In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1964, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/7 | ~1 h | CORONASCOPE II - TEST FLIGHT | Balooon burst at 42.000 ft. |
![]() | 1/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/10 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/14 | --- | COSMIC DUST SAMPLER | Let-down reel failed and line broke separating balloon from payload |
![]() | 1/16 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/16 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/22 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/23 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/25 | 8 h | ASHCAN - AIR EJECTOR PARTICLE SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/27 | 8 h 29 m | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/28 | 3 h 50 m | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/28 | 49 m | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/29 | 6 h | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/29 | 11 h 10 m | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/30 | 20 h | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/30 | 7 h | DETECTOR RAYOS X (SPARMO-UTRECHT) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/1 | 2 h | MICROBIOLOGICAL COLLECTION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/1 | 14 h | SPARK CHAMBER | 15 miles W of Wilmington, North Carolina, US |
![]() | 2/1 | --- | SPARK CHAMBER | Failed flight |
![]() | 2/3 | 5 h 18 m | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/3 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/3 | 29 h | BALLON CAPABILITY DEMONSTRATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/3 | 16 h 5 m | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/6 | 8 h | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/6 | F 9 h 30 m | SPARK CHAMBER | 5 miles NNW of Roanoke, Alabama, US |
![]() | 2/6 | 9 h 5 m | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/6 | 9 h 40 m | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/7 | --- | POCIBO (Polar Circling Balloon Observatory) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/9 | 6 h | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/10 | 18 h 40 m | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/12 | 25 h | BALLOON EVALUATION TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/13 | 1 h 50 m | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/13 | ~ 5 h | TECNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/16 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/17 | --- | POCIBO (Polar Circling Balloon Observatory) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/18 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/18 | --- | POCIBO (Polar Circling Balloon Observatory) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/20 | 9 H | COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/21 | 97 h | TEST OF NEW FLIGHT INSTRUMENTATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/21 | 6 h 30 m | BAL-AST (Balloon Astronomy) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/26 | 6 h | BALLOON DYNAMICS TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/3 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/3 | --- | POCIBO 3 (Polar Circling Balloon Observatory # 3) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/4 | 4 h | SVT BALLON + CAMERA TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/4 | 5 h | BALLOON EVALUATION AND 'C' LAUNCH TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/4 | --- | POCIBO (Polar Circling Balloon Observatory) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/5 | ~ 7 h | CORONASCOPE II | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/6 | 7 h | POCIBO 4 (Polar Circling Balloon Observatory # 4) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/10 | 6 h | BALLOON EVALUATION AND 'C' LAUNCH TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/10 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/12 | 6 h | HIGH ENERGY NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/13 | 3 h | BALLOON EVALUATION AND 'C' LAUNCH TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/13 | --- | POCIBO (Polar Circling Balloon Observatory) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/16 | 5 h | BALLOON EVALUATION AND 'C' LAUNCH TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/17 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/17 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE MEASUREMENTS | Aborted flight. Electrostatic discharge caused squib to fire seconds after launch |
![]() | 3/17 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/26 | --- | CERENKOV SCINTILLATION COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/26 | 4 h | WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/26 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/27 | 27 h | INFRARED OBSERVATIONS OF THE MOON | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/31 | 5 h | ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/31 | F 5 h | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/9 | 3 h | PHOTOELECTRIC SKYLIGHT POLARIMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/10 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/10 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/13 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/15 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/16 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/17 | 1 h | TEST FLIGHT OF EXTREME ALTITUDE BALLOON | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/17 | 9 h | ALBEDO MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/18 | 1 h 15 m | SVT BALLON TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/21 | --- | MER P I - BALLOON FLIGHT TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/21 | 32 h | EVALUATING OF ONE-WAY VALVING DUCT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/22 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/22 | 1 h | SVT BALLON TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/22 | 3 h | X-RAY DETECTOR | Radio contact lost |
![]() | 4/22 | 5 h 23 m | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/24 | 52 h | AIR BAFFLE DUCT EVALUATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/24 | 5 h | TEST OF NEW SCRIM BALLOON AND QUICK DEFLATE DUCTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/27 | --- | CERENKOV COUNTER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/27 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/2 | --- | ASHCAN | Samples ruined due to landing in snow |
![]() | 5/4 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/5 | --- | ASHCAN | Samples ruined due to landing in snow |
![]() | 5/6 | --- | CERENKOV COUNTER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/13 | 26 h | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/14 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon burst at 80.000 ft |
![]() | 5/14 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon burst at 80.000 ft |
![]() | 5/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/14 | 5 h | GRATING SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/16 | 4 h 30 m | TEST FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/18 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/19 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon burst at 90.000 ft |
![]() | 5/19 | 28 h | HIGH ENERGY NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/20 | 20 h 7 m | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/21 | 33 h | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/21 | 4 h | TEST OF INSTRUMENTATION AND BALLAST SYSTEM | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/22 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/22 | 3 h 20 m | X-RAY DETECTOR | Radio contact lost |
![]() | 5/23 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/23 | --- | CERENKOV SCINTILLATION COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/25 | F 4 h 42 m | SESAME (Micrometeorite Collector) | 1 Mile SW of Merlin, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/25 | 52 h | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/27 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/28 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/29 | --- | TEST FLIGHT OF EXTREME ALTITUDE BALLOON | 50 miles W of St. George, Utah, US |
![]() | 6/?? | --- | ZODIACAL LIGHT STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/?? | --- | ZODIACAL LIGHT STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/2 | --- | ASHCAN | In Billabong, Victoria, Australia |
![]() | 6/2 | --- | STRATOSCOPE II - TEST FLIGHT # 6 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/2 | 28 h | HIGH ENERGY NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/3 | 90 h | MINIATURE COMMAND SELECTOR TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/3 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/5 | --- | ASHCAN | In Lamplough Station, Victoria, Australia |
![]() | 6/10 | 16 h | SESAME (Micrometeorite Collector) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/10 | --- | ASHCAN | 35 miles NE of Grffith. New South Wales, Australia |
![]() | 6/13 | 7 h | SKY BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/15 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/16 | 1 h 8 m | COUNTERS + EMULSIONS | Balloon burst at 35.000 ft |
![]() | 6/16 | 7 h 30 m | SKY BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/17 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/17 | 12 h | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/18 | 1 h 50 m | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/18 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/18 | 13 h 57 m | dE/dx AND E DETECTOR + EMULSIONS | Near Livingstone Lake, Ontario, Canada |
![]() | 6/20 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/20 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/21 | --- | GAMMA RAY ASTRONOMY | Launch aborted |
![]() | 6/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/21 | 14 h 17 m | dE/dx AND E DETECTOR + EMULSIONS | At coordinates 106° 04' O / 59º 43' N, Canada |
![]() | 6/21 | 15 h 42 m | EMULSIONS | At coordinates 103° 58' W / 59º 28' N, Canada |
![]() | 6/23 | 1 h | GAMMA RAY AND CHARGED PARTICLES DETECTOR | Balloon burst at 48.500 ft |
![]() | 6/23 | --- | GAMMA RAY ASTRONOMY | Launch aborted |
![]() | 6/23 | --- | COUNTERS | Balloon split open after release |
![]() | 6/24 | 15 h 17 m | COUNTERS + EMULSIONS | At coordinates 107° 07' W / 58º 23' N, Canada |
![]() | 6/25 | 12 h 45 m | GAMMA RAY ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/25 | --- | X-RAY MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/27 | 2 h | GAMMA RAY AND CHARGED PARTICLES DETECTOR | Balloon burst at 52.800 ft |
![]() | 6/27 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/30 | 9 h | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/1 | --- | EMULSIONS | Emulsion stack flipped at launch. Flight Terminated at once |
![]() | 7/2 | 2 h 30 m | WATER VAPOUR STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/3 | 15 h 31 m | EMULSIONS | At coordinates 107° 37' W / 59º 14' N, Canada |
![]() | 7/4 | 11 h 55 m | IONIZING RADIATION STUDY | 20 miles S of Ft. Churchill, Canada |
![]() | 7/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/7 | 3 h | WATER VAPOUR STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/7 | 8 h | SOLAR SPECTRUM MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/8 | 6 h 15 m | SOFT X-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/8 | --- | POCIBO 5 (Polar Circling Balloon Observatory # 5) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/8 | 11 h 45 m | IONIZING RADIATION STUDY | 100 miles SW of Ft. Churchill, Canada |
![]() | 7/9 | 1 h | MER P II - BALLOON FLIGHT TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/9 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/9 | 4 h | SOFT X-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/9 | 2 h 45 m | WATER VAPOUR STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/9 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/10 | 13 h 42 m | IONIZING RADIATION STUDY | 90 miles E of Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Canada |
![]() | 7/12 | --- | POCIBO 6 (Polar Circling Balloon Observatory # 6) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/13 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/13 | 8 h | SOLAR SPECTRUM MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/13 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/14 | F 7 h 15 m | COSMIC RAYS EXPERIMENT | 50 Miles WNW of Marfa, Texas, US |
![]() | 7/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/15 | F 15 m | PHOTOGRAPHIC RADIOMETER | 8 Miles SW of Madisonville, Texas, US |
![]() | 7/16 | > 20 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/16 | 14 h 16 m | MAGNETIC SPARK CHAMBER | At coordinates 103º 18' W / 58º 44' N, Canada |
![]() | 7/16 | 4 h | TEST OF TANDEM BALLOON AND LAUNCH SYSTEM | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/17 | > 7 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/17 | 2 h | PHOTOTUBE TEST FOR STRATOSCOPE II | 2 miles N of Buffalo, Texas, US |
![]() | 7/18 | > 2 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/18 | --- | SCINTILLATION COUNTER | Balloon burst at 37.000 ft |
![]() | 7/19 | > 14 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/19 | --- | POCIBO 7 (Polar Circling Balloon Observatory # 7) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/19 | 14 h 33 m | EMULSIONS | 85 miles S of Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada |
![]() | 7/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/21 | > 11 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/21 | 5 h | SOLAR SPECTRUM MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/21 | --- | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | Balloon burst at 37.000 ft. Payload recovered 2 miles NE of Prescott, Wisconsin, US |
![]() | 7/22 | 6 h | CRAB NEBULA OBSERVATION + BALLOON TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/22 | 16 h 51 m | SCINTILLATION COUNTER | 110 miles from Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada |
![]() | 7/22 | --- | SCINTILLATION COUNTER | Aborted flight |
![]() | 7/22 | 14 h 16 m | EMULSIONS | 8 miles E of Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada |
![]() | 7/23 | 6 h | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/23 | --- | POCIBO 8 (Polar Circling Balloon Observatory # 8) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/25 | 5 h | COSMIC RADIATION STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/25 | --- | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | Balloon failure at launch |
![]() | 7/26 | 16 h 58 m | SCINTILLATION COUNTER | 65 miles NE of Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada |
![]() | 7/27 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/27 | > 1 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/27 | 1 h | BALLOON TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/27 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/27 | 1 h | SPARK CHAMBER | Balloon burst at 34.000 ft |
![]() | 7/28 | 7 h | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/28 | 16 h 46 m | SPARK CHAMBER | South end of Reindeer Lake, Canada |
![]() | 7/28 | 1 h | SPARK CHAMBER | Balloon burst at 95.000 ft |
![]() | 7/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/29 | --- | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/29 | 20 h 38 m | SCINTILLATION COUNTER | On a lake shore 130 miles S of Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada |
![]() | 7/30 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/30 | > 14 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/31 | 1 h | COSMIC RADIATION STUDIES | Balloon Burst at 50.000 ft |
![]() | 7/31 | --- | DUST COLLECTOR | Cut Off at launching |
![]() | 7/31 | 5 h | BALLOON TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/1 | 1 h | COSMIC RADIATION STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/1 | ~ 6 h | CERENKOV SCINTILLATION COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/2 | > 22 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/3 | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
![]() | 8/3 | --- | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/3 | ~ 4 h | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | 40 miles NW of Pierre. South Dakota, US |
![]() | 8/4 | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
![]() | 8/4 | > 22 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/4 | 21 h | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | 60 miles SE of Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada |
![]() | 8/5 | > 21 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/5 | --- | PROJECT COLDTROP FLIGHT #1 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/6 | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
![]() | 8/6 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/6 | 1 h | PHOTOTUBE TEST FOR STRATOSCOPE II | 3 miles ESE of Kosse, Texas, US |
![]() | 8/6 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/6 | 18 h 30 m | dE/dx AND E DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/6 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/7 | --- | PROJECT COLDTROP FLIGHT #2 | Impact in the Pacific Ocean. Expendable payload |
![]() | 8/8 | ~ 5 h | CERENKOV SCINTILLATION COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/8 | F 6 h | PROJECT COLDTROP FLIGHT #3 | Impact in the Pacific Ocean. Expendable payload |
![]() | 8/8 | 32 m | MAGNETIC SPARK CHAMBER | Balloon burst at 23.400 ft |
![]() | 8/8 | 1 h 21 m | SCINTILLATION COUNTER | Balloon burst at 60.500 ft |
![]() | 8/9 | F 6 h | PROJECT COLDTROP FLIGHT #4 | Impact in the Pacific Ocean. Expendable payload |
![]() | 8/9 | 21 h 4 m | SCINTILLATION COUNTER | 130 miles SW of Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada |
![]() | 8/10 | --- | PROJECT COLDTROP FLIGHT #5 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/10 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/11 | > 23 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/11 | --- | PROJECT COLDTROP FLIGHT #6 | Ground abort. No flight |
![]() | 8/11 | 3 h | BALLOON BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE STUDY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/12 | > 22 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/12 | 11 h | SESAME (Micrometeorite Collector) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/12 | --- | PROJECT COLDTROP FLIGHT #7 | Ground abort. No flight |
![]() | 8/12 | + 41 h | SCINTILLATION COUNTER | Failure of the termination system. Payload never recovered. |
![]() | 8/12 | 1 h 37 m | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | Balloon burst at 65.000 ft |
![]() | 8/13 | > 25 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/13 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/13 | --- | PROJECT COLDTROP FLIGHT #8 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/13 | 1 h 4 m | MAGNETIC SPARK CHAMBER | Balloon burst at 41.000 ft |
![]() | 8/14 | > 2 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/14 | 22 h 48 m | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | 130 miles ESE of Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada |
![]() | 8/14 | 28 h | OBTAIN SUNRISE AND SUNSET THERMAL PACK DATA | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/16 | 14 h | SESAME (Micrometeorite Collector) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/16 | --- | COUNTERS | Balloon rupture during launch |
![]() | 8/17 | 6 h 18 m | COUNTERS | Near Ft. Churchill, Canada |
![]() | 8/18 | > 24 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/18 | 30 h | OBTAIN SUNRISE AND SUNSET THERMAL PACK DATA | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/19 | 11 h | EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/19 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/19 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/20 | --- | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/20 | 3 h | OBTAIN DIGITAL AND OPTICAL RADAR DATA AT PARACHUTE OPENING | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/21 | 11 h 30 m | CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/23 | 5 h 30 m | DUST COLLECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/23 | 6 h | DUST COLLECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/23 | 14 h 45 m | COUNTERS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/24 | --- | VERTICAL LAUNCH SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/25 | > 22 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/25 | --- | VERTICAL LAUNCH SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/25 | 16 h 15 m | COUNTERS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/26 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/26 | 12 h 30 m | EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/26 | --- | VERTICAL LAUNCH SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/26 | --- | COUNTERS | The balloon leaked at 15.700 ft |
![]() | 8/26 | 4 h | UV SPECTROPHOTOPOLARIMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/27 | --- | VERTICAL LAUNCH SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/27 | --- | COUNTERS | Balloon burst at launch |
![]() | 8/28 | 8 h | ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/28 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/29 | --- | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/29 | 16 h 45 m | COUNTERS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/30 | > 22 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/31 | > 21 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/31 | --- | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/31 | 5 h | COSMIC RADIATION STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/1 | > 23 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/1 | 1 h | MICROMETEORITE DUST COLLECTOR | Flight terminated at 37.000 ft |
![]() | 9/2 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon leaking at 93.000 ft |
![]() | 9/3 | --- | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/3 | 9 h | TELEMETRY TEST - PROJECT SIRUS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/3 | 2 h | CROSS CHECK OF ON-BOARD ACCELEROMETER, WSMR OPTICS & DIGITAL RADAR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/4 | > 1 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/5 | > 25 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/5 | --- | COUNTERS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/6 | > 18 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/6 | > 2 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/7 | > 20 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/7 | > 1 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/8 | > 23 h | TESI + IC | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/8 | 16 h | COUNTERS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/10 | 1 h | GAMMA RAY ASTRONOMY | Balloon burst at 51.800 ft |
![]() | 9/10 | 10 h | BALLOON EVALUATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/11 | --- | POCIBO 9 (Polar Circling Balloon Observatory # 9) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/11 | F 7 h 30 m | SIRS (Satellite Infrared Radiometer Spectrometer) | 7 miles SW of Brownwood, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/11 | 17 h 30 m | COUNTERS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/14 | ??? | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/15 | > 16 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/15 | 6 h | FAST NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/16 | > 3 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/16 | 14 h 30 m | COUNTERS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/17 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon burst at 81.000 ft |
![]() | 9/17 | 13 h | ELECTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/17 | ~ 14 h | SPARK CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/17 | 4 h | COUNTERS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/18 | > 3 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/18 | 34 h | ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/19 | 4 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EMULSIONS | Flight terminated early due to balloon descent |
![]() | 9/19 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/22 | > 7 h | TESI + IC | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/22 | > 14 h | TESIO + TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/22 | 3 h | FAST NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/23 | 100 h | AIR BAFFLE DUCT EVALUATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/24 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/25 | > 6 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/25 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/25 | > 7 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/25 | 10 h | TEST OF VOR BALLOON LOCATING SYSTEM | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/27 | --- | INFRARED AND X-RAY DETECTORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | > 10 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | > 6 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | > 9 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | --- | INFRARED AND X-RAY DETECTORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/29 | --- | INFRARED AND X-RAY DETECTORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | > 5 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | 7 h | APRE (Aerospace Photographic Reconnaissance Experiment) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/2 | --- | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/2 | 3 h 15 m | FAST NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/3 | > 9 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/3 | --- | INFRARED AND X-RAY DETECTORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/4 | > 5 h | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/4 | > 4 h | TESI + TESCI + IC | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/4 | 9 h | GAMMA RAY DETECTOR FOR S-57 SATELLITE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/4 | 1 h | PHOTOTUBE TEST FOR STRATOSCOPE II | 15 miles W of Lufkin, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/4 | --- | INFRARED AND X-RAY DETECTORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/5 | ?? | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/5 | > 30 m | TESI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/5 | 7 h | FAST NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/5 | --- | INFRARED AND X-RAY DETECTORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/6 | > 8 h | TESIO + TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/6 | F 8 h 45 m | CERENKOV TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/6 | 1 h | CERENKOV TELESCOPE | Balloon burst at 48.500 ft |
![]() | 10/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/6 | --- | INFRARED AND X-RAY DETECTORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/7 | > 8 h | TESI + TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/7 | > 14 h | TESCI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/7 | 1 h | CERENKOV TELESCOPE | Balloon burst at 46.700 ft |
![]() | 10/7 | --- | COSMIC PARTICLE DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/8 | --- | INFRARED AND X-RAY DETECTORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/9 | F 13 h 45 m | CERENKOV TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/10 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/10 | ~ 11 h | SPARK CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/10 | 1 h 30 m | CERENKOV TELESCOPE | Balloon leaked. Cutdown at 66.000 cuft |
![]() | 10/11 | 1 h | CERENKOV TELESCOPE | Balloon burst at 38.000 ft |
![]() | 10/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/12 | 9 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/13 | 1 h | CERENKOV TELESCOPE | Balloon burst at 41.000 ft |
![]() | 10/13 | 10 h 30 m | PRIMARY COSMIC RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/13 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon burst at 40.000 ft |
![]() | 10/14 | --- | MICROBIOLOGICAL SAMPLER - MARK II | Balloon burst at 40.000 feet. Payload impact in Bloomington, Minnesota, US |
![]() | 10/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/15 | 2 h 30 m | EXTREME ALTITUDE BALLOON TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/15 | 2 h 45 m | PRIMARY COSMIC RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/15 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/16 | 11 h | dE/dx AND E DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/18 | 2 h 30 m | MEASUREMENT OF BALLOON GAS TEMPERATURES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/19 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/21 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon burst at 57.000 ft |
![]() | 10/21 | 5 h | ASHCAN - LVIC (Large Volume Impactor Collector) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/22 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/22 | 7 h 30 m | ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/22 | 2 h | SOFT X-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/23 | 4 h 45 m | SOFT X-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/27 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/28 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/28 | 7 h 30 m | BAL-AST (Balloon Astronomy) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/29 | 2 h | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/29 | 36 h | APRE (Aerospace Photographic Reconnaissance Experiment) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/30 | 5 h | BALLOON EVALUATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/3 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/6 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/7 | --- | GAMMA RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/7 | 38 h | ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/8 | 4 h | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/9 | 9 h 30 m | SESAME (Micrometeorite Collector) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/10 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/10 | 10 h | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/12 | 5 h | CONTAMINATION STUDY + FROST POINT HYGROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/13 | --- | BALLOON BURST STUDY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/13 | --- | GAMMA RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/14 | --- | MICROBIOLOGICAL SAMPLER - MARK II | Balloon burst at 35.000 feet. Payload impact in Somerset, Wisconsin, US |
![]() | 11/14 | --- | GAMMA RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/17 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/18 | 5 h | 'C' LAUNCH TECHNIQUE TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/22 | 4 h 45 m | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/23 | --- | STRATOSCOPE II - HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHY | Launch balloon ripped prior to the flight |
![]() | 11/23 | 53 h | BALLOON EVALUATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/25 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/28 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/1 | --- | PAYLOAD LET DOWN REEL TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/5 | --- | STRATOSCOPE II - HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHY | Before launch reefing sleeve opened allowing main balloon to sail. Inertia ring and mercury bearing damaged. |
![]() | 12/5 | 14 h | THIN FILM BALLOON EVALUATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/9 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/9 | 4 h | INFRARED BACKGROUND MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/10 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/14 | 6 h 30 m | SESAME (Micrometeorite Collector) | Near Linden, North Carolina, US |
![]() | 12/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/15 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/15 | 3 h | X-RAY DENSITOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/15 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/16 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/16 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/22 | --- | PROPIETARY BALLON DESIGN TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/30 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
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