In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1949, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 USS Saipan | 1/30 | --- | TEST FLIGHT | Not recovered |
| USS Saipan | 2/?? | --- | EMULSION PLATES | --- No Data --- |
| USS Saipan | 2/?? | --- | EMULSION PLATES | In the Caribeean sea |
| USS Saipan | 2/?? | --- | EMULSION PLATES | Southeast of Cuba |
| USS Saipan | 2/?? | --- | EMULSION PLATES | --- No Data --- |
 USS Norton Sound | 3/21 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
 Holloman AFB (NM) | 4/29 | --- | FFTV (Free Fall Test Vehicle) | In the White Sands Proving Ground range, New Mexico, US |
| Camp Ripley (MN) | 5/11 | F 3 h 30 m | PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
| Camp Ripley (MN) | 5/26 | F 5 h 30 m | PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
| Camp Ripley (MN) | 6/6 | 8 h | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Camp Ripley (MN) | 6/15 | --- | SPECTROGRAPH | In a lake in Northern Minnesota, US |
| Camp Ripley (MN) | 6/18 | 4 h | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Camp Ripley (MN) | 7/1 | --- | DEW POINT HYGROMETER | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 7/3 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 7/10 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 7/12 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 7/14 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 7/15 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 7/17 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 7/19 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 7/21 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 7/22 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| Camp Ripley (MN) | 7/22 | F 8 h 15 m | PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 7/25 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 7/27 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 7/28 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 8/6 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 8/10 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 8/12 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 8/14 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Norton Sound | 8/15 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| Camp Ripley (MN) | 8/26 | --- | DEW POINT HYGROMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Rapid City (SD) | 8/29 | 18 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | In Virginia, US |
| New Brighton (MN) | 10/18 | --- | COSMIC RAY RESEARCH | Payload recovered in Medford, Winsconsin. The balloon continued flying three more days and landed in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. |
| USS Palau | 11/12 | --- | NEUTRON MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
| USS Palau | 11/12 | 9 h 38 m | PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
| USS Palau | 11/13 | --- | PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS | Payload and balloon lost |
| USS Palau | 11/13 | ~40 m | COSMIC RAYS STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
| USS Palau | 11/14 | 9 h 40 m | COSMIC RAYS OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
| USS Palau | 11/15 | 8 h 50 m | COSMIC RAYS OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
| USS Palau | 11/16 | --- | PHOTO RECORDER-COUNTER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Palau | 11/16 | 5 h 30 m | PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
| USS Palau | 11/17 | 8 h 30 m | PHOTO RECORDER-COUNTER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| USS Palau | 11/17 | --- | COSMIC RAYS STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
| USS Palau | 11/18 | 8 h 13 m | COSMIC RAYS STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
| USS Palau | 11/18 | 8 h 11 m | COSMIC RAYS STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
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