In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1969, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/10 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/11 | F 5 h 55 m | TEST OF COMMAND AND TELEMETRY SYSTEMS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/13 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/14 | 19 h | OBSERVATION OF AURORAL X-RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/18 | 9 h | OBSERVATION OF AURORAL X-RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/22 | F 8 h 5 m | TEST OF COMMAND AND TELEMETRY SYSTEMS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/24 | 19 h | OBSERVATION OF AURORAL X-RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/26 | 22 h | OBSERVATION OF AURORAL X-RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/2 | 24 h | OBSERVATION OF AURORAL X-RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/3 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/5 | F ~ 5 h | SPARK CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/5 | 28 h | OBSERVATION OF AURORAL X-RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/9 | F 4 h | UV POLARIMETRY OF VENUS AND SIRIUS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/9 | 27 h | OBSERVATION OF AURORAL X-RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/11 | 22 h | OBSERVATION OF AURORAL X-RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/12 | 28 h | OBSERVATION OF AURORAL X-RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/13 | 20 h | OBSERVATION OF AURORAL X-RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/17 | SPARK CHAMBER | --- No Data --- | |
![]() | 2/19 | F 8 h 50 m | TEST OF OPLE POSITION AND LOCATION SYSTEM WITH ATS-III SATELLITE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/25 | --- | SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/26 | F ~ 8 h | SPARK CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/9 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/13 | F 7 h | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/13 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/13 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/19 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/20 | --- | X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/21 | --- | NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/21 | F 7 h 10 m | OBSERVATION OF X-RAY SOURCES IN M87 AND CYGNUS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/25 | F 4 h 50 m | X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/26 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/1 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/2 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/3 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/5 | 2 h 45 m | TEST OF COMMAND AND TELEMETRY SYSTEMS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/6 | F 5 h 5 m | COLLECT INTERPLANETARY DUST PARTICLES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/14 | F 3 h 50 m | X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/15 | --- | ENGINEERING TEST OF X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/15 | 5 h 30 m | MEASURE COSMIC RADIATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/16 | F 16 h | X-RAY TELESCOPE | Lost on the Tasmanian Sea. Apperared nine months later on a beach in New Zealand. |
![]() | 4/16 | --- | X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/18 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/19 | --- | DIGITIZED SPARK CHAMBER FOR GAMMA RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/19 | --- | UV SPECTROMETER | Near Auch, France |
![]() | 4/20 | 3 h 30 m | MEASURE COSMIC RADIATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/21 | F 5 h 35 m | ATMOSPHERIC X-RAY MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/22 | F 9 h 5 m | X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/22 | F 6 h 30 m | GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/22 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/23 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/24 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/24 | --- | SPECTROGRAPH | In Auch, Gers, France |
![]() | 4/26 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/27 | --- | X-RAY DETECTORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/28 | F 6 h 20 m | TEST OF TELEMETRY AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/28 | F 14 h 30 m | IONIZATION SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/30 | F 1 h | SPECTROGRAPH | In Captieux, Landes, France |
![]() | 5/?? | --- | CERENKOV COUNTER TELESCOPE PROTOTYPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/2 | --- | UV SPECTROPHOTOMETRY OF STARS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/4 | --- | UV SPECTROPHOTOMETRY OF STARS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/5 | F 7 h 50 m | UV SPECTROPHOTOMETRY OF STARS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/9 | F 10 h 55 m | X-RAY MEASUREMENTS FROM CRAB NEBULA AND JUPITER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/9 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/9 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/10 | 11 h 30 m | MEASURE COSMIC RADIATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/10 | F 7 h 30 m | HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/11 | F 9 h 20 m | SOLAR FLARE NEUTRON MONITOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/11 | F 7 h 25 m | TEST OF NIMBUS-3 SATELLITE BALLOON LOCATION SYSTEM | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/12 | F 13 h | SEARCH FOR GAMMA RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/12 | F 36 h 20 m | NUCLEAR EMULSION STACK | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/13 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/15 | 7 h 55 m | MEASURE X-RAYS FROM SOLAR FLARES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/18 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/22 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/23 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/24 | 8 h 45 m | MEASURE X-RAYS SCORPIUS AND CYGNUS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/25 | F 30 h | EXPERIMENT OF IRLS LOCATION WITH NIMBUS III SATELLITE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/25 | F 15 h 45 m | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS IN THE BALLOON | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/26 | + 365 d | SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/27 | --- | SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/29 | --- | NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/29 | --- | MEASURE X-RAYS SCORPIUS AND CYGNUS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/?? | --- | CERENKOV COUNTER TELESCOPE PROTOTYPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/2 | 7 h 55 m | MEASURE X-RAYS SCORPIUS AND CYGNUS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/4 | F 9 h 50 m | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET SPECTROMETER | Van Horn, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/4 | 11 h 20 m | GAMMA RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/6 | F 9 h | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | Near Del Rio, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/9 | F 13 h 15 m | SESAME (Micrometeorite Collector) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/9 | F 7 h 45 m | ATMOSPHERIC X-RAY MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/10 | F 4 h | SESAME (Micrometeorite Collector) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/10 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/13 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/14 | F 11 h 45 m | SEARCH FOR ANISOTROPY IN DIFFUSE GALACTIC X-RADIATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/14 | --- | POSITRON-NEGATRON (e±) EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/15 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/17 | F 9 h 25 m | NEUTRON SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/17 | --- | LEE (Low Energy Electrons) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/20 | --- | SONEM TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/21 | --- | LEE (Low Energy Electrons) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/24 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/24 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/26 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/27 | F 7 h 30 m | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/29 | --- | POSITRON-NEGATRON (e±) EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/1 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/3 | F 7 h 55 m | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE MOUNTING TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/5 | F 5 h 30 m | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/5 | --- | POSITRON-NEGATRON (e±) EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/7 | --- | LEE (Low Energy Electrons) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/9 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/10 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/10 | F 6 h | TEST OF UHF TELEMETRY SYSTEM | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/10 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/11 | F 1 h 45 m | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/11 | 20 h | HODOSCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/15 | F 6 h | GAMMA RAY DIGITIZED SPARK CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/16 | F 6 h 50 m | ATMOSPHERIC X-RAY MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/18 | 22 h | HODOSCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/18 | --- | BALLOON MATERIAL TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/22 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC OZONE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/25 | --- | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/27 | --- | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/27 | --- | FLIGHT TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/27 | --- | FLIGHT TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/28 | --- | SOLAR NEUTRONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/29 | --- | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/29 | --- | FLIGHT TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/31 | --- | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/1 | --- | TEST OF VIRON VISTA BALLOON | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/1 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/2 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/2 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/2 | --- | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/2 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/2 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/2 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/2 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/2 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/3 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/3 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/3 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/3 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/3 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/3 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/3 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/4 | --- | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/7 | F 17 h 50 m | EXPERIMENT OF IRLS LOCATION WITH NIMBUS III & ATS III SATELLITES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/8 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/8 | --- | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION + RADIOMETER TEST | 12 miles NW of Pierre, South Dakota, US |
![]() | 8/8 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/8 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/8 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/8 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/8 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/9 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/9 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/9 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/9 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/9 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/9 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/12 | F 7 h 25 m | SESAME (Micrometeorite Collector) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/13 | --- | MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER | Balloon failure reaching float altitude |
![]() | 8/19 | F 3 h | MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/20 | F 2 h | DOUBLE SCATTERING NEUTRON DETECTOR | Balloon failure |
![]() | 8/20 | --- | FLIGHT TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/21 | F 8 h 50 m | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET SPECTROMETER | Van Horn, Texas, US |
![]() | 8/21 | --- | DIRECTION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE TESTING | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/22 | --- | INSTRUMENTAL TESTING FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/25 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/26 | --- | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 5 miles E of Nashua, Minnesota, US |
![]() | 8/28 | --- | SOLAR GAMMA RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/29 | --- | SOLAR GAMMA RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/2 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/3 | F + 10 h | POLLUTANTS DETECTOR TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/3 | --- | FLIGHT TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/4 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/4 | F 3 h 15 m | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/5 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC IONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/7 | F 6 h 15 m | MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/8 | --- | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | Durand municipal airport, Winsconsin, US |
![]() | 9/8 | F 5 h 30 m | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/8 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/9 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/9 | --- | IONIZATION CALORIMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/9 | --- | COSMIC DUST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/10 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/10 | --- | SOLAR INFRARED | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/11 | --- | IONIZATION STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/12 | F 11 h 15 m | ENGINEERING TEST TO VERIFY THERMAL REDESIGN FOR STRATOSCOPE II | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/12 | ~ 6 h | INFRARED INSTRUMENTATION | In the White Mountains, Alaska, US |
![]() | 9/13 | --- | PRIMARY ELECTRONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/14 | --- | COSMIC DUST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/15 | F 8 h 20 m | DOUBLE SCATTERING NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/15 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Operations Failure |
![]() | 9/15 | --- | SPECTROGRAPH | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/15 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/15 | ~ 2 h | INFRARED INSTRUMENTATION | Balloon burst at 29 km.Payload recovered 10 miles E of Fairbanks, Alaska, US |
![]() | 9/16 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/17 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/17 | --- | NIGHTGLOW INFRARED | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/18 | F 2 h 35 m | SONEM TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/18 | --- | ZODIACAL LIGHT & NIGHTGLOW INFRARED | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/20 | --- | FLIGHT TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/22 | --- | STRATCOM - II (Stratospheric Composition) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/22 | --- | PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/23 | --- | GALACTIC X-RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/23 | ~ 2 h | INFRARED INSTRUMENTATION | Balloon burst at 29 km.Payload recovered 40 miles SE of Fairbanks, Alaska, US |
![]() | 9/24 | F 6 h 30 m | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/24 | --- | IONIZATION CALORIMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/25 | --- | PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/26 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/26 | --- | SOLAR NEUTRONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/27 | F 41 h 20 m | NUCLEAR EMULSIONS - TEXAS IV | In Celburne, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/27 | --- | MAGNETIC FIELD | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/27 | --- | SOLAR X-RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | --- | SOLAR NEUTRONS & GAMMA RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/29 | F 9 h 40 m | INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/29 | --- | SONEM TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/29 | --- | PRIMARY HEAVY PARTICLES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/29 | --- | SOLAR NEUTRONS & GAMMA RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | --- | THISBE (Telescope of Heidelberg for Infrared Studies by Balloon-borne Experiments) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC IONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | --- | FLIGHT TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/2 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/3 | --- | UV SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/7 | --- | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/7 | --- | GAS CERENKOV DETECTOR PROTOTYPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/9 | --- | TEST OF SEVERAL BALLOON SYSTEMS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/9 | F 2 h | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/10 | F 6 h 50 m | DETECT GAMMA RAY ANISOTROPIES IN GALACTIC PLANE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/10 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/16 | --- | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/19 | F 30 m | X-RAY SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/21 | 9 h 20 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/22 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/22 | --- | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/23 | F 6 h | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/23 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/23 | 5 h 20 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/24 | F 5 h 45 m | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/24 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/31 | --- | NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/1 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/3 | F 8 h | X-RAY SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/3 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/4 | F 4 h 45 m | X-RAY SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/6 | 3 h | CRISP (Cosmic Ray Ionization Spectrograph Experiment) | Balloon failure at 60.000 ft. Payload impact 34 miles NE of Roswell, balloon impact 58 miles E of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 11/7 | F 5 h 25 m | CRANE (Cosmic Ray Albedo Nucleon Experiment) | In Homochitto forest, SE of Natchez, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 11/12 | 2 h | VLF WAVES PROPAGATION STUDY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/15 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/16 | 30 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/16 | F 2 h 45 m | SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/17 | 3 h | SPARK CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/18 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/18 | 7 h | BALLOON MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER - ANTIP 1 | Near Tselinograd, Kazakhstan |
![]() | 11/19 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/19 | F 7 h 15 m | FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/19 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/20 | --- | INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/21 | --- | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION + RADIOMETER TEST | Aborted flight |
![]() | 11/21 | F 6 h 20 m | MEASUREMENTS OF ISOTROPY OF COSMIC BLACKBODY RADIATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/21 | F 9 m | SPECTROGRAPH | In Montaigu de Quercy, Tarn-et-Garonne, France |
![]() | 11/22 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/23 | F 4 h 25 m | SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETER FOR GAMMA RAYS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/23 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/26 | --- | SPARK CHAMBER | Balloon failure |
![]() | 11/26 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/26 | 10 h | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | Near San Jorge, Santa Fe, Argentine |
![]() | 11/26 | F 2 h 5 m | GAMMA RAY MONITOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/27 | F ~ 8 h | SPARK CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/4 | 5 h | SPARK CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/4 | 9 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/9 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/10 | --- | TEST OF REEFING SLEEVE SYSTEM | Balloon not to be released |
![]() | 12/11 | F 3 h 30 m | GAMMA RAY MONITOR TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/26 | F 2 h | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
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