 miles ENE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US
Holloman AFB (NM)11/53 hPAYLOAD UNKNOWN30 miles NNW of Hobbs, New Mexico, US
Palestine (TX)11/5F 3 h 55 mMEASUREMENTS IN FAR INFRARED--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)11/6F 6 h 15 mENGINEERING TEST OF A SATELLITE EXPERIMENT--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)11/12F 45 mPARACHUTE TEST--- No Data ---
S.J.dos Campos (SP)11/147 hPAYLOAD UNKNOWN--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour11/15---PAYLOAD UNKNOWN--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)11/25F 50 mMEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS OF ATOMIC OXYGEN--- No Data ---
S.J.dos Campos (SP)11/2510 hPAYLOAD UNKNOWNIn Jaboticabal - Sao Paulo
Mildura11/29---JET IMPACTOR SAMPLER--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad11/305 hX-RAY STUDIES--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad11/30---X-RAY STUDIESBalloon burst at tropopause.
Mildura12/3---JET IMPACTOR SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)12/3F 2 h 55 mATMOSPHERIC STUDY--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour12/4---OPALE--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour12/4---ANEMOMETERS--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)12/64 h 30 mPAYLOAD UNKNOWN20 miles NE of Midland, Texas, US
Laramie (WY)12/10---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)12/123 hPAYLOAD UNKNOWN23 miles E of Newman, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)12/17F 8 h 25 mTEST FLIGHT OF THE GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE TO BE PLACED IN THE HEAO SATELLITE--- No Data ---
S.J.dos Campos (SP)12/2010 hCOMGATE (Compton Gamma Ray Telescope)In Timburi - Sao Paulo

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