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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1/30 | --- | TEST FLIGHT | Not recovered |
![]() | 2/?? | --- | EMULSION PLATES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/?? | --- | EMULSION PLATES | In the Caribeean sea |
![]() | 2/?? | --- | EMULSION PLATES | Southeast of Cuba |
![]() | 2/?? | --- | EMULSION PLATES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/21 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/29 | --- | FFTV (Free Fall Test Vehicle) | In the White Sands Proving Ground range, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 5/11 | F 3 h 30 m | PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/26 | F 5 h 30 m | PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/6 | 8 h | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/15 | --- | SPECTROGRAPH | In a lake in Northern Minnesota, US |
![]() | 6/18 | 4 h | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/1 | --- | DEW POINT HYGROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/3 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/10 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/12 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/14 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/15 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/17 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/19 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/21 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/22 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/22 | F 8 h 15 m | PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/25 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/27 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/28 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/6 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/10 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/12 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/14 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/15 | --- | THREE FOLD GEIGER COUNTER COINCIDENCE TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/26 | --- | DEW POINT HYGROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/29 | 18 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | In Virginia, US |
![]() | 10/18 | --- | COSMIC RAY RESEARCH | Payload recovered in Medford, Winsconsin. The balloon continued flying three more days and landed in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. |
![]() | 11/12 | --- | NEUTRON MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/12 | 9 h 38 m | PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/13 | --- | PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS | Payload and balloon lost |
![]() | 11/13 | ~40 m | COSMIC RAYS STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/14 | 9 h 40 m | COSMIC RAYS OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/15 | 8 h 50 m | COSMIC RAYS OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/16 | --- | PHOTO RECORDER-COUNTER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/16 | 5 h 30 m | PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/17 | 8 h 30 m | PHOTO RECORDER-COUNTER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/17 | --- | COSMIC RAYS STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/18 | 8 h 13 m | COSMIC RAYS STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/18 | 8 h 11 m | COSMIC RAYS STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
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