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Balloon launched list

DateHourFlight DurationExperimentPayload landing place or cause of the failure
9/3/19719:49 JST---COSMIC DUST--- No Data ---
9/7/19718:56 JST---PARACHUTE TESTING--- No Data ---
9/14/19719:01 JST---MICROSTRUCTURE OF SOLAR DISK--- No Data ---
9/15/19718:34 JST---SOLAR INFRARED--- No Data ---
9/16/19719:11 JST---SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET--- No Data ---
9/16/197122:25 JST---HEAVY PARTICLES--- No Data ---
9/17/197117:27 JST---DIRECTION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE TESTING--- No Data ---
9/18/197116:57 JST---INSTRUMENTAL TESTING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
9/28/197115:47 JST---CYGNUS X-RAYS--- No Data ---
9/30/19719:00 JST---GAMMA RAYS--- No Data ---
10/6/19719:28 JST---ALPHA & HEAVY PARTICLES--- No Data ---
10/7/197116:43 JST---ELECTRIC FIELD--- No Data ---
10/9/197116:47 JST---GALACTIC INFRARED--- No Data ---
1/31/197217:26 JST---FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
2/3/197219:56 JST---WHISTLERS (?)--- No Data ---
2/4/19729:01 JST---RUPTURE TEST--- No Data ---
2/6/19728:35 JST---WHISTLERS (?)--- No Data ---
2/12/19727:54 JST---FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
2/13/19727:41 JST---FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
6/22/19728:30 JST---MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
6/23/197216:03 JST---WATER VAPOUR--- No Data ---
6/25/19728:00 JST---ULF ATMOSPHERICS--- No Data ---
6/25/197216:05 JST---ION SPECTRA--- No Data ---
6/29/19728:35 JST---FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
7/7/19728:23 JST---SOLAR NEUTRONS--- No Data ---
9/6/197217:32 JST---FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
9/10/197221:02 JST---NIGHTGLOW INFRARED--- No Data ---
9/12/19729:05 JST---MICROSTRUCTURE OF SOLAR DISK--- No Data ---
9/13/197222:58 JST---ZODIACAL LIGHT--- No Data ---
9/18/197217:21 JST---COSMIC-RAY SHORT PERIOD FLUCTUATION--- No Data ---
9/20/19728:43 JST---SOLAR INFRARED--- No Data ---
9/21/19728:43 JST---SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET--- No Data ---
9/22/19729:36 JST---GALACTIC X-RAYS--- No Data ---
10/5/19728:29 JST---ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION--- No Data ---
10/7/197214:25 JST---GALACTIC X-RAYS--- No Data ---
10/8/197222:53 JST---ZODIACAL & STELLAR FIELD LIGHTBalloon burst
10/10/197215:38 JST---ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY--- No Data ---
10/12/19728:45 JST---PRIMARY ELECTRONS--- No Data ---
2/1/19738:01 JST---ION SPECTRAPayload was cut off from balloon
2/4/19738:37 JST---FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
5/27/197317:37 JST---BOOMERANG FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
6/2/197319:26 JST---PRIMARY COSMIC RAYS (Boomerang Flight)--- No Data ---
6/5/197319:04 JST---PRIMARY ELECTRONS (Boomerang Flight)--- No Data ---
9/15/19738:06 JST---MICROSTRUCTURE OF SOLAR DISK--- No Data ---
9/28/1973------COSMIC-RAY SHORT PERIOD FLUCTUATIONBalloon Ruptured on ground
9/29/197317:20 JST---FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
10/1/197320:42 JST---NIGHTGLOW (O2 & OH)--- No Data ---
10/2/197322:45 JST---ZODIACAL LIGHT--- No Data ---
10/3/19738:00 JST---SOLAR X-RAYS--- No Data ---
10/6/19738:26 JST---INSTRUMENTAL TESTING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
10/9/19738:29 JST---HERCULES X-RAYS--- No Data ---
10/12/19738:19 JST---ION SPECTRA--- No Data ---
10/18/197316:27 JST---ELECTRIC FIELD & GRAVITY WAVES--- No Data ---
10/21/19736:58 JST---FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
10/24/197316:05 JST---GAMMA RAY SHOWERBalloon Burst
1/26/197411:26 JST---FLIGHT TEST (NYLON-12 FILM)--- No Data ---
1/27/19749:54 JST---WHISTLERS (?)--- No Data ---
5/28/197418:49 JST---COSMIC-RAY SHORT PERIOD FLUCTUATION--- No Data ---
5/30/197412:22 JST---PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF THE STRATOSPHERE--- No Data ---
6/4/197417:04 JST---MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTSBoomerang flight. Balloon Burst
6/7/197419:44 JST---HIGH ENERGY PARTICLESBoomerang flight
6/13/197419:39 JST---PRIMARY COSMIC RAYSBoomerang flight. Balloon Burst
6/15/197414:58 JST---ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION--- No Data ---
6/23/197420:46 JST---AIRGLOW & ZODIACAL LIGHT--- No Data ---
9/11/19747:25 JST---SOLAR ULTRAVIOLETLaunch failure
9/13/197421:10 JST---STELLAR INFRARED SPECTRA--- No Data ---
10/6/19748:56 JST---LEVEL TEST FLIGHT--- No Data ---
10/8/197415:51 JST---INSTRUMENTAL TESTING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
10/8/19748:10 JST---INSTRUMENTAL TESTING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
5/23/197517:42 JST---COSMIC-RAY SHORT PERIOD FLUCTUATION--- No Data ---
5/25/19757:40 JST---ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION--- No Data ---
5/29/19757:12 JST---MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTSBoomerang flight.
5/30/197518:04 JST---ULTRA HIGH ENERGY PARTICLESBoomerang flight. Balloon burst.
6/13/197519:39 JST---AIRGLOW & ZODIACAL LIGHT--- No Data ---
6/16/197518:29 JST---GALACTIC INFRARED OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
6/17/197518:31 JST---STELLAR INFRARED SPECTRA--- No Data ---
6/20/19757:27 JST---INSTRUMENTAL TESTING (BOOMERANG PROGRAMMED FLIGHT)--- No Data ---
9/9/197520:19 JST---GALACTIC & INFRARED ZODIACAL LIGHT--- No Data ---
9/11/19757:38 JST---SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET--- No Data ---
9/16/19757:46 JST---MICROSTRUCTURE OF SOLAR DISKBalloon Burst
9/23/19758:33 JST---FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
9/24/197517:07 JST---GAMMA RAY BURST--- No Data ---
10/4/197516:08 JST---HERCULES & CYGNUS X-RAYS--- No Data ---
10/6/197516:34 JST---ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELD--- No Data ---
10/9/19757:41 JST---OZONE MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
10/11/19758:50 JST---IONS & AEROSOLS MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
5/20/1977 12 hMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
8/31/19778:45 utc---INFRARED TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
9/30/197717:12 jst28 hGE-LI DETECTOR--- No Data ---
5/29/1978 ---OZONE MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
6/1/197917:52 jst23 hWATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
6/3/1981 ---TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
6/9/19816:32 jst---PAYLOAD RECOVERY SYSTEM DROP TEST--- No Data ---
9/2/19817:34 jst---AIR SAMPLING SYSTEM--- No Data ---
9/5/19818:42 jst13 hSOLAR TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
5/24/1982 ---NEAR INFRARED RADIOMETER--- No Data ---
9/17/198217:21 jst16 h 50 mSSTD (Solid State Track Detector)--- No Data ---
9/20/19827:02 jst---ANEMOMETER--- No Data ---
9/29/1982 ---X-RAY DETECTOR--- No Data ---
10/18/1982 ---GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
8/28/19837:14 jst~ 6 hAIR SAMPLING--- No Data ---
8/30/1983 ---AEROSOL SAMPLING--- No Data ---
9/2/1983 ---FAR INFRARED OBSERVATIONS--- No Data ---
9/4/1983 ---SOLAR TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
9/6/1983 ---MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENT--- No Data ---
9/23/1983 ---GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
9/26/1983 ---STRATOSPHERIC TURBULENCE STUDIES--- No Data ---
9/28/1983 ---ARGOS SATELLITE LINK TEST--- No Data ---
9/8/1984 F 12 hIMPACTOR SAMPLER--- No Data ---
9/6/19857:00 JST---S520 ROCKET PAYLOAD DROP TEST--- No Data ---
6/1/1986 ---S520 ROCKET PAYLOAD DROP TEST--- No Data ---
5/25/1989 22 h 10 mEMULSION CHAMBER--- No Data ---
5/28/1991 15 h 50 mEMULSION CHAMBER--- No Data ---
6/1/19947:00 local14 hHEAVY COSMIC PARTICLES DETECTORPayload recovered from the sea near the Oga peninsula in Japan
6/8/19956:41 local~ 10 hOZONE CRYOGENIC SAMPLING INSTRUMENTIn the Pacific Ocean 20 km south-east of Ofunato Port, Iwate Prefecture
9/13/19957:19 jst~ 14 hBETS (Balloon-borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers)--- No Data ---
6/6/1996 ---SAKURA (Cryogenic sampler)--- No Data ---
9/4/1996 ---MUSES-C PROBE PARACHUTE TEST--- No Data ---
9/6/1996 ---SAKURA (Cryogenic sampler)--- No Data ---
9/13/1996 35 hEMULSION CHAMBER--- No Data ---
1/27/19978:21 jst3 hTHIN MATERIAL BALLOON TEST--- No Data ---
5/30/1997 ---SAKURA (Cryogenic sampler)--- No Data ---
6/2/1997 5 hBETS (Balloon borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers)--- No Data ---
9/9/199710:50 jst---A balloon-borne resonance fluorescence instrument for in-situ measurement of Ozone.--- No Data ---
5/24/1998 ---BETS (Balloon borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers)--- No Data ---
9/3/1998 ------ NO DATA ------ No Data ---
9/6/1998 3 hFIRBE (Far InfraRed Balloon-borne Experiment)On the sea, near the launch site.
9/9/1998 ---MUSES-C PROBE PARACHUTE TEST--- No Data ---
5/15/19997:14 jst4 h 58 mSUPERPRESSURE BALLOON TEST--- No Data ---
5/24/1999 20 h 13 mHIGH ENERGY PRIMARY ELECTRONIC OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
5/31/1999 5 h 5mSTRATOSPHERIC CRYO SAMPLING--- No Data ---
8/31/1999 3 h 58 mSTRATOSPHERIC OZONE OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
9/1/1999 3 h 15 mUTLTRA THIN BALLOON TEST--- No Data ---
9/2/19996:55 jst6 h 55 mBETS (Balloon-borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers)--- No Data ---
9/6/19996:50 jst4 h 20 mBALLOON ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT--- No Data ---
5/31/2000 4 mOBSERVATION OF HIGH ENERGY PRIMARY ELECTRON--- No Data ---
6/3/2000 11 h 11 mLoading equipment test--- No Data ---
6/5/20006:30 jst11 h 10 mBETS (Balloon-borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers)Pacific Ocean near the launch site
6/7/200082 h 58 mTEST FLIGHT--- No Data ---
8/28/200007:13 local3 h 44 mLIQUID-HELIUM CRYOGENIC SAMPLER--- No Data ---
8/30/200010:10 local2 h 45 mSTRATOSPHERIC OZONE--- No Data ---
5/18/20017:37 local4 h 5 mTECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHTPacific Ocean
5/20/2001 6 h 12 mThe purpose was to verify communication functions assuming telecommunication between a very small satellite in orbit and a ground center. The very small satellite has been developed primarily by engineering students of the University of Tokyo--- No Data ---
5/23/2001 40 h 50 mOBSERVATION OF HIGH ENERGY PRIMARY ELECTRON--- No Data ---
5/30/2001 6 h 40 mTo collect stratospheric atmosphere using the liquid-helium cryogenic sampling system. Each 20-liter air sample on an atmospheric pressure basis was successfully collected at 11 almost-evenly spaced points at different altitudes between 14 and 34km.--- No Data ---
6/4/2001V17 h 55 mAUTOBALLASTING SYSTEM TEST--- No Data ---
8/28/2001 3 h 45 mObservation of stratospheric ozone--- No Data ---
8/29/20016:30 jst5 h 7 mHard X-ray Spectrometer for Flare Observations--- No Data ---
9/1/20016:00 jst4 h 50 mATMOSPHERIC SAMPLER--- No Data ---
9/3/20018:50 jst7 h 39 mBETS (Balloon-borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers) - Solar panels test--- No Data ---
9/6/2001 4 h 50 mFlight performance test--- No Data ---
5/23/20026:35 jst---Test flight of a new balloon made of a new ultra thin material (3.4 microns).--- No Data ---
5/24/20026:45 jst~ 11 hHard X-ray Spectrometer for Flare ObservationsA parachute failure caused the instrument to land harder than intended and as a result of the impact resulted partially destroyed.
5/30/20026:35 jst~ 5 hPOLAR BESS - Solar Array Test--- No Data ---
9/4/2002 ---CRIOGENIC SAMPLER--- No Data ---
9/7/2002 ----- No Data ----- No Data ---
9/11/2002 ----- No Data ----- No Data ---
8/23/20036:27 jst3 hSOLAR SAILPayload rescued from the sea 20 km E of Touni Bay (Long.: 142° 10' E, Lat.: 39° 14' N)
8/30/20036:22 jst~ 6 hBSMILES (Balloon-borne Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder)In the sea 40 km off the E coast of Miyako, Japan
9/1/20036:20 jst~ 4 hMACFT (Membrane Aeroshell Capsule Flight Test)On the Pacific Ocean, near japanese shore.
9/3/200317:37 jst~ 7 hSi/CdTe semiconductor Compton telescope (Prototype)--- No Data ---
9/12/2003 2 h 47 mFlight performance test (break down test)--- No Data ---
9/13/2003 2 h 50 mObservation of stratospheric ozone--- No Data ---
9/17/2003 3 h 36 mLoading equipment test (picture digital transmission)--- No Data ---
9/19/2003 5 h 10 mLoading equipment test (PLD command test)--- No Data ---
5/22/2004 3 h 17 mEngineering flight of ultra-thin high-altitude balloon--- No Data ---
5/28/2004 3 h 35 mEngineering flight of ultra-thin high-altitude balloon--- No Data ---
5/30/2004 ---MSC (Micro Segment Chamber)--- No Data ---
6/3/2004 6 h 40 mX-RAY observation--- No Data ---
6/5/2004 2 h 30 mEngineering flight of super-pressure balloon--- No Data ---
8/25/20047:30 jst---Search for UV-tolerant microbe and observation of neutron flux--- No Data ---
8/28/20046:31 jst~ 4 hMACFT (Membrane Aeroshell Capsule Flight Test)On the Pacific Ocean, near japanese shore.
9/4/20049:00 jst---Atmospheric gravity wave and ozone observation--- No Data ---
9/5/20048:50 jst---Stratospheric ozone measurement--- No Data ---
9/6/20046:44 jst---Stratospheric cryogenic sampling--- No Data ---
9/7/20046:30 jst~ 6 hBSMILES (Balloon-borne Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder)In the sea at 142º14'E - 39º21'N
5/21/2005 1 h 13 mSUPER THIN FILM HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
5/25/200518:56 JST~ 4hNUSMIT (Nagoya University SuperMirror Imaging Telescope experiment) - Test flightIn the ocean shore near Sanriku
5/29/2005 5 h 7 mSOLAR SAIL--- No Data ---
6/2/2005 4 h 34 mSUPER PRESSURE BALLOON FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
6/6/2005 23 h 5 mSTRATOSPHERIC MICROBIAL COLLECTION--- No Data ---
8/22/2005 ---High Energy electron and atmospheric gamma-ray observationsNo flight. The balloon burst at launch.
8/28/20057:40 jst---Atmospheric Gravity Waves and Stratospheric Ozone observationsAt 141º 56' N - 39º 45' W, in the Japan Sea.
8/29/200518:00 jst---Observation of the VLF radio wave which accompanies noctilucence and lightning discharge.--- No Data ---
5/27/20066:04 jst~ 3 hBOV-1 (Balloon-based Operation Vehicle)In the Japan Sea
5/31/20066:00 jst6 h 20 mbCALET-1 (Balloon-Borne CALorimetric Electron Telescope)In the Pacific Ocean
6/3/2006 6 h 30 mSTRATOSPHERIC CRYOGENIC SAMPLING--- No Data ---
6/8/2006 4 h 30 mSUPER PRESSURE BALLOON FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
6/13/2006 12 h 5 mPHENEX (Polarimetry for High ENErgy X rays)--- No Data ---
8/25/200618:33 jst~ 5 hSPRITE OBSERVATIONIn the Pacific Ocean
8/30/20066:10 jst3 h 10 mSOLAR SAILIn the Pacific Ocean
9/1/20066:11 jst7 h 38 mSMILE (Sub-MeV Gamma-Ray Imaging Loaded-on-Balloon Experiment)In the Pacific Ocean
9/2/2006 2 h 8 mSUPER PRESSURE BALLOON FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
9/4/2006 7 h 57 mNO DATA--- No Data ---
9/13/2006 1 h 52 mSUPER THIN FILM HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON FLIGHT TEST--- No Data ---
5/18/20075:55 JST2 mTECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT OF A BALLOON MADE OF ULTRA THIN MATERIAL500 Mts from the launch base.
5/29/20076:03 jst4 h 25 mBOV-2 (Balloon-based Operation Vehicle)On the sea 30 km E of Kamaishi, Japan
6/4/20076:00 jst7 h 57 mCRYOGENIC ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLER35 km from the shoreline of Kamaishi, Japan
6/15/200715:05 jst8 h 45 mFITE (Far-Infrared Interferometric Telescope Experiment) - Systems TestIn the Pacific Ocean, 60 km from Iwate
8/29/2007 5 h 5 mPOINTING SYSTEM TEST--- No Data ---
8/30/20076:02 jst3 h 20 mPERFORMANCE TEST OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL FALL SYSTEM + FUEL CELL FOR SUPER PRESSURE BALLOONIn the Pacific Ocean, 20 km from Iwate. Balloon near Towadako
9/13/20076:51 JST3 h 30 mOZONE OBSERVATION + CRISTAL BAROMETER TEST + GRAVITY WAVESIn the Ocean, near 100 kms from the shore line in front at Izaki, Japan