In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 2008, 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 base | Date | Flight Duration | Experiment | Payload landing place or cause of the failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Syowa | 1/4 | --- | JT-SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Syowa | 1/4 | --- | JT-SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
 Seychelles | 2/11 | 8 d | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) | Over Congo, Africa |
| Seychelles | 2/15 | 3 d | µLID (Micro Lidar) | Over Angola, Africa |
| Seychelles | 2/17 | 17 h | µDIRAC (Micro Dirac) | Over Indian Ocean |
| Seychelles | 2/21 | 4 d | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| Seychelles | 2/24 | 43 h | BSP - TSEN | --- No Data --- |
 Fort Sumner (NM) | 3/30 | 2 h 20 m | MIP (Micro-Instrumentation Package) | Balloon failure. Landing 3 miles NW of Hereford, Texas, US |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 4/4 | 6 h 8 m | TEST FLIGHT - SF430-B | 6 nm SE of Dimmit, Texas, US |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 4/13 | 5 h 45 m | MIP (Micro-Instrumentation Package) | 17 nm ESE of Plainview, Texas, US |
 TIFR Hyderabad | 4/14 | 9 h | LAXPC (Large Area Xenon Proportional Counters) | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 4/19 | 5 h 34 m | TEST FLIGHT - SF450-H | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/24 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 4/25 | 8 h 12 m | LASE (Large Area Scintillation counter Experiment) | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 5/6 | --- | ULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon) | --- No Data --- |
 N.Battleford (SK) | 5/27 | --- | LE GRAND SAUT - III (Fournier) | The balloon cut loose from the capsule at launch. Aborted flight |
 Timón (MA) | 5/30 | 2 h 30 m | OPC (Optical Particle Counter) | Between Altos and Coiva, Piauí, Brazil |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 5/31 | 30 h 4 min | A-34 Heavy Balloon Test + BalloonSat | 14 Nautic Miles NW of Winslow, Arizona, US |
| Timón (MA) | 6/1 | 5 h 30 m | TRIPLE (BONBON + HALOX-B + Micro-SDLA) | Near Vargem, Piauí, Brazil |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 6/4 | --- | HISENTINEL (Stratospheric Airship) | --- No Data --- |
| Timón (MA) | 6/5 | 20 h | MIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) + TELIS (TeraHertz Limb Sounder) + Mini DOAS | Near Gonçalves Dias, Maranhao, Brazil |
| Timón (MA) | 6/9 | 7 h | SPIRALE (Spectroscopie Infra-Rouge par Absorption de Laser Embarqué) + STAC | Near Coivaras, Piauí, Brazil |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 6/11 | --- | SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON | --- No Data --- |
| Timón (MA) | 6/13 | ~ 8h | LPMA-IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer) | Near Caxias, Maranhao, Brazil |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 6/14 | --- | SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON | --- No Data --- |
| Timón (MA) | 6/19 | ~ 4 h | SALOMON-N2 (Spectroscopie d'Absorption Lunaire pour l'Observation des Minoritaires Ozone et NOx - Nacelle 2) | Near Timon, Maranhao, Brazil |
 Longyearbyen | 6/21 | 4 d | DUSTER (Dust in the Upper Stratosphere Tracking Experiment and Return) | Near the Thule Air Base, Greenland |
| Laramie (WY) | 6/22 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 6/22 | 4 h 7 m | ULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon) | --- No Data --- |
| Timón (MA) | 6/27 | ~ 16h | LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS | Near Capinzal do Norte, Maranhao, Brazil |
 ESRANGE | 6/28 | 4 d 10 h | MEAP (Mars Environment Analogue Platform) | 135km from Umingmaktok, Canada |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 8/19 | --- | ULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon) | Ground Abort - No Flight |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 8/19 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 8/21 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 8/22 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
 Taiki | 8/23 | ~ 6h | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | 30 km NE of the shore line |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 8/24 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 8/26 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 8/28 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 8/30 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 9/1 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 9/3 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| Taiki | 9/5 | ~ 4h | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | 30 km of the shore line |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 9/6 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 9/8 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/15 | ~ 32 h | HASP 2008 (High Altitude Student Platform) | Between Carlsbad and El Paso, Texas, USA |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 9/16 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 9/18 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 9/20 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 9/22 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 9/23 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| NSC Hawaii (HI) | 9/25 | --- | DRIFTSONDE | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/27 | ~ 30 h | A-34 Heavy Balloon Test | NW of Hamlin, Texas, US |
| ESRANGE | 10/8 | ~ 5 h | BEXUS 6 (Balloon EXperiments for University Students) | In Finland, near the border |
| ESRANGE | 10/8 | ~ 4 h | BEXUS 7 (Balloon EXperiments for University Students) | North of Rovaniemi, Finland. |
| Laramie (WY) | 10/21 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 Aire Sur L'Adour | 11/14 | --- | NEW ENVELOPE RIP SYSTEM TEST | Burst Test - No Flight |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 11/15 | --- | BALLOONWINDS | Ground abort |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 12/2 | 2 h | TEST FLIGHT | São José do Barreiro, in Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 12/7 | 2 h | TEST FLIGHT | São José do Barreiro, in Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| McMurdo | 12/19 | 19 d 13 h | CREAM IV (Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass) | 560 nautic miles N-NW of McMurdo Station, Antarctica |
| McMurdo | 12/21 | 30 d 16 h | ANITA II (Antarctic Impulse Transient Antenna) | 122 NM southwest of Siple Dome, Antarctica |
| McMurdo | 12/28 | 54 d 1 h 29 m | ULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon) | Filchner Ice Sheet, Antarctica |
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