Stratospheric balloons launched

worldwide in 1994

In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1994, 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
McMurdo1/2~ 9 dJACEE 12 (Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment)443 miles ESE of McMurdo, Antarctica
TIFR Hyderabad1/55 h 45 mIONIZATION MEASUREMENTS, ELECTRO-DYNAMICS EXPERIENCE--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)1/10---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Reno (NV)1/12---EARTHWINDS (Abruzzo - Melton - Newman)In Tranquility, California, US
Latacunga1/1442 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
Latacunga1/187 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/212 h 49 mOPENING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Thule1/223,04 dPOVORBEX (POlar VORrtex Balloon Experiment)--- No Data ---
Latacunga1/237 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)1/2311 hFGE (Flare Genesis Experiment)3 miles SE of Paducah, Texas, US
ESRANGE1/2522 mRADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon) + BALLAD (BALloon Limb Aerosol Detection)--- No Data ---
Cachoeira Paulista (SP)1/268 hr 20 mDOUBLE PROBE ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR--- No Data ---
Latacunga1/286 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/312 h 30 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/13 h 55 mTRIPLE (BONBON)--- No Data ---
Cachoeira Paulista (SP)2/1---DOUBLE PROBE ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/23 h 5 mRADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon) + BALLAD (BALloon Limb Aerosol Detection)--- No Data ---
Latacunga2/310 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/52 h 32 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/84 h 11 mRADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon) + BALLAD (BALloon Limb Aerosol Detection)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/92 h 42 m???????????? + Dual-beam In-Situ UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/102 h 17 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)2/11---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Andoya2/19---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad2/20---INFRARED ASTRONOMY--- No Data ---
Andoya3/3---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)3/8---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour3/172 hOPENING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Andoya3/21---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour3/232 h 20 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour3/232 h 20 mSTAHOZ--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour3/243 h 3 mAMON (Absorption de Minoritaires, Ozone et NOx)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour3/301 h 24 mPREDYN--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad4/168 hCRYOGENIC SAMPLER (ISRO)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour4/213 h 8 mBTS Electronique--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad4/23---DEVELOPMENTAL FLIGHT (D7)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)4/30---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour5/28 h 15 mPIROG 7 (Pointing InfraRed Observing Gondola)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour5/27 h 54 mMACSIMS (Measurement of Atmospheric Constituents by Selective Ion Mass Spectrometry)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)5/3F 26 hHEAT (High-Energy Antimatter Telescope)6 miles W of Wellington, Texas, US
Aire Sur L'Adour5/61 h 50 m''UN BALLON POUR L'ECOLE'' PROJECT--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour5/106 h 8 mFOCA 1500 (FOcal Corrector Anastigmat 1500)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)5/15---IBEX (Infrared Balloon-borne EXperiment)35 miles W of Pueblo, Colorado, US
Laramie (WY)5/21---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)5/2222 hMKIV INTERFEROMETER + FIRS-2 (far infrared Fourier transform spectrometer) + UV O3 PHOTOMETER8 miles SW of Datil, New Mexico, US
Wallops (VA)5/26---THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES3 miles E of Wallops, Virgina, US
Wallops (VA)5/27---THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES25 miles NW of Culpeper, Virgina, US
Sanriku5/29 OPTICAL OZONE SENSOR--- No Data ---
Sanriku5/30 OPTICAL OZONE SENSOR--- No Data ---
Sanriku6/110 hHEAVY COSMIC PARTICLES DETECTORPayload recovered from the sea near the Oga peninsula in Japan
Palestine (TX)6/2F 10 13 mMSAM-1 (Medium-Scale Anisotropy Measurement)25 miles W of Odessa, Texas, US
Sanriku6/5---GLIDING PARACHUTE EXPERIMENT--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/7F 7 h 36 mGRATIS (Gamma Ray Arcminute Telescope Imaging System)9 miles E of Menard, Texas, US
Gap-Tallard6/139 h 50 mOPENING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/159 h 10 mCASOLBA (CAlibration de cellules SOLaires sur vol BAllon)--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/179 h 38 mELHYSA + Aerosols--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/1810 h 12 mALIZE--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/20F 8 hMAX (Millimeter wavelength Anisotropy eXperiment)7 miles SW of Barnhart, Texas, US
Gap-Tallard6/219 h 52 mELHYSA + H2O--- No Data ---
Wallops (VA)6/22---THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES10 miles SE of Wallops, Virgina, US
Gap-Tallard6/233 h 39 mETNA (Equipement de Télécommunication Numérique pour Aérostat)--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/276 h 56 mETNA (Equipement de Télécommunication Numérique pour Aérostat)--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/288 h 14 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)7/10F 3 h 22 mATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES30 miles W of Brady, Texas, US
Ny-Alesund7/23 OPTICAL OZONE SENSOR--- No Data ---
Ny-Alesund7/27 OPTICAL OZONE SENSOR--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)8/1---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Lynn Lake (MB)8/1---BESS (Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer)45 miles NW of Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada
Palestine (TX)8/6F 6 h 2 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION10 miles S of Ballinger, Texas, US
Lynn Lake (MB)8/823 hCAPRICE (Cosmic AntiParticle Ring Imaging Cherenkov)150 km N of Peace River, Alberta, Canada
Lynn Lake (MB)8/1776 hLDBV (Long Duration Balloon Vehicle) + TIC (Thin Ionization Calorimeter)13 miles NW of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Palestine (TX)8/27F 5 h 7 mMOLECULAR OXIGEN OBSERVATION23 miles SW of San Angelo, Texas, US
Sanriku8/272 hOPTICAL OZONE SENSOR--- No Data ---
Lynn Lake (MB)8/28---AESOP (Anti-Electron Sub Orbital Payload) + LEE (Low Energy Electrons)49 miles NE of Laronge, Saskatchewan, Canada
Sanriku8/318 hCRYOGENIC SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/2---PROMETHEUS I - Gamma Ray TelescopeBalloon failure. Impact 14 miles SE of Palestine, Texas, US
Sanriku9/38 h 30 mBICE (Balloon-borne Infrared Carbon Explorer)In Ofunato Bay, in the Sea of Japan
Sanriku9/812 hPAYLOAD UNKNOWN--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)9/10F 4 h 32 mPROMETHEUS I - Gamma Ray Telescope15 miles SW of Mason, Texas, US
Aire Sur L'Adour9/134 h 25 mTM 1,5 Ghz + SRA / GPS--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)9/14---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Xiang He9/15---OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTER--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/1732 hPRONAOS (Projet National d'Astronomie Submillimetrique)25 miles SE of Gallup, New Mexico, US
Aire Sur L'Adour9/259 h 13 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/26~ 10 hSDS (Solar Disk Sextant)15 miles N of Clovis, New Mexico, US
Aire Sur L'Adour10/76 h 44 mBONBON + S:S--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)10/9---UV O3 PHOTOMETER20 miles SE of Childress, Texas, US
Aire Sur L'Adour10/115 h 48 mBAMAS (Ballongetragenes Massenspektrometer) + DESCARTES--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)10/12---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/124 h 45 mMULTI-INSTRUMENTED GONDOLA OZONOXY--- No Data ---
Kamchatka10/13---THREE PROTON MAGNETOMETERS--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/132 h 25 mRADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon) + BALLAD (BALloon Limb Aerosol Detection)--- No Data ---
Sanriku10/1819 hSATELLITE COMMUNICATION EXPERIMENT--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)10/19---8000# PAYLOAD TEST FLIGHT10 miles N of Elk City, Oklahoma, US
Sanriku10/212 hBALLOON ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/283 h 34 mLPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere)--- No Data ---
Lauder10/31---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Andoya11/3---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)11/14---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad11/16---LASE (Large Area Scintillation counter Experiment)Balloon failure
León11/182 h 8 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
León11/184 h 16 mOPENING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
León11/216 h 48 mMACSIMS (Measurement of Atmospheric Constituents by Selective Ion Mass Spectrometry)--- No Data ---
León11/304 h 2 mBOCCAD (Balloon OCCultation Aerosol Detection)--- No Data ---
León12/15 h 56 mPAYLOAD UNKNOWN--- No Data ---
León12/83 h 2 mPREDYN--- No Data ---
Cachoeira Paulista (SP)12/208 h 55 mTIMAX (Telescopio Imageador de Raios X)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)12/21---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
McMurdo12/21~ 13 dJACEE 13 (Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment)Victoria Land at 73 45' S, 152 22' E in Antarctica
Reno (NV)12/31---EARTHWINDS (Melton - Newman - Saad)Anchor balloon failure. Capsule landed in Fallon, Nevada, US

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