In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1977, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1/11 | F 30 m | TEST OF RADAR REFLECTIVE TAPES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/11 | F 30 m | TEST OF RADAR REFLECTIVE TAPES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/13 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/17 | --- | ASHCAN | aborted flight by launch vehicle failure |
![]() | 1/19 | F 7 h | SKY ANCHOR I | In Colorado, US |
![]() | 1/19 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/24 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon burst at 35.000 ft |
![]() | 1/25 | --- | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/28 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/4 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/5 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/7 | 7 h | AGATHE | In Umuarama, Paraná, Brazil |
![]() | 2/8 | 7 h | CESAR GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | In Sao Joao Cajua - Paraná |
![]() | 2/9 | --- | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/9 | 5 h | OPALE | In Paraguacu Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
![]() | 2/9 | --- | SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/12 | 9 h | OPALE | In Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
![]() | 2/14 | 8 h | CESAR GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | In Maria Elena - Paraná |
![]() | 2/15 | 5 h | CESAR GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | In Cornelio Procópio - Paraná |
![]() | 2/16 | F 12 h 15 m | COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND STUDY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/16 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/17 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/17 | --- | SOLAR MONTGOLFIER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/17 | 7 h | OLN (Observation de la Luminescence Nocturne) | In Nova Esperanca - Paraná |
![]() | 2/17 | --- | SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/19 | 10 h | CHEMILUMINESCENCE INSTRUMENT + SCANNING RADIOMETER | In coordinates 51.1º N - 106.5º W |
![]() | 2/25 | --- | SOLAR MONTGOLFIER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/28 | F 4 h 30 m | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/8 | F 3 h 20 m | ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS OF AEROSOLS AND TRACE GASES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/15 | --- | X-RAY STUDIES | Balloon burst at tropopause |
![]() | 3/23 | --- | ASHCAN | During aerial recovery, the winch in the C-130 plane failed and as a result the payload was destroyed |
![]() | 3/23 | F 7 h | MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/24 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/25 | --- | SSCM (Small Superconductor Magnet) - PROJECT HAPPE | Balloon Failure. Ground Abort |
![]() | 3/27 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- |
![]() | 3/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- |
![]() | 3/30 | --- | GRAB SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/31 | 6 h | GAMMA-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/31 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- |
![]() | 4/2 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- |
![]() | 4/5 | F 6 h | TEST FLIGHT - THERMAL STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/5 | --- | SSCM (Small Superconductor Magnet) - PROJECT HAPPE | Balloon Failure. Ground Abort |
![]() | 4/6 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/6 | F 1 h 5 m | STRATOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/13 | 6 h | ALIR-I (Infrared Telescope) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/15 | 1 h | EOSCOR I (Extended Observation of Solar COsmic Radiation) | Balloon burst at 40.000 ft. |
![]() | 4/18 | F 4 h 30 m | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/18 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/21 | --- | UV SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/22 | F 6 h 20 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/25 | F 9 h | 102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/26 | F 55 m | STRATOSPHERIC COMPOSITION STUDY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/26 | F 40 m | STRATOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/3 | F 2 h 30 m | SPECTROPHOTOMETER | Near Baytown, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/7 | 5 h | X-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/9 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- |
![]() | 5/10 | F 12 h 55 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/11 | F 14 h 50 m | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/12 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/12 | --- | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/14 | --- | SCAP 2000 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/16 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/17 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- |
![]() | 5/19 | --- | PIONNER VENUS PROBE PARACHUTE TEST | Over the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 5/20 | 12 h | MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/20 | F 56 h 42 m | CRISIS (Cosmic Ray Isotope Instrument System) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/21 | 9 h 20 m | FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/22 | F 30 h 30 m | MISO - GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/22 | 8 h 4 m | XENON PROPORTIONAL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/23 | --- | TRAINING FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/23 | --- | TRAINING FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/23 | F 17 h | NEUTRON AND GAMMA DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/26 | 50 h | SKY ANCHOR II | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/28 | F 8 h 20 m | SSCM (Small Superconductor Magnet) - PROJECT HAPPE | Balloon burst at float. The instrument free-fell with the balloon and parachute attached, and impacted the ground near Marmarth, North Dakota, US |
![]() | 5/29 | --- | HEIST (High Energy Isotope Spectrometer Telescope) | Balloon Failure. Ground Abort |
![]() | 6/1 | --- | 102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | Balloon Failure |
![]() | 6/6 | F 8 h 30 m | THISBE (Telescope of Heidelberg for Infrared Studies by Balloon-borne Experiments) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/6 | F 12 h 30 m | HEIST (High Energy Isotope Spectrometer Telescope) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/7 | ~ 10 h | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/8 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | Balloon Failure. Ground Abort |
![]() | 6/10 | F 5 h | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/14 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/15 | 7 h | INFRARED RADIOMETERS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/16 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- |
![]() | 6/22 | --- | QUADRUPOLE MASS FILTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/23 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- |
![]() | 6/24 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- |
![]() | 6/25 | F 4 h | FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/25 | 1 h | SKY ANCHOR III | Flight aborted at 4000 ft. |
![]() | 6/27 | 5 h 44 m | ATMOSAT AMERICA 5 (Heinsheimer - Neushal) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/27 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- |
![]() | 6/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/4 | --- | COSMIC RAY ISOTOPE DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/6 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/7 | --- | EBERT-FASTIE SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/14 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/14 | F 20 m | STRATOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/28 | 84 d | X-RAY RADIATION + COSMIC RAY IONIZATION + OZONE STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/2 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/2 | F 8 h | FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/6 | 22 h 20 m | TECHNO | In Aracena, Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 8/11 | F 3 h 30 m | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/11 | 21 h | PAM | In Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain |
![]() | 8/12 | 29 d | X-RAY RADIATION + COSMIC RAY IONIZATION + OZONE STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/14 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/17 | --- | TRAINING FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/19 | --- | STRATOPROBE IV | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/19 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/22 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- |
![]() | 8/25 | 122 d | X-RAY RADIATION + COSMIC RAY IONIZATION + OZONE STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/26 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/29 | 6 h 10 m | STRATOSPHERIC RADIATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/30 | 10 h 30 m | STRATOSPHERIC COMPOSITION STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/31 | --- | PARACHUTE DROP TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/31 | 6 h 45 m | FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/1 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/1 | F 49 h | COSMIC RAY ISOTOPE DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/1 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- |
![]() | 9/2 | --- | SKY ANCHOR IV | Ground abort |
![]() | 9/2 | 17 h 33 m | SOLAR DISC OBSERVATION BY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/3 | F 8 h | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/6 | --- | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- |
![]() | 9/8 | 9 h 10 m | ATMOSAT AMERICA 6 (Heinsheimer - Neushal) | San Bernardino National Forest, California, US |
![]() | 9/10 | --- | PI / NI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/12 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/13 | F 40 h | ULTRA-HEAVY COSMIC RAY DETECTOR | 35 miles E of Minot, North Dakota, US |
![]() | 9/16 | 12 h 35 m | BAT-1 (Balloon-Borne Astronomical Telescope) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/18 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/20 | F 30 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/20 | F 17 h 30 m | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/23 | 3 h 25 m | LAMELLAR GRATING INTERFEROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/24 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/26 | F 41 h | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/26 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/27 | --- | X-RAY SOURCES OBSERVATION | Balloon burst at 15 km |
![]() | 9/27 | --- | SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | 78 h 40 m | GAMMA RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | 6 h 30 m | STRATCOM - VIII-B (Stratospheric Composition) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/29 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/29 | F 29 h 15 m | EMULSION CHAMBERS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/29 | 30 h 30 m | STRATCOM - VIII-A (Stratospheric Composition) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | 28 h | GAMMA RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | --- | QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/1 | F 20 h | MPI LARGE AREA COMPTON TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/3 | F 40 h 10 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | In a cotton field S of Halifax, North Carolina, US |
![]() | 10/3 | F 24 h | GAMMA RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/3 | 27 h 40 m | ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/6 | --- | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/6 | 8 h 59 m | BALLOON RELAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/6 | 8 h 22 m | BALLOON RELAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/7 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/8 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/10 | 26 h | ATMOSAT AMERICA 7 (Heinsheimer - Neushal) | Oxnard Beach, California, US |
![]() | 10/11 | 4 h | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/12 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/12 | --- | ASHCAN | Failure in the aerial recovery operation. Payload was destroyed |
![]() | 10/13 | --- | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET SPECTROMETER | Balloon failure at 2.1 km of altitude |
![]() | 10/13 | --- | BALLOON TEST FOR BAMM (Balloon Altitude Mosaic Measurements) | Mission failure. The dummy payload separated from the balloon prematurely |
![]() | 10/14 | --- | AGLAE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/14 | 1 h | MIR (Montgolfier Infra-Rouge) | Balloon failure |
![]() | 10/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/17 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/18 | F 8 h 15 m | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/18 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/19 | --- | MPI LARGE AREA COMPTON TELESCOPE | Balloon failure during launch |
![]() | 10/20 | --- | BALLOON TEST FOR BAMM (Balloon Altitude Mosaic Measurements) | Mission failure. Balloon developed helium leaks |
![]() | 10/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/23 | --- | ANNA-6 | Balloon burst at tropopause |
![]() | 10/25 | F 2 h 45 m | PROJECT STRATOPROBE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/25 | F 30 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/26 | --- | SKY ANCHOR V | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/26 | F 8 h 15 m | X-RAY OBSERVATIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/27 | 3 h 50 m | ALBEDO-IND | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/27 | F 6 h 25 m | HARD X-RAY SCINTILLATION COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/27 | --- | UV HYGROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/3 | --- | NATALYA-1 | Balloon failed |
![]() | 11/3 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/4 | 7 h | ANNA-6 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/7 | --- | TRAINING FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/11 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/11 | F 5 h 10 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/11 | F 55 h 45 m | BELL/SANDIA GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | In the Simpson Desert, 175 miles E of Alice Springs, Australia |
![]() | 11/16 | 30 h | GAMMA RAY BURST DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/21 | F 47 h 45 m | LGT (Large Gamma-ray Telescope) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/24 | ~ 4 h | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | In Natividade da Serra - Sao Paulo |
![]() | 11/24 | F 9 h 30 m | NRL HARD X-RAY OBSERVATORY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/30 | --- | AURORAL X-RAYS AND NITROGEN MONOXIDE STUDIES | Balloon failure at launch |
![]() | 11/30 | --- | X-RAY TELESCOPE | Balloon failure at launch. Aborted fligth |
![]() | 12/1 | F 6 h | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/2 | F 15 m | MEASUREMENTS OF STRATOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/4 | 12 h | ELECTRIC FIELD AND AURORAL X-RAYS STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/7 | F 5 h 25 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/11 | 2 h 48 m | NO2 MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/12 | 1 h | ELECTRIC FIELD AND NITROGEN MONOXIDE STUDIES | Telemetry communication failure |
![]() | 12/13 | 4 h 26 m | NO2 MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/15 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/16 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/19 | 66 h | MIR (Montgolfier Infra-Rouge) | In turkey |
![]() | 12/27 | ~ 6 h | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | Payload not recuperable. |
![]() | 12/141 | F 7 h 55 m | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
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