In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1987, 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 base | Date | Flight Duration | Experiment | Payload landing place or cause of the failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Laramie (WY) | 1/9 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 1/14 | 5 h 45 m | ASTROFILM LOW LIGHT LEVEL | 30 miles NE of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
 Alice Springs | 1/25 | 6 d 6 h | JACEE 7 (Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment) | In Concepcion, Paraguay |
| Laramie (WY) | 1/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 ESRANGE | 2/5 | --- | ACIMS (Active Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer) + CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Alice Springs | 2/9 | 12 d | OBSERVATION OF THE SUN CORONA | In Palotina, Parana, Brazil |
| ESRANGE | 2/11 | --- | CHEOPS | --- No Data --- |
 Vanscoy (SK) | 2/19 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
| Alice Springs | 2/19 | --- | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 2/23 | --- | BMS ANTENNA TEST | 30 miles NE of Meridian, Mississippi, US |
 TIFR Hyderabad | 2/24 | --- | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | Ground abort. |
| Vanscoy (SK) | 2/26 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 2/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 3/2 | --- | BALLOON MATERIAL TEST | 20 miles N of Lawton, Oklahoma, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 3/5 | --- | TEST BALLOON | 7 miles N of Leesville, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 3/6 | --- | BALLOON TEST | 2 miles N of DeQuincy, Louisiana, US |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 3/6 | --- | BALLOON MATERIAL TEST | 3 miles W of Ralls, Texas, US |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 3/26 | 1 h 20 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (MPAE) + MULTICHANNEL RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 3/26 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 4/2 | --- | 102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | 15 miles NW of Waco, Texas, US |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 4/8 | 4 h | IONIZATION MEASUREMENTS + ELECTRO-DYNAMICS EXPERIENCE + IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program) | --- No Data --- |
| Alice Springs | 4/13 | 2 h | X-RAY / GAMMA RAY ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
| Alice Springs | 4/19 | 9 h | SN87A - I | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 4/23 | --- | COSMIC RADIATION EXPERIMENT | 23 miles SE of Meridian, Mississippi, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/27 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/?? | --- | FOCA 1500 (FOcal Corrector Anastigmat 1500) | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 5/8 | --- | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 18 miles N of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/10 | --- | BLISS (Balloon-borne Laser In-Situ Sensor) | 15 miles SW of Lufkin, Texas, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 5/16 | ALFAN II (Airborne Measurement of Low Frequency Atmospheric Noise) | Near Deming, New Mexico, US | |
 Sanriku | 5/19 | 12 h 7 m | OBSERVATION OF STRATOSPHERIC NO2 | --- No Data --- |
| Alice Springs | 5/20 | F 8 h 24 m | GRIP (Gamma-Ray Imaging Payload) | 15 miles S of Middleton, Australia |
| Sanriku | 5/25 | 32 h 34 m | EMULSION CHAMBER | In the Pacific Ocean, off Ofunato, Japan |
| Laramie (WY) | 5/29 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Alice Springs | 5/30 | F 9 h 40 m | GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER | 15 miles NNE of Clermount, Australia |
| Sanriku | 5/31 | 3 h 37 m | SEA RECOVERY TEST | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 6/2 | 7 h 59 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Alice Springs | 6/2 | 20 m | BELL/SANDIA GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | Balloon failure at 10.000 ft. Landed 3 miles S of Alice Springs, Australia |
| Sanriku | 6/6 | 2 h 17 m | NEW LAUNCH METHOD VERIFICATION | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/7 | --- | TRANSIT OMEGA TEST | 10 miles NW of Wink, Texas, US |
| Alice Springs | 6/8 | F 9 h 57 m | SUPERNOVA OBSERVATION | 40 miles N of Longreach, Australia |
| Gap-Tallard | 6/23 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (MPAE) | --- No Data --- |
| Roswell (NM) | 6/25 | --- | SCRIBE 99 (Stratospheric Cryogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | On the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/25 | --- | INFRARED TELESCOPE | 9 miles SW of McGregor, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/27 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 20 miles SW of Abilene, Texas, US |
 Trapani | 7/7 | 19 h 42 m | THEMIS | Near Sevilla, Spain |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/8 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/15 | --- | HARVARD LYMAN-ALPHA HYGROMETER | 8 miles W of Coleman, Texas, US |
| Trapani | 7/15 | 20 h 52 m | MIFRASO (Milano - FRAscati - Southampton) | Near Sevilla, Spain |
 Kamchatka | 7/17 | --- | TWO PROTON MAGNETOMETERS | In Saratov region, Russia |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/23 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Kamchatka | 7/25 | --- | TWO PROTON MAGNETOMETERS | In Saratov region, Russia |
| Wallops (VA) | 7/26 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 5 miles W of Miller Tavern, Virginia, US |
| Wallops (VA) | 7/26 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 15 miles NNE of Farmville, Virginia, US |
| Wallops (VA) | 7/28 | F 3 h 20 m | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 2 miles W of Meherrin, Virginia, US |
| Kagoshima | 7/29 | 17 h 32 m | NITRIC OXID MEASUREMENTS | 80 Km E of Nanking, China |
| Trapani | 7/29 | 22 h 5 m | ARGO | Near Sevilla, Spain |
| Wallops (VA) | 7/29 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 25 miles NE of Roanoke, Virginia, US |
| Wallops (VA) | 7/29 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | In Lanexa, Virginia, US |
| Wallops (VA) | 7/31 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 14 miles S of Flat Rock, Virginia, US |
| ESRANGE | 8/?? | --- | PIROG 2 (Pointing InfraRed Observing Gondola) | --- No Data --- |
| Wallops (VA) | 8/1 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 20 miles SSE of Lynchburg, Virginia, US |
| Kagoshima | 8/3 | 10 h 32 m | GALACTIC IR OBSERVATIONS | In China |
| Prince Albert (SK) | 8/4 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 34 miles W of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Trapani | 8/4 | 18 h 10 m | AROME | Near Sevilla, Spain |
| Kagoshima | 8/10 | 1 h 10 m | STELLAR IR OBSERVATIONS | Balloon burst |
| Prince Albert (SK) | 8/13 | 10 h 30 m | PBAR | 40 miles N of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Prince Albert (SK) | 8/15 | 14 h 40 m | ALICE (A Large Isotopic Composition Experiment) | 20 miles N of Vegreville, Alberta, Canada |
| Vanscoy (SK) | 8/16 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 8/19 | --- | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | Balloon failure at 50.000 ft. Payload landed 2.5 miles SE of Elkhart Texas, US |
| Prince Albert (SK) | 8/21 | 22 h | LEAP (Low Energy Antiproton Experiment) | 2 miles WSW of Mapple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Palestine (TX) | 8/23 | --- | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 24 miles W of San Angelo Texas, US |
| Prince Albert (SK) | 8/25 | --- | LEE (Low Energy Electrons) | 12 miles S of Coronation, Alberta, Canada |
| Laramie (WY) | 8/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Roswell (NM) | 8/30 | 4 h 39 m | ABLE II (Atmospheric Balloon Lidar Experiment) | Gardner Peak, New Mexico, US |
 Xiang He | 8/31 | --- | X-RAY TELESCOPE - PROTOTYPE | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/2 | --- | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 5 miles NW of Mentone, Texas, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/17 | --- | CHEMILUMINESCENT NO DETECTOR + UV ABSORPTION PHOTOMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/23 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/23 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 15 NE of Alexandria, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/24 | --- | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | 13 miles ESE of Booneville, Arkansas, US |
| Sanriku | 9/24 | 41 h 50 m | OBSERVATION OF ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELD | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 9/28 | 46 h | HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/1 | --- | AIR SAMPLING STUDY FOR KRYPTON-85 | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 10/3 | 2 h | HIMES - JET CONTROLLED GONDOLA TEST | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/4 | --- | FIRS-2 (Far infrared Fourier transform spectrometer) | 3 miles SE of Groveton, Texas, US |
 Poços de Caldas (MG) | 10/10 | 18 h | SUGAR (Supernova Gamma Ray) | In Alpinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/10 | --- | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | 8 miles SE of Oakdale, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/13 | --- | BLISS (Balloon-borne Laser In-Situ Sensor) | 8 miles SE of Atmore, Alabama, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/18 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 3 miles W of Cuba, Alabama, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/23 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/28 | --- | SPECIAL GONDOLA TEST | City limits of Jackson, Alabama, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/28 | --- | AIR SAMPLING STUDY FOR KRYPTON-85 | --- No Data --- |
| Alice Springs | 10/29 | 40 h | GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER | 10 miles S of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Laramie (WY) | 10/30 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Alice Springs | 11/8 | --- | GRIP (Gamma-Ray Imaging Payload) | Aborted launch |
| Alice Springs | 11/18 | 11 h 30 m | GRIP (Gamma-Ray Imaging Payload) | 400 miles W of Alice Springs, Australia |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 11/18 | 4 h 27 m | HIGH RESOLUTION INTERFEROMETER | 23 miles SW of Ardmore, Oklahoma, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 12/3 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 12/3 | 3 h 10 m | SF-372 MATERIAL TEST | 21 miles SW of Guthrie, Texas, US |
| Alice Springs | 12/6 | 10 h 50 m | GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER | 550 miles W of Alice Springs, Australia |
| Trapani | 12/7 | --- | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 12/9 | 4 h 10 m | SF-372 MATERIAL TEST | 9 miles W of Haskell, Texas, US |
 Syowa | 12/18 | 5 d | PPB (Polar Patrol Balloon) - Test flight | --- No Data --- |
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