Stratospheric balloons launched

worldwide in 1999

In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1999, 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
Goa1/1620 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 4.4º N 88.8º W
ESRANGE1/183 hELHYSA + DIRAC--- No Data ---
Syowa1/181 h 30 mGRAB SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Syowa1/182 h 30 mGRAB SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Goa1/196 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 2.2º S 64.2º W
Arena Arctica1/21---LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde)--- No Data ---
Goa1/211 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Over Central India
Goa1/225 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 3.2º S 77.7º W
Sanriku1/253 h 22 mATMOSPHERIC OZONE OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
Goa1/265 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 2.5º S 73.2º W
ESRANGE1/276 h 15 mMIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) + SFINX--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/272 h 53 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ-BrO + DESCARTES--- No Data ---
Goa1/2710 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 0.2º S 89.2º W
ESRANGE1/302 h 37 mELHYSA + DIRAC--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/61 h 41 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ-BrO + DESCARTES--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/65 h 9 mTRIPLE (FISH + ? + ?)--- No Data ---
Goa2/78 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 6.2º S 64.2º W
Goa2/74 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 22.1º N 78.3º W
Arena Arctica2/8---LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde)--- No Data ---
Arena Arctica2/8---LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/103 h 30 mLPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/111 h 35 mBPS support flight--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/114 h 47 mAMON (Absorption de Minoritaires, Ozone et NOx) + AMON-RA--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/12---BACKDOOR--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/12---BACKSCATTER--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/12---BACKSCATTER--- No Data ---
Goa2/129 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 1.0º S 59.5º W
Goa2/1310 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 3.8º S 71.4º W
Goa2/159 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 0.1º N 71.8º W
ESRANGE2/185 h7 ENG BALLOON TEST FLIGHT # 1In Finland
ESRANGE2/182 h 29 mTechnological flight ALLEGEE system--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/187 dSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + CH4 + O3In Siberia on the russian federation.
ESRANGE2/1917 dLABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) + O3In the Canada coast at 54º 97' N - 56º 70' W
Goa2/194 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 0.4º N 65.6º W
Goa2/204 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 6.7º N 61.7º W
Lauder2/21---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Goa2/2110 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 5.3º S 38.0º W
ESRANGE2/222 h 25 mORION--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/233 h 28 mSDLA-LAMA (Spectromètre à Diode Laser Accordable - Laser pour l'Analyse du Méthane Atmosphérique)--- No Data ---
Goa2/236 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 2.9º N 59.5º W
Holloman AFB (NM)2/24---TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHTnear Loving, New Mexico, US
ESRANGE2/25---PAYLOAD UNKNOWN--- No Data ---
Goa2/257 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 1.8º N 48.3º W
Goa2/2811 dBLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) - INDOEXLost Signal at 9.5º N 49.1º W
Laramie (WY)3/18---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad4/14---LASE (Large Area Scintillation counter Experiment)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour4/153 hSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + CH4 + O3--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour4/194 h 15 mOPENING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
ESRANGE4/20---TESTBILD--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)4/20---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour4/213 hSAOZ + DIRAC + O3--- No Data ---
Hondo (NM)4/27~ 6 hSOUNDERS of Jourdanton, Texas, U.S.
Aire Sur L'Adour4/283 h 22 mSALOMON (Spectroscopie d'Absorption Lunaire pour l'Observation des Minoritaires Ozone et Nox)--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad4/29---CRYOSAMPLER (Cryogenic atmospheric sampler)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour4/298 h 50 mMIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) + SFINX--- No Data ---
ESRANGE5/3---OZONE SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour5/34 h 23 mTRIPLE + HALOMAX--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour5/53 h 2 mELHYSA + DIRAC--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)5/79 h 30 mLXeGRIT (Liquid Xenon Gama-Ray Imaging Telescope)10 miles NW of Fairview, Oklahoma, US
Aire Sur L'Adour5/104 h 9 mSDLA-LAMA (Spectromètre à Diode Laser Accordable - Laser pour l'Analyse du Méthane Atmosphérique)--- No Data ---
Sanriku5/154 h 58 mSUPERPRESSURE BALLOON TEST--- No Data ---
Sanriku5/2420 h 13 mHIGH ENERGY PRIMARY ELECTRONIC OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)5/3024 h 40 mHEAT pbar (High-Energy Antimatter Telescope)22 miles SW of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US
Sanriku5/315 h 5mCRYOGENIC SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Trapani6/??---BOOMERANG--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/117 h 35 mOPENING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/14F 5 h 15 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION16 miles SW of Lometra, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)6/17F 8 h 31 mMAXIMA (Millimeter anisotropy experiment imaging array)15 miles N of Sterling City, Texas, US
Gap-Tallard6/176 h 47 mMACSIMS (Measurement of Atmospheric Constituents by Selective Ion Mass Spectrometry)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)6/23---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/237 h 54 mVERDI--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/2512 h 8 mLPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/296 h 58 mSPIRALE (Spectroscopie Infra-Rouge par Absorption de Laser Embarqué)--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/307 h 56 mINMARSAT SYSTEM TEST--- No Data ---
Trapani7/517 hsCOBY IIIn Spain
Palestine (TX)7/6F 5 h 8 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION5 miles W of Knickobacker, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)7/6F 6 h 33 mSPRITES DETECTION5 miles W of Knickobacker, Texas, US
Gap-Tallard7/63 h 4 mSAOZ + SAOZ-BrO + Descartes + CH4 + 2*O3/U + H2O/U--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard7/72 h 21 mµRADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon)--- No Data ---
Kamchatka7/8141 hRUNJOB VIII (RUssia-Nippon JOint Balloon program)In Kirov, Russia
Kamchatka7/12145 hRUNJOB IX (RUssia-Nippon JOint Balloon program)In Rozhki, Russia
Kamchatka7/13148 hRUNJOB X (RUssia-Nippon JOint Balloon program)In Tolkay, Russia
Kamchatka7/14146 hRUNJOB XI (RUssia-Nippon JOint Balloon program)In Orenburug, Russia
Trapani7/17~ 24 hsARCHEOPSNear Granja de Torre Hermosa, Badajoz, Spain
Laramie (WY)7/18---HALOZ--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)7/21---HALOZ + AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Lynn Lake (MB)8/1~ 2 hrBESS (Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer)Reindeer Lake, Saskatchewan, Canadá
Trapani8/2~ 14 hIBEX (Infrared Balloon-borne EXperiment) + GPSR-MEBEXNear Nerpio, a town in the Sierra de Segura, Albacete province of Huelva, Spain.
Lynn Lake (MB)8/1138 h 22 m (34.8 hr)BESS (Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer)22 miles NE of Hotchkiss, Alberta, Canada
Ottumwa (IA)8/1413 h 29 m (10 h)SPRITES DETECTION5 miles NW of Carleton, Nebraska, US
Ottumwa (IA)8/14---SPRITES DETECTIONAborted flight
Lynn Lake (MB)8/1745 h 13 m (42 h)AESOP (Anti-Electron Sub Orbital Payload) + LEE (Low Energy Electrons)16 miles ENE of Peace River, Alberta, Canada
Ottumwa (IA)8/2111 h 34 m (8 hr 30 m)SPRITES DETECTION5 miles of Endicott, Nebraska, US
ESRANGE8/26~ 2 hSKERRIES 2By the lake Kitkiöjärvi near the Finnish border.
Sanriku8/313 h 58 mSTRATOSPHERIC OZONE OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/13 h 15 mUTLTRA THIN BALLOON TEST--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/26 h 55 mBETS (Balloon-borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE9/6---TELEMETRY TEST--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/64 h 20 mBALLOON ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)9/16---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/2031 h 50 mTRACER (Transition Radiation Array for Cosmic Energetic Radiation)16 miles S of Roswell, New Mexico, US
Fort Sumner (NM)9/2211.5 hPRONAOS (Projet National d'Astronomie Submillimetrique)16 miles S of Alamogordo, New Mexico, US
Fort Sumner (NM)10/3---UPPER ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH40 miles of Amarillo, Texas, US
Aire Sur L'Adour10/65 h 50 mCASOLBA (CAlibration de cellules SOLaires sur vol BAllon)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/117 h 8 mOZONE SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/126 h 10 mTM ALLEGEE--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/213 h 44 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + TM ALLEGEE--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)10/232 hULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon)3 miles S of Melrose, New Mexico, US
Laramie (WY)10/25---HALOZ--- No Data ---
ESRANGE11/9~ 2 hSKERRIES 3--- No Data ---
ESRANGE11/11---TELEMETRY TEST--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad11/12---INFRARED ASTRONOMYGround abort
Laramie (WY)11/15---HALOZ--- No Data ---
Andoya11/172 h 58 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + DESCARTESAt coordinates 69º 31' 08" North, 20º 31' 40" East.
ESRANGE11/195 h 18 mOMS Gondola - Analizador de CO2 / LACE / UV O3 PHOTOMETER / ALIAS II9 miles S of Kittila, Sweden
TIFR Hyderabad11/25---FPS100 - INFRARED TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad12/3---FIRBE (Far InfraRed Balloon-borne Experiment)53 km from Hyderabad, India.
ESRANGE12/36 h 43 mMKIV INTERFEROMETER / SLS Microwave Instrument (both JPL) and DESCARTES instrument (IRF)12 miles S of Orajarvi, Sweden
ESRANGE12/4---AEROCLIPPER--- No Data ---
ESRANGE12/43 h 40 mOPENING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
ESRANGE12/6---AEROCLIPPER--- No Data ---
ESRANGE12/102 h 34 mETNA (Equipement de Télécommunication Numérique pour Aérostat)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)12/10---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
ESRANGE12/15~ 2 hSKERRIES 4--- No Data ---
ESRANGE12/171 h 49 mETNA (Equipement de Télécommunication Numérique pour Aérostat)--- No Data ---

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