In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 1976, which are currently available in StratoCat's database. Each row displays essential information such as the launch base, date and time of launch, and, if known, the mission duration and landing site of the payload. Clicking on the experiment name will offer details about the scientific institutions involved, a summary of the experiment's purpose and results, and other relevant information on the balloon flight, including references and images. Clicking on the arrows at the top and the bottom of the table you can move to other year's tables.
Launch base | Date | Flight Duration | Experiment | Payload landing place or cause of the failure |
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![]() | 1/12 | F 30 m | MEASUREMENTS OF STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/17 | F 11 h 55 m | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/17 | F 5 h 55 m | MEASUREMENTS OF HALOCARBONS AND METHANE IN THE ATMOSPHERE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/27 | --- | CRYOGENIC WHOLE AIR SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/27 | F 2 h 10 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (NCAR) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/28 | --- | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/29 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/30 | --- | X-RAY TELESCOPE | Balloon failure |
![]() | 2/6 | --- | CRYOGENIC WHOLE AIR SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/8 | F 13 h 5 m | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/12 | --- | CRYOGENIC WHOLE AIR SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/13 | 5 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 27 miles NE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 2/15 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 24 miles W of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 2/17 | 3 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 25 miles SE of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 2/18 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/18 | 30 h 30 m | ATMOSAT AMERICA 1 (Heinsheimer - Neushal) | Lukeville, Arizona, US |
![]() | 2/23 | 3 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 10 miles SE of Silver City, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 2/24 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/26 | 7 h 15 m | ASHCAN | 20 miles ESE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 2/26 | --- | TRAINING FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/27 | F 5 h 30 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (NCAR) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/3 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/9 | F 12 h 20 m | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/17 | 6 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 30 miles SSW of Deming, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 3/17 | F 55 m | TRAINING FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/18 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/22 | --- | SPECTRUM OF COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION | Balloon failure |
![]() | 3/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/31 | F 8 h | SPECTRUM OF COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION | Near Aiken, South Carolina, US |
![]() | 4/1 | --- | MEASUREMENTS OF VARIOUS STRATOSPHERIC SPECIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/1 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/1 | F 4 h 55 m | BUSS (Balloon-Borne Ultraviolet Stellar Spectrometer) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/2 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/4 | 1 h | ALIR-I (Infrared Telescope) | Balloon failure |
![]() | 4/4 | F 1 h 45 m | MEASUREMENTS OF VARIOUS STRATOSPHERIC SPECIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/6 | --- | TRAINING FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/8 | F 6 h 45 m | 102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/17 | 1 h | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/19 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/19 | 31 h 44 m | ATMOSAT AMERICA 2 (Heinsheimer - Neushal) | In Goodland, Kansas, US |
![]() | 4/20 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/21 | --- | DETECTION OF TRACE MOLECULAR SPECIES IN STRATOSPHERE | Balloon failure |
![]() | 4/21 | F 9 h 55 m | SPECTRUM OF SUBMILLIMETER COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/22 | F 9 h 30 m | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | Near Arcadia, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 4/23 | 3 h | METEOROLOGICAL SENSORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/25 | F 9 h 20 m | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/29 | 4 h 30 m | LIQUID HELIUM SPECTROMETER + RADIOMETER + X-RAY DETECTOR | 3 miles S of Bear Lake, Alaska, US |
![]() | 5/2 | F 25 m | MEASUREMENTS OF VARIOUS STRATOSPHERIC SPECIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/2 | F 11 h 20 m | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/3 | 37 km | SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/5 | --- | RADIOMETER + SPECTROMETER | 86 miles NNW of Eielson AFB, Alaska, US |
![]() | 5/9 | --- | GAMMA-RAY STUDIES | Balloon launch ground abort |
![]() | 5/10 | 20 h | BELL/SANDIA GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | Near Rock Springs, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/10 | F 5 h 15 m | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | Inside the Lake O' The Pines, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/10 | F 19 h 15 m | NRL HARD X-RAY OBSERVATORY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/11 | 2 h | SUPERPRESSURE TEST FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/13 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/14 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/14 | --- | CRYOGENIC WHOLE AIR SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/15 | F 1 h 30 m | MEASUREMENTS OF STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/15 | F 8 h 20 m | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/16 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/17 | --- | OBSERVATION OF GAMMA RAY BURSTS | Operations Failure |
![]() | 5/17 | --- | SSCM (Small Superconductor Magnet) - PROJECT HAPPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/17 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/18 | F 12 h 25 m | MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/18 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/19 | F 9 h 10 m | BUSS (Balloon-Borne Ultraviolet Stellar Spectrometer) | In Ranger, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/19 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/19 | --- | CRYOGENIC WHOLE AIR SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/20 | F 40 h | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET SPECTROMETER | In the Navarro Mills Lake, Navarro County, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/22 | 26 h 30 m | PRIMARY COSMIC RAYS (Boomerang Flight) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/23 | 44 h | OBSERVATION OF GAMMA RAY BURSTS | 13 miles E of Carrollton, Missouri, EE.UU |
![]() | 5/25 | 36 h | ULTRA-HEAVY COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | Near Battle Creek, Iowa, US |
![]() | 5/26 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/26 | --- | RADIOMETER + SPECTROMETER | Payload hit the ground during launch |
![]() | 5/28 | F 7 h 45 m | 102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/29 | 7 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/29 | 9 h 44 m | BAT-1 (Balloon-Borne Astronomical Telescope) | Near Mount Chokai, Tohoku, Japan |
![]() | 5/31 | --- | INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/2 | --- | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/3 | --- | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | Balloon failure |
![]() | 6/5 | 6 h | OPALE - GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/8 | 24 h | DA VINCI II (Engelmann - Simons) | Griffin, Indiana, US |
![]() | 6/10 | F 13 h 55 m | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/16 | F 8 h 30 m | FAR INFRARED PHOTOMETRY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/17 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/19 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/19 | 3 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 12 miles NE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 6/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/23 | 5 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 35 miles NW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 6/24 | F 12 h | RADIOMETER II | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/25 | 4 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 1 mile S of Three Rivers, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 6/26 | --- | MOTAS (Mouvements Organisés et Turbulence Atmosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/27 | 5 h 40 m | MAIN PAYLOAD UNKNOWN + TEST OF COMMAND RECEIVER | SE of Pierre, South Dakota, US |
![]() | 6/29 | 5 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 39 miles WNW of Silver City, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 7/1 | --- | EBERT-FASTIE SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/1 | --- | MOTAS (Mouvements Organisés et Turbulence Atmosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/4 | 32 h 30 m | ATMOSAT AMERICA 3 (Heinsheimer - Neushal) | Death Valley, Nevada, US |
![]() | 7/5 | --- | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/6 | F 6 h 40 m | BIRAP (Balloon InfraRed Astronomy Platform) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/7 | 5 h | ASHCAN | 6 miles WNW of Gila Bend, Arizona, US |
![]() | 7/7 | F 10 h 45 m | FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/7 | 12 h | TEST FLIGHT | N of Nebraska, US |
![]() | 7/9 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/23 | 26 h | DA VINCI III (Engelmann - Simons) | Near Moorehead, Kentucky, US |
![]() | 7/28 | --- | CORONA ANEMOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/28 | F 1 h | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/29 | 3 d 3 h | HXR-76 (Hard X-Rays 1976) | Radio contact with the balloon lost after 75 hours aloft. Payload never recovered. |
![]() | 7/30 | 12 h | TEST FLIGHT | Near the Mississippi river, South Dakota, US |
![]() | 8/4 | 9 h 14 m | CABBAGE (Cornell-Arizona Balloon-Borne Astronomy Group Experiment) | Near Eldorado, Texas, US |
![]() | 8/10 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (NCAR) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/11 | F 11 h 50 m | RADIOMETER III | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/13 | 4 d 11 h | GAMMA RAY DETECTOR | Near Gardner, Massachusetts, USA |
![]() | 8/19 | --- | STRATOPROBE III | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/21 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 9,5 mi. SSE of Safford, Arizona, US |
![]() | 8/23 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 43 mi, SW of Deming, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 8/25 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/25 | --- | ENGINEERING AND TRAINING FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/25 | 22 h 30 m | FAR INFRARED MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/28 | --- | STRATOPROBE III | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/30 | 3 h | ASHCAN | 48 mi. NNW of San Simon, Arizona, US |
![]() | 8/31 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/1 | 6 h | ASHCAN | 10 miles WNW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 9/1 | F 11 h 55 m | PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FROM LIGHTING | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/1 | --- | OZONOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/3 | F 8 h 20 m | COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION STUDY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/8 | --- | ENGINEERING AND TRAINING FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/9 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/13 | 25 h | IRIS (IRon ISotopes) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/14 | --- | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/14 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/15 | F 10 h 40 m | INFRARED EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/16 | F 11 h 5 m | BUSS (Balloon-Borne Ultraviolet Stellar Spectrometer) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/20 | 5 h 30 m | LAMELLAR GRATING INTERFEROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/23 | F 26 h | HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/23 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/23 | --- | AGLAE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/24 | F 20 m | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | Balloon Failure |
![]() | 9/24 | --- | MULTIELEMENT TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/25 | 25 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/27 | --- | STRATCOM - VII-A (Stratospheric Composition) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/29 | F 27 h 20 m | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | --- | X-RAY IMAGING DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | --- | EXPERIMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | --- | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET SPECTROMETER | Balloon Failure |
![]() | 9/30 | F 17 h | MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL COUNTER HODOSCOPE | Near Alpena, Michigan, US |
![]() | 10/2 | F 1 h 20 m | STRATOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/6 | 107 h 37 m | SILVER FOX (Yost) | Atlantic Ocean |
![]() | 10/9 | F 13 h 30 m | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/11 | F 28 h | COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/13 | F 5 h 15 m | DUAL REFLECTIVE CORONOGRAPH | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/14 | F 6 h | ENGINEERING TEST FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/20 | F 7 h | BIRAP (Balloon InfraRed Astronomy Platform) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/21 | F 3 h | 60 CM INFRARED TELESCOPE | Payload destroyed in free fall due to parachute malfunction. |
![]() | 11/1 | --- | COSMIC RAYS DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/1 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon failed at launch |
![]() | 11/2 | 4 h 30 m | ASHCAN | Aerial recovery of the payload 24 miles NNE of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 11/2 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/3 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon failed at launch |
![]() | 11/4 | 2 h | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | In Paranavaí - Sao Paulo |
![]() | 11/4 | 5 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 3 mi. ESE of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 11/5 | 10 h | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | In Aparecida - Sao Paulo |
![]() | 11/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/8 | --- | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | In Mato Grosso |
![]() | 11/8 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 7 mi. ESE of Tatum, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 11/10 | 2 h | BERENICE | In Morungaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
![]() | 11/10 | 16 h | SAMBO 76 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/10 | F 2 h 30 m | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/11 | --- | SAMBO 76 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/11 | --- | SAMBO 76 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/11 | 3 h 15 m | AEROSOL COUNTER + RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/11 | --- | SAMBO 76 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/12 | 6 h | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | Payload lost in the sea |
![]() | 11/12 | --- | SAMBO 76 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/12 | --- | SAMBO 76 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/15 | --- | RFI TEST OF SCADS-2 SYSTEM | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/17 | 5 h | OPALE - GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | In Rio Paraiba, Sao Jose dos Campos, Paraná, Brazil |
![]() | 11/18 | 6 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 23 mi. NW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 11/22 | 5 h | ASHCAN | 7 mi. SSW of Artesia, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 11/23 | 7 h | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | In Sarapuí - Paraná |
![]() | 11/24 | --- | GAMMA-RAY STUDIES | Balloon burst at tropopause |
![]() | 11/26 | 9.4 h | AGATHE | In Salto Grande, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
![]() | 11/29 | 13 h 10 m | 41 INCH INFRARED TELESCOPE | 8 km NW of Opelika, Alabama, US |
![]() | 11/30 | 11.54 h | JUPITER | In Fazenda Santa Fe - Reginópolis - Sao Paulo |
![]() | 12/2 | 4.35 h | CESAR GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | In Cambuí - Minas Gerais |
![]() | 12/2 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/2 | F 2 h 40 m | ENGINEERING AND TRAINING FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/2 | 9 h | X-RAY TELESCOPE | Near Cobar, New South Wales, Australia |
![]() | 12/3 | 6 h | ASHCAN | 6 mi. SSE of Taylor, Texas, US |
![]() | 12/3 | F 3 h | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/4 | --- | BALLOON-BORNE ION SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/4 | --- | SAMBO 76 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/4 | --- | SAMBO 76 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/5 | --- | IR VERTICAL | Guaratingueta - Sao Paulo, Brazil |
![]() | 12/7 | --- | SAMBO 76 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/8 | 7 h | ATMOSAT AMERICA 4 (Heinsheimer - Neushal) | Monticello, Utah, US |
![]() | 12/8 | --- | SAMBO 76 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/8 | --- | SAMBO 76 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/8 | F 1 h 30 m | STRATOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/9 | --- | SAMBO 76 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/12 | 10 h | ELECTRIC FIELD AND AURORAL X-RAYS STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/13 | --- | SAMBO 76 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/13 | 2 h 20 m | PIONEER VENUS PROBE PARACHUTE TEST | Test aborted over White Sands due to cloud coverage in the drop zone. Package recovered |
![]() | 12/16 | --- | SKY ANCHOR TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/16 | 8 h | 41 INCH INFRARED TELESCOPE | Near Uniontown, Alabama, US |
![]() | 12/16 | --- | PIONEER VENUS PROBE PARACHUTE TEST | Dropped over White Sands, New Mexico |
![]() | 12/30 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
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