| Launch base | Date | Flight Duration | Experiment | Payload landing place or cause of the failure |
McMurdo | 1/1 | 20 m | GAMMA RAY / X-RAY / COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | 1/2 mile from launch pad |
McMurdo | 1/8 | 3 h | X-RAY DETECTOR | 2 miles W of Williams Field, Antarctica |
ESRANGE | 1/9 | --- | LMD | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/10 | --- | KR 005 | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/11 | --- | BON-BON | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/13 | --- | KR 007 | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/16 | --- | KR 010 | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/18 | --- | CNRS-SA | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/18 | --- | LOAL-LILLE | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/19 | --- | KR 013 | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/19 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/24 | --- | KR 017 | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/26 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 1/26 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/27 | --- | KR 023 | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/29 | --- | KFA | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/30 | --- | KR 023 | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/30 | --- | MPIK | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/31 | --- | CNRS | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/31 | --- | KR 025 | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 2/2 | --- | KR 027 | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 2/5 | --- | MPIK | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 2/6 | --- | -- No Data -- | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 2/8 | --- | TECHNO BA | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 2/9 | --- | JUMBO | --- No Data --- |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 2/19 | --- | RASCIBA (Radar - SCIdar - Ballon) | --- No Data --- |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 2/20 | --- | RASCIBA (Radar - SCIdar - Ballon) | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 2/20 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 2/22 | --- | RASCIBA (Radar - SCIdar - Ballon) | --- No Data --- |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 3/1 | --- | RASCIBA (Radar - SCIdar - Ballon) | --- No Data --- |
Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 3/13 | 23 h | MAGNETIC STORM OBSERVATION | In California - Paraná. |
Laramie (WY) | 3/21 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Hyderabad | 3/24 | --- | X-RAY STUDIES | Payload lost |
Laramie (WY) | 4/6 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Hyderabad | 4/9 | 3 h 55 m | Gas sampling and radiation measurements | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 4/20 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 5/4 | --- | SDS (Solar Disk Sextant) | 15 miles W of Sayre, Oklahoma, US |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/4 | --- | MIPAS-B1 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 5/5 | --- | BALLOON STRESS TEST | 10 miles W of Tulia, Texas, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 5/12 | --- | Dual-beam In-Situ UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer | 8 miles W of Dimmit, Texas, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 5/21 | --- | ---No Data--- | Aborted flight |
Laramie (WY) | 5/22 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 5/22 | --- | PIROG 4 (Pointing InfraRed Observing Gondola) | The gondola landed practically undamaged in a swamp a few hundred meters from the launch pad. |
ESRANGE | 5/23 | --- | MIKROBA | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 5/24 | F 7 h 4 m | COSMIC RADIATION EXPERIMENT | 32 miles SW of Brownwood, Texas, US |
Laramie (WY) | 5/24 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 5/31 | 21 h | GRIS (Gamma-Ray Imaging Spectrometer) | 5 miles NE of Show Low, Arizona, US |
Palestine (TX) | 6/4 | F 9 h | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE | 10 miles SW of Coleman, Texas, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 6/4 | 28 h | FIRS-2 (far infrared Fourier transform spectrometer) / Dual-beam In-Situ UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer | 22 miles NW of Prescott, Arizona, US |
Laramie (WY) | 6/7 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 6/26 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 7/2 | F 6 h 40 m | MAX (Millimeter wavelength Anisotropy eXperiment) | 23 miles WNW of San Angelo, Texas, US |
Trapani | 7/9 | ~ 9 h | FIGARO II (French Italian Gamma Ray Observatory) | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 7/10 | --- | HEAVY LOAD TEST | 8 miles S of Belen, New Mexico, US |
Laramie (WY) | 7/11 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 7/20 | F 1 h 17 m | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | Freefall from 120 kft. 25 Miles N of Brady, Texas, US |
Trapani | 7/22 | --- | THEMIS | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 7/26 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Roswell (NM) | 7/28 | 4 h 40 m | PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 7/28 | --- | HEAVY LOAD TEST | 9 miles NW of Corona, New Mexico, US |
Roswell (NM) | 7/29 | 3 h 55 m | PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- |
Roswell (NM) | 7/30 | 5 h 25 m | PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- |
Roswell (NM) | 7/31 | 5 h 40 m | PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- |
Roswell (NM) | 8/2 | 4 h 25 m | PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- |
Xiang He | 8/5 | 73 h | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | 130 km from Tashkent, Russia |
Laramie (WY) | 8/6 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Lynn Lake (MB) | 8/9 | --- | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 35 miles SE of High Level, Alberta, Canada |
Vanscoy (SK) | 8/12 | --- | -- No Data -- | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 8/13 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 8/16 | F 2 h 42 m | BALLOON TEST | 26 miles W of Brownwood, Texas, US |
Vanscoy (SK) | 8/19 | --- | -- No Data -- | --- No Data --- |
Lynn Lake (MB) | 8/26 | --- | MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER | 28 miles SE of Leaf Rapids, Manitoba, Canada |
Vanscoy (SK) | 8/26 | --- | -- No Data -- | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 8/27 | --- | PIROG 5 (Pointing InfraRed Observing Gondola) | Shootdown by soviet fighters near the Finish-Russian border. |
Palestine (TX) | 8/29 | F 4 h 27 m | SOLAR OBSERVATION | Inside Big Spring, Texas, US |
Vanscoy (SK) | 8/30 | --- | -- No Data -- | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 9/2 | F 8 h 27 m | LONG DURATION SYSTEMS TEST | 13 miles S of Sweetwater, Texas, US |
Palestine (TX) | 9/6 | F 4 h 48 m | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 16 miles S of Mexia, Texas, US |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/6 | --- | FALKE | --- No Data --- |
NAS Tillamook (OR) | 9/8 | 31 h | EARTHWINDS (Dzhanibehov - Lachenmeier - Moses - Newman) | In Omak, Washington, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/19 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE | 10 miles NNW of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
Laramie (WY) | 9/24 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/26 | --- | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 13 miles NW of Olathe, Kansas, US |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/26 | --- | FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | Near Alès, Languedoc, France |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/27 | --- | Mk IV + in situ O3 Photometer | 47 miles ESE of Childress, Texas, US |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/6 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/9 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE | 10 miles NE of Seymour, Texas, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/11 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE | 13 miles S of Shawnee, Oklahoma, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/23 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE | 17 miles E of Lockney, Texas, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/28 | --- | SUPERPRESION BALLOON | 10 miles S of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, US |
Laramie (WY) | 10/29 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/30 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE | 4.5 miles NW of Kenna, New Mexico, US |
Mendoza | 11/?? | ~ 5 h | GRAVITY WAVES STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
Mendoza | 11/?? | ~ 5 h | GRAVITY WAVES STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
Mendoza | 11/?? | ~ 5 h | GRAVITY WAVES STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 11/14 | 30 h | SUPERNOVA 1987 A OBSERVATION | In Meridiano - Sao Paulo. |
Paraná | 11/18 | --- | COSMIC RAYS DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
Mendoza | 11/23 | ~ 5 h | GRAVITY WAVES STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 11/29 | 12 h | WELCOME I | In Ribas do Rio Pardo - Mato Grosso do Sul |
Laramie (WY) | 11/30 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
McMurdo | 12/21 | 8 d 17 h 39 m | HARD X-RAY AND GAMMA RAY DETECTORS | 113 miles SE of McMurdo Station, Antarctica |
Syowa | 12/25 | --- | Polar Patrol Balloon (PPB) - Test flight | --- No Data --- |