In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1951, 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 |
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![]() | 1/18 | 1 h 20 m | CANISTER + DOSIMETER | 10 miles W of Hope, New Mexico, US, US |
![]() | 1/26 | 1 h 35 m | AEROBEE NOSE CONE | 22 Miles NW of Tularosa, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 2/12 | ~ 8 h | NUCLEAR EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/7 | 7 h | MELPAR TRANSMITTER | In Sweetwater, Texas, US |
![]() | 4/7 | 15 h | MELPAR TRANSMITTER | In Greenville, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 4/16 | --- | MELPAR TRANSMITTER | In West Virginia, US |
![]() | 4/20 | 15 h | MELPAR TRANSMITTER | Aspermont, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/3 | 2 h | AIR SAMPLING APPARATUS + DOSIMETER | 10 Miles ENE of Cloudcroft, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 5/8 | 3 h | MELPAR TRANSMITTER | Columbus, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 5/10 | 3 h | AIR SAMPLING APPARATUS | 18 Miles E of Mayhill, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 5/24 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/24 | --- | MELPAR TRANSMITTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/22 | 25 m | ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROGRAPH | Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 7/17 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/17 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/22 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/22 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/23 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/23 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/24 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/24 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/30 | 39 h | AIR CURRENT STUDY AT 300 MB | 36 miles N of Columbus, Ohio. US |
![]() | 8/2 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/2 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/3 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/3 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/4 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/4 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/5 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/5 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/6 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/6 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/13 | 32 h 12 m | AIR CURRENT STUDY AT 300 MB | At 44º 53' N - 79º 21' W, Canada |
![]() | 8/13 | 22 h 18 m | AIR CURRENT STUDY AT 300 MB | Winsconsin, US |
![]() | 8/16 | 5 h | DUMMY LOAD (SAND BAGS) | Near White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 8/18 | ??? | AIR CURRENT STUDY AT 300 MB | Damaged antenna at launch prevented tracking. Never recovered. |
![]() | 8/18 | 36 h 30 m | AIR CURRENT STUDY AT 300 MB | In Mexico |
![]() | 8/18 | 2 h 30 m | AIR CURRENT STUDY AT 300 MB | By a Mechanical control failure in Utah, US |
![]() | 8/18 | 36 h 30 m | AIR CURRENT STUDY AT 300 MB | In Texas, near the Mexican border |
![]() | 8/23 | 2 h | ANIMAL CAPSULE (UM) | In a point called Peter 15, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 8/25 | 27 h 25 m | AIR CURRENT STUDY AT 300 MB | Estimated impact in Canada |
![]() | 8/25 | 28 h 30 m | AIR CURRENT STUDY AT 300 MB | Estimated impact in Canada |
![]() | 8/26 | 20 h 20 m | AIR CURRENT STUDY AT 300 MB | Watertown, Winsconsin, US |
![]() | 8/26 | 20 h 10 m | AIR CURRENT STUDY AT 300 MB | Watertown, Winsconsin, US |
![]() | 8/26 | 20 h 50 m | AIR CURRENT STUDY AT 300 MB | Near Milwaukee, Winsconsin, US |
![]() | 8/29 | 1 h 15 m | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | La Luz, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 9/5 | 6 h 30 m | ANIMAL CAPSULE (UM) | In the Fort Bliss Artillery Range, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/7 | 11 h | ANIMAL CAPSULE (UM) | In Craig, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 9/8 | --- | TRACK PLATES | No flight. Balloon destroyed during inflation |
![]() | 9/9 | 1 h 30 m | TRACK PLATES | Near Pinon, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 9/21 | 16 h | INFRARED GEAR | Never recovered |
![]() | 9/26 | 4 h | TRACK PLATES | Near Pinon, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 10/3 | 2 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 35 Miles SE of Hondo, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 10/16 | 2 h | DUMMY LOAD (SAND BAGS) | Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 10/18 | 2 h | COMMAND RELEASE GEAR TEST | NW of Cloudcroft, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 11/6 | 2 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 2 TEST) | Oro Grande, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 11/10 | 35 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 2 TEST) | Lake Charles, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 11/13 | --- | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 2 TEST) | Oro Grande, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 11/14 | 15 h 30 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 2 TEST) | Guntersville, Alabama, US |
![]() | 11/20 | 43 h 25 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 2 TEST) | 200 miles E of Charleston, South Carolina, US |
![]() | 11/28 | 25 m | TRACK PLATES | 2 Miles NE from launch site |
![]() | 11/30 | 7 h 30 m | TRACK PLATES | 1 Mile NE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 12/21 | 4 h | PROJECT GOPHER GEAR | 7 miles W of Abilene, Texas, US |
![]() | 12/28 | 3 h 10 m | PROJECT GOPHER GEAR | 12 Miles SE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US |
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