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Stratospheric balloons launched on 2001

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Launch siteDateScientific ExperimentPayload landing site
Holloman AFB (NM)??/??HARBOR MIST (High Altitude RIT Balloon Operations Research Multispectral Imaging System Test)No Data   
McMurdo (AQ)1/4TOP HAT--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)1/11MIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne)--- No data ---  
ESRANGE (SE)1/12PSC 1--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)1/12ARCHEOPS--- No data ---   
Hyderabad (IN)1/21CRYOSAMPLER (Criogenic atmpospheric sampler)--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)1/29ARCHEOPSIn Syktyvkar, Russian Federation   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/13SAOZ + RUMBAPayload retrieved a few days after by soldiers of the Gendarmeria Nacional in a location known as El Retiro 30 kms from La Estrella town in the province of Salta.   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/15SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)Payload retrieved by a helicopter of the Bazilian Air Force in the Cuiaba Paulista region near Mirante do Paranapanema. 
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/15SAMBA + INMARSATPayload lost.  
ESRANGE (SE)2/17MAP 21--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)2/19MAP 22--- No data ---   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/21SAOZ + MICRO LIDAR experience.Payload retrieved by a helicopter of the Bazilian Air Force in the Cuiaba Paulista region.  
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/21SAMBA + RUMBA + LABS--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)2/22MAP 23--- No data ---   
ABLS, Alice Spring (AU)2/25NIGHTGLOW + ULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon)132 miles (212 kilometers) west-southwest of the launch site. 
ESRANGE (SE)2/28MAP 24--- No data ---   
ABLS, Alice Spring (AU)3/10ULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon)Near the west coast line of Australia 
ESRANGE (SE)3/13LPMA-IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer)25 km at west of Liminkojarvi city, Sweden. 
ESRANGE (SE)3/16MAP 25--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)3/17MAP (long duration)--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)3/20JUMBO--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)3/21MAP 26--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)3/21VLD 02 (long duration)--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)3/23Techno flight--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)3/27VLD 03 + RUMBA--- No data ---   
Hyderabad (IN)4/10Developmental FlightNo Data   
Sanriku (JP)5/18The 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 TokyoPayload retrieved from Pacific Ocean  
Sanriku (JP)5/20The 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 ---   
Ft. Sumner (NM)5/23HERO (High Energy Replicated Optics)--- No data ---  
Sanriku (JP)5/23OBSERVATION OF HIGH ENERGY PRIMARY ELECTRON--- No data ---   
Ft. Sumner (NM)5/26ULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon)--- No data ---   
Sanriku (JP)5/30To 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 ---   
Sanriku (JP)6/4AUTOBALLASTING SYSTEM TEST--- No data ---   
Gap (FR)6/11SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No data ---  
Gap (FR)6/14CLAIRE (Gamma-Ray Lens Telescope)In the Bergerac region, (Dordogne), France 
Trapani (IT)6/15HASI (Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument)En Sicilia, Italia  
Gap (FR)6/20SPIRALE (Spectroscopie Infra-Rouge par Absorption de Laser Embarqué)--- No data ---  
Gap (FR)6/21CASOLBA (CAlibration de cellules SOLaires sur vol BAllon)--- No data ---  
Gap (FR)6/21SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + PAPARAZZI--- No data ---  
NSBF, Palestine (TX)6/26SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No data ---   
Trapani (IT)7/2BIRBA (Biological Radiation on Balloon)On the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar strait  
NSBF, Palestine (TX)7/4SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No data ---   
NSBF, Palestine (TX)7/6INFOCUS (International Focusing Optics Collaboration for uCrab Sensitivity)--- No data ---   
Trapani (IT)7/14BIRBA (Biological Radiation on Balloon)En Sicilia, Italia  
NSBF, Palestine (TX)7/18UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH--- No data ---   
Trapani (IT)7/23BABY (BAckground BYpass)En Sicilia, Italia  
NSBF, Palestine (TX)8/4GLAST BFEM (Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope - Balloon Flight Engineering Model)Near San Angelo, Texas, USA  
ESRANGE (SE)8/9Campaign opening flight--- No data ---   
Tillamook NAS (OR)8/9KITTY HAWK 3The payload (a model plane) landed in Tillamook Airport   
ESRANGE (SE)8/14NAL Mock-up--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)8/16CNES Mock-up--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)8/21LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS200 km east of Kiruna, Sweden 
ESRANGE (SE)8/23SAOZ-ODIN--- No data ---   
Sanriku (JP)8/28Observation of stratospheric ozone--- No data ---   
Sanriku (JP)8/29Hard X-ray Spectrometer for Flare Observations--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)8/29CNES Techno-TM--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)8/31HSFD (High Speed Flight Demonstrator)No launch  
Sanriku (JP)9/1ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLERNo Data   
Sanriku (JP)9/3BETS (Balloon-borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers) - Solar panels testNo Data  
Sanriku (JP)9/6Flight performance testNo Data   
Ft. Sumner (NM)9/20BESS (Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer)--- No data ---   
Ft. Sumner (NM)9/24BESS (Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer)--- No data ---  
Aire Sur L'Adour (FR)10/2Aire Sur L'Adour autumn campaign opening flight--- No data ---   
Ft. Sumner (NM)10/4SOLAR DISC SEXTANT--- No data ---   
Aire Sur L'Adour (FR)10/4CASOLBA (CAlibration de cellules SOLaires sur vol BAllon)--- No data ---  
Aire Sur L'Adour (FR)10/9TRIPLE--- No data ---   
Ft. Sumner (NM)10/11LDB (Long Duration Balloon) test flight--- No data ---   
Aire Sur L'Adour (FR)10/16SDLA-LAMA (Spectromètre à Diode Laser Accordable - Laser pour l'Analyse du Méthane Atmosphérique)--- No data ---  
Aire Sur L'Adour (FR)10/22ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No data ---   
Aire Sur L'Adour (FR)10/23SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No data ---  
Aire Sur L'Adour (FR)10/24TURBULENCE--- No data ---   
Ft. Sumner (NM)11/2ARCADE (Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission)In a ravine near Roswell, New Mexico, USA 
ESRANGE (SE)11/9EBASS--- No data ---   
Hyderabad (IN)11/16ASTRONOMY EXPERIMENTThe payload was retrieved 200 kms west of launch base   
Hyderabad (IN)11/20INFRARED ASTRONOMY150 kms west of Hyderabad   
ESRANGE (SE)12/3OZONE SAMPLER--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)12/4Campaign opening flight--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)12/5Campaign opening flight + INMARSAT test--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)12/625ENG new balloon type test flight--- No data ---   
Hyderabad (IN)12/7ASTRONOMY EXPERIMENTThe payload was retrieved 160 kms west of launch base   
ESRANGE (SE)12/9PSC 1--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)12/12RUS 500m3--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)12/16SKERRIES--- No data ---   
ESRANGE (SE)12/1830 SFR techno--- No data ---   
McMurdo (AQ)12/20TIGER (Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder)In the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica 
  2000 2002

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