Stratospheric balloons launched

worldwide in 2016

In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 2016, 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
ESRANGE1/14---ICE CLOUD OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
McMurdo1/1911 d 19 h 50 mGRIPS (Gamma-Ray Imager/Polarimeter for Solar flares)83°6.18 S - 40°54.08 W. East of Pensacola Mountains. Antarctica
ESRANGE2/12---ICE CLOUD OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
Bend (OR)3/14---BALLOON STEERING TEST FLIGHTN of Deming, New Mexico, US
ESRANGE3/15---ICE CLOUD OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
Bend (OR)3/15---BALLOON STEERING TEST FLIGHTN of Deming, New Mexico, US
Bend (OR)3/15---BALLOON STEERING TEST FLIGHTN of Deming, New Mexico, US
Laramie (WY)4/13---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad5/718 hTEST FLIGHT380 km West of Hyderabad, India
Wanaka5/1646 d 20 h 19 mCOSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager Science)135 km W of Arequipa, Peru
Ceiba, Puerto Rico5/1834 d 14 h 15 mPROJECT LOON FLIGHT NR-28918 km SW of Guadalupito, La Libertad, Peru
Taiki6/82 h 38 mBIOPAUSE PROJECT ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLERIn the Pacific Ocean 30 km E of Taiki, Japan
Taiki6/123 h 20 mMABE-1 (Mars Airplane Balloon Experiment One)In the Pacific Ocean 35 km E of Taiki, Japan
Palestine (TX)7/110 h 36 mSuperBIT (Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope)West of Pecos, Texas, US
Aire Sur L'Adour7/211 h 25 mNIMBUS TECHNO TEST--- No Data ---
ESRANGE7/126 d 20 hPoGO+ (Polarised Gamma-ray Observer Plus)In Victoria Island, Canada
Madras Muni. (OR)8/3---DRAG FLAPs (Deployable Rigid Adjustable Guided Final Landing Approach Pinions)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE8/137 h 20 mBARREL 4A (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)At coordinates 67.72N, 18.88E, Sweden
ESRANGE8/167 h 50 mBARREL 4B (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)In Sweden
Corman Air Park (SK)8/19---ABOVE^2 (Airborne Balloon Observations of VLF waves and Electrons over ABOVE)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE8/21+ 27 hBARREL 4D (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE8/21+ 22 hBARREL 4C (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE8/2416 h 15 mBARREL 4E (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)--- No Data ---
Corman Air Park (SK)8/24---ABOVE^2 (Airborne Balloon Observations of VLF waves and Electrons over ABOVE)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE8/28+ 7 hBARREL 4F (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE8/29+ 19 hBARREL 4G (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE8/29 CLIMAT (Combinaison de Lasers et d'Instrument in-situ de Mesure dans l'Atmosphère Terrestre)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE8/30+ 9 hBARREL 4H (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/118 h 19 mHASP 2016 (High Altitude Student Platform)20 miles SW of Prescott, Arizona, US
ESRANGE9/3---BANA15 kms north of the town of Peltovuoma, Finland
Benson (AZ)9/3+ 5 hSSIPP (SwRI Solar Instrument Pointing Platform)--- No Data ---
Taiki9/52 h 45 mO2 AND NO2 OBSERVATIONIn the Pacific Ocean 50 km ESE of Taiki, Japan
Fort Sumner (NM)9/1728 h 15 mX-CALIBUR / WASPW of Red Hill, New Mexico, US
Tillamook (OR)9/26---HASS (High Altitude Shuttle System)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/2714 h 47 mJPL REMOTESW of Booker, Texas, US
Fort Sumner (NM)9/289 h 57 mLDB TESTW of Hart, Texas, US
Tillamook (OR)10/3---HASS (High Altitude Shuttle System)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE10/5 BEXUS 22 (Balloon EXperiments for University Students)NE of Rovaniemi, Finland
ESRANGE10/7---BEXUS 23 (Balloon EXperiments for University Students)South of Pajala, Sweden
Xinjiang11/9---TRAVELLER II--- No Data ---
McMurdo11/2830 d 2 h 1 mBACCUS (Boron And Carbon Cosmic rays in the Upper Stratosphere)50 miles E of McMurdo Station
McMurdo12/227 d 16 h 52 mANITA IV (Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna)Near the Amundsen-Scott base in the south pole
McMurdo12/821 d 19 h 17 mSTO-2 (Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory II)In the Ross ice Shelf, 340 nautical miles NW of McMurdo
McMurdo12/1113 d 12 h 39 mANITA Hi-Cal 2 (Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna High Altitude Calibration)Payload no recoverable
McMurdo12/125 d 23 h 1 mANITA Hi-Cal 2 (Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna High Altitude Calibration)Payload no recoverable
ESRANGE12/15---ICE CLOUD OBSERVATION--- No Data ---

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