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Stratospheric balloons launched on 2004

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Launch siteDateScientific ExperimentPayload landing site
Syowa (AQ)1/4BETS (Balloon borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers)Payload lost over Antartic Ocean.  
ESRANGE (SE)1/10OPC (Optical Particle Counters)In the northern part of Sweden near the village of Murjek.   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)1/31SAOZ + SAOZ-BrO + CNR-ISAC backscatter diode laserIn a sugar cane field in Paraguaçu Paulista located 100 km from launch site.   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/4SAOZ + Infrared RadiometerSomewhere near the NW Australian coast.  
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/5SAOZ + SAOZ-BrO + DIRAC80 km west from launch site.   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/6RUMBA + TURBULENCEOn the Pacific Ocean (22.34º S - 149.65º W)  
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/10BACKSCATTER SONDE--- No data ---   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/12RUMBA + TURBULENCE60 kms west of the town of Franklin, Queensland, Australia  
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/12BACKSCATTER SONDE--- No data ---   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/12RUMBA + O3/H2OOn Brazil territory (21.09º S - 50.97º W)  
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/13BACKSCATTER SONDE--- No data ---   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/13NILU CUBERecovered in good shape in an orange field, 80 km North of Bauru.   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/13DESCARTES (SLS version) + micro-DIRAC GC + SAW hygrometer/SS ozone sensor + SDLA90 km North of Bauru, partly at the top of a 30 m height eucalyptus tree. It has required the intervention of firemen and people climbing on the tree.  
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/16BACKSCATTER SONDE--- No data ---   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/16DESCARTES (SLS version) + CNR-ISAC LABS + CNRS-CETP AIRS electric field and lightning sensor + micro-DIRAC GC + SAW hygrometer/SS ozone sensor + TDLAS tuneable diode laser system for H2ONear the Parana state border.  
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/17BACKSCATTER SONDE--- No data ---   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/19BACKSCATTER SONDE--- No data ---   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/21BACKSCATTER SONDE--- No data ---   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/21BACKSCATTER SONDE--- No data ---   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/23BACKSCATTER SONDE--- No data ---   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/24DESCARTES (SLS version) + ENEA MICRO LIDAR + AIRS electric field and lightning sensor + SAW hygrometer/SS ozone sensor + Micro SDLA150 kms. SE of Baurú.   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/24BACKSCATTER SONDE--- No data ---   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/25NILU CUBE40 kms. S of Baurú.   
ESRANGE (SE)2/26BEXUS II (Balloon Experiment for University Students)In the northeast part of Finland, near the Russian border 
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/26SAOZ + lightning and blue jet optical sensors + IR radiometerOn the Pacific Ocean (9.16º S - 210º W)  
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/26DESCARTES SLS + micro-DIRAC + ISAC LABS backscatter diode laser + SAW + SSS + TDLAS--- No data ---   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)2/29Technological flight including modifications to correct the fault of transmission experienced on the past two flights of the campaign.In Madagascar Island  
ESRANGE (SE)3/3Technological flight of campaign opening--- No data ---   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)3/3Micro LIDARA few kilometers NE of Baurú  
ESRANGE (SE)3/4SALOMON (Spectroscopie d'Absorption Lunaire pour l'Observation des Minoritaires Ozone et Nox)In Finland   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)3/6OZONE AND WATER VAPOUR SENSORSIn Antarctica (74º S - 88º E)  
IPMET, Baurú (SP)3/7TURBULENCE SENSOROn the Indian Ocean south (56.4º S - 56.2º E)  
ESRANGE (SE)3/8-- No Data ----- No data ---   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)3/9OZONE AND WATER VAPOUR SENSORSIn Antarctica (77º S - 127º W)  
IPMET, Baurú (SP)3/10Micro LIDARIn the Western Pacific half way between New-Caledonia and Fiji 
ESRANGE (SE)3/11ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)106 km from launch site   
IPMET, Baurú (SP)3/11Technological flightIn the Antarctic Sea (58º S - 151º W)  
ESRANGE (SE)3/13ELITENo Data  
ESRANGE (SE)3/24LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS + ASC--- No data ---  
ESRANGE (SE)3/25-- No Data --No Data   
Nova Ponte (MG)4/1MASCO (Telescopio de Mascara Codificada)In a farm in Capinópolis (Minas Gerais state near the border of the Goias and Mato Grosso do Sul states).  
Ft. Sumner (NM)5/3TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT - 37H BALLOON90 miles SW of Ft. Sumner, NM at coordinates N 33-46.8 / W 105-30.2  
Sanriku (JP)5/22Engineering flight of ultra-thin high-altitude balloonNo Data   
Sanriku (JP)5/28Engineering flight of ultra-thin high-altitude balloonNo Data   
Sanriku (JP)5/30MSC (Micro Segment Chamber)No Data   
Ft. Sumner (NM)5/31INFOCUS (International Focusing Optics Collaboration for uCrab Sensitivity)--- No data ---  
Sanriku (JP)6/3X-RAY observationNo Data   
Sanriku (JP)6/5Engineering flight of super-pressure balloonNo Data   
Aire Sur L'Adour (FR)6/9SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)No Data  
Svalbard (NO)7/24Trailblazer + PEGASO (Polar Explorer for Geomagnetics And other Scientific Observations)North of russian federation at coordinates 68º 34' North 164º 19' West 
NSBF, Palestine (TX)8/9SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No data ---   
NSBF, Palestine (TX)8/11TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHTNear Abilene, Texas, USA  
Ft. Sumner (NM)8/15MARS SCIENCE LANDER - Subsonic Parachute TestNo Data   
NSBF, Palestine (TX)8/15MARS SCIENCE LANDER--- No data ---   
SIL, Vanscoy (CA)8/24SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)Near Vonda, Saskatchewan 
Sanriku (JP)8/25Search for UV-tolerant microbe and observation of neutron fluxNo Data   
Sanriku (JP)8/28MACFT (Membrane Aeroshell Capsule Flight Test)On the Pacific Ocean (see map)  
SIL, Vanscoy (CA)9/1MANTRA (Middle Atmosphere Nitrogen TRend Assesment)At 51°33.85’N, 108° 7.5’W 
Sanriku (JP)9/4Atmospheric gravity wave and ozone observationNo Data   
Sanriku (JP)9/5Stratospheric ozone measurementNo Data   
Sanriku (JP)9/6Stratospheric cryogenic samplingNo Data   
Sanriku (JP)9/7BSMILES (Balloon-borne Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder)In the sea at 142º14'E - 39º21'N  
Ft. Sumner (NM)9/11MARS SCIENCE LANDER - Subsonic Parachute Test15 nm south of Fort Sumner, NM, USA  
SIL, Vanscoy (CA)9/14MANTRA (Middle Atmosphere Nitrogen TRend Assesment)1 km from the launch site 
Ft. Sumner (NM)9/16INFOCUS (International Focusing Optics Collaboration for uCrab Sensitivity)22 nm southwest of Wickenburg, Arizona, USA  
Ft. Sumner (NM)9/17OMS (Observations of the Middle Stratosphere) Dual-beam In-Situ UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer--- No data ---  
Ft. Sumner (NM)9/23MKIV + FIRS 2 (Far Infrared Spectrometer) + SLS 2 (Stratospheric Limb Sounder) + BOH (Balloon OH terahertz hetrodyne spectrometer)Near Roswell, New Mexico, USA  
Ft. Sumner (NM)9/29CWAS (Cryogenic Whole Air Sampler)20 nm N-NE of Clovis, NM, USA 
Ft. Sumner (NM)10/22MARS SCIENCE LANDER - Subsonic Parachute TestNo Data   
Ft. Sumner (NM)10/26MARS SCIENCE LANDER - Subsonic Parachute TestNo Data   
Hyderabad (IN)11/15-- No Data --300 km west from Hyderabad, India   
Timón (MA)11/29TWIN SAMPLERNo Data   
Timón (MA)12/2PEASMA (Perturbations Electro-Aérodynamiques et Sonde MArtienne)400 km west of launch site   
ESRANGE (SE)12/6E-LINKNo Data   
McMurdo (AQ)12/13POLAR-BESS (Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer - POLAR VERSION)On the Ross ice shelf at 83°06' S, 155°35' W  
McMurdo (AQ)12/16CREAM (Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass)In a point 660 kilometers (410 miles) SW from McMurdo Antarctic Station. 
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