In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1980, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Laramie (WY) | 1/7 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 1/17 | F 18 h 55 m | OBSERVATIONS OF ANISOTROPIES OF COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND | 15 miles W of Tyler, Texas, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 2/2 | --- | FAST DESCENT BALLOON TEST FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 2/5 | 4 h 20 m | FAST DESCENT BALLOON TEST FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 2/10 | 4 h | SOLAR MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 2/21 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 2/26 | F 6 h 30 m | TEST OF OUTER CAP BALLOON | 2 miles SW of Palestine, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 2/27 | F 7 h 55 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 5 miles S of Rising Star, Texas, US |
 Howard AFB, Panama | 3/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Howard AFB, Panama | 3/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Howard AFB, Panama | 3/13 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 3/18 | F 5 h 30 m | TEST OF RAVEN BALLOON | 5 miles N of Forest, Mississippi, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 3/21 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 3/29 | 14 h | SOURCE TELESCOPE | In Capivari, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/3 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 4/3 | 14 h 30 m | DOUBLE PROBE ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 4/4 | 9 h | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
 TIFR Hyderabad | 4/7 | 5 h | X-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 4/9 | 11 h | DOUBLE PROBE ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 4/10 | 9 h 50 m | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
 Mildura | 4/13 | 14h 15m | INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 4/14 | 5 h 50 m | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 4/15 | F 9 h 50 m | FASTIE-EBER SPECTROMETER | 7 miles S of Winsboro, Louisiana, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/18 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 4/19 | 2 h | X-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 4/19 | F 8 h 20 m | BALLOON-BORNE LIDAR | 5 miles N of Bunkie, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 4/20 | F 6 h 50 m | U.V. EXPERIMENT | 25 miles S of Paucheville, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 4/20 | F 3 h 25 m | STRATOSPHERIC OZONE MEASUREMENTS | 5 miles N of Tylertown, Mississippi, US |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 4/25 | 4 h | X-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 4/27 | 9 h 10 m | UV SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 4/28 | 7 h 10 m | TRIWAS sampler | --- No Data --- |
 Aire Sur L'Adour | 4/30 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 5/1 | 7 h 10 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/6 | F 6 h 40 m | FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER | 35 miles SW of Newton, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/7 | F 20 h 45 m | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | Payload destroyed in free fall. Impact 5 miles SSW of Woodville, Texas, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/7 | --- | LIMB CAMERA | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Baker (CA) | 5/8 | 99 h 54 m | KITTY HAWK (Anderson - Anderson) | Ste.Felicite, Quebec, Canada |
| Malden (MO) | 5/9 | 4 d 7 h | SKY ANCHOR XI | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/9 | 46 h | HEXE (High Energy X-Ray Experiment) | 17 miles E of Seminole, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/10 | --- | LEGS (Low Energy Gamma-ray Spectrometer) | Balloon failure at 22 km. Payload landed 25 miles NE of Nacogodches, Texas, US |
 Sanriku | 5/13 | --- | AUTOMATIC SYSTEM TO CONTROL BALLOON ALTITUDE | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/17 | F 38 h 25 m | COSMIC RAY PHYSICS EXPERIMENT | 15 miles N of Sierra Blanca Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/17 | F 25 h | MISO - GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | 25 miles SW of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 5/19 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 5/19 | ~ 20 h | MICS (Multistage Ionization and Cerenkov System) | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 5/20 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/20 | F 7 h 45 m | U.V. EXPERIMENT | 5 Miles SE of Richland, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 5/21 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/22 | --- | TRAINING FLIGHT | 34 Miles NW of Lufkin, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/23 | F 12 h 10 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 36 Miles NNE of Austin, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 5/24 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 5/26 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 5/27 | 6 h 45 m | EPSILON AEROSOL SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 5/29 | --- | PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT TEST | --- No Data --- |
| Gap-Tallard | 6/?? | --- | SCAP 2000 | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 6/3 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 6/3 | --- | GRAB SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Gap-Tallard | 6/5 | --- | LIMB CAMERA | --- No Data --- |
| Eielson AFB (AK) | 6/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Eielson AFB (AK) | 6/8 | 5 h 40 m | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Eielson AFB (AK) | 6/9 | 5 h 55 m | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 6/12 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Gap-Tallard | 6/14 | --- | SIMBA (Solar Irradiance Monitoring from Balloons) | Balloon did not reached float altitude. Payload landed on a glacier in the French Alps. |
| Gap-Tallard | 6/16 | 8 h | MASS SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
 The Pas (MB) | 6/18 | F 21 h | ANTIPROTON FLUX DETECTOR | Near Vermillion, Alberta, Canada |
| Laramie (WY) | 6/20 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Gap-Tallard | 6/20 | F 3 h 55 m | SIMBA (Solar Irradiance Monitoring from Balloons) | --- No Data --- |
| Gap-Tallard | 6/21 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/23 | F 11 h 20 m | INFRARED EXPERIMENT | 14 Miles SW of Ft.Stockton, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 6/25 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/26 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 25 Miles N of Big Lake, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 6/27 | 2 h 30 m | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/27 | F 10 h 10 m | HARD X-RAY DETECTOR | 14 Miles SE of Van Horn,Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/27 | F 13 h | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | 24 Miles SW of Deming, New Mexico, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/2 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 Trapani | 7/5 | 3 h | ERCOLE - BALLOON TEST | In Sicily, Italy |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/10 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/14 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/15 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Trapani | 7/19 | 17 h 50 m | ULISSE 80 | In southern Spain |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/22 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Gimli (MB) | 7/22 | 17 h | FOTOLYSIS CELL | NE of Minot, North Dakota, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 7/23 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/24 | F 5 h 10 m | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 14 Miles S of Brownwood,Texas, US |
| Stuttgart (AR) | 7/24 | 21 h 15 m | RADIOMETRIC TEST FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 7/25 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Trapani | 7/25 | 19 h 20 m | NAUSICAA | In Huelva, Spain |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/28 | 2 h | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 7/29 | 7 h 40 m | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Trapani | 7/31 | --- | ERCOLE - BALLOON TEST | Aborted flight. Balloon failure |
| Gimli (MB) | 8/2 | 8 h | FOTOLYSIS CELL | NE of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
| Laramie (WY) | 8/4 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Trapani | 8/4 | 18 h 38 m | ENEA | In Merida, Badajoz, Spain |
| Trapani | 8/10 | F 19 h | HXM-80M / CIRCE | In Spain |
| Laramie (WY) | 8/11 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 8/15 | F 9 h 55 m | SUB MILLIMITER SURVEY | 6 Miles NE of Garden City, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 8/19 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 8/22 | F 2 h 15 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | In Rising, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 8/27 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 8/27 | F 8 h 20 m | BIRAP (Balloon InfraRed Astronomy Platform) | 10 Miles N of Odessa, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/4 | F 9 h 45 m | MSBS (Mass Spectrometer-Beam System) + UV EXPERIMENT | 25 Miles NW of Juction, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/5 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Pierre (SD) | 9/6 | F 33 h 25 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
| Pierre (SD) | 9/9 | F 35 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
 ESRANGE | 9/10 | F 1 h 38 m | X-RAY, OZONE AND VLF WAVES STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 9/11 | F 1 h 24 m | X-RAY, OZONE AND VLF WAVES STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/11 | --- | SPECTROPHOTOMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/12 | F 13 h | BIRAP (Balloon InfraRed Astronomy Platform) | 29 Miles NW of San Angelo, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/14 | F 1 h | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 5 Miles N of Blooming Grove, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/15 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/15 | --- | GRILLE SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
 Kourou | 9/16 | 38 d | RACCOON (Radiation Contolled Balloon) | In the Amazonic jungle |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/17 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/18 | --- | MASS SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Kourou | 9/19 | 14 d | RACCOON (Radiation Contolled Balloon) | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/22 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Kourou | 9/22 | 27 d | RACCOON (Radiation Contolled Balloon) | --- No Data --- |
| Pierre (SD) | 9/22 | F 43 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/24 | F 36 h 15 m | LEGS (Low Energy Gamma-ray Spectrometer) | 15 Miles S of Alamagordo, New Mexico, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/24 | F 29 h 20 m | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 10 Miles SW of Eunice, Texas, US |
| Pierre (SD) | 9/25 | F 18 h 20 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/25 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/26 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/30 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/30 | F 17 h 20 m | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 3 Miles SW of Hattiesburg, Missouri, US |
| Sanriku | 9/30 | --- | MICROGRAVITY TEST | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/1 | F 11 h | BELL/SANDIA GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | 15 Miles NW of McComb, Missouri, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/1 | F 37 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY ELECTRON TELESCOPE | 1 Mile W of Emannual, Georgia, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/4 | F 15 h | XG EXPERIMENT | 17 Miles N of Meridian, Mississippi, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/6 | F 31 h | GAMMA-RAY EXPERIMENT | 10 Miles NW of Roanoke, Virginia, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/7 | F 33 h 30 m | JACEE 2 (Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment) | 11 Miles of Elkins, West Virginia, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 10/8 | 5 h 45 m | SCRIBE (Stratospheric CRyogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 10/9 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/10 | F 21 h | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 5 Miles SW of Blakey, Georgia, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/15 | --- | HELISONDE | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/15 | --- | LIMB CAMERA | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 10/16 | 2 h 20 m | ASHCAN | Balloon Failure - Low Float altitude |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/20 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 10 Miles SE of Palestine, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/20 | 16 h | 102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | 14 Miles S of Arcadia, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/20 | F 11 h | BALLOON-BORNE LIDAR | Free fall of the payload. Impact 2 Miles NW of Bogalusa, Louisiana, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 10/21 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/21 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/22 | F 12 h 20 m | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/22 | --- | MIR (Montgolfier Infra-Rouge) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/23 | F 12 h | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 20 Miles N of Greenville, Mississippi, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/25 | F 15 h 45 m | GOLDENER DRACHE TELESKOP | 5 Miles W of Morton, Mississippi, US |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 10/30 | 4 h 40 m | TICAL - X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| Gimli (MB) | 11/1 | F 6 h | HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROMETER | The instrument was demolished when it was dropped from a helicopter during recovery. |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 11/3 | --- | CHLORINE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | Balloon burst |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 11/6 | 6 h 15 m | NATALYA 1 | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 11/11 | --- | CHLORINE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
 Stamsund | 11/12 | --- | X-RAY DETECTORS | --- No Data --- |
| Alice Springs | 11/12 | 30 h | AGLAE | In an aborigin reserve 600 km from Alice Spring |
 Resistencia | 11/17 | 7 h | ALIR-I (Infrared Telescope) | In Santa Fe province, Argentina |
| Palestine (TX) | 11/19 | F 8 h | 60 CM INFRARED TELESCOPE + POLARIMETER | 15 Miles E of Guitman, Mississippi, US |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 11/19 | 7 h 40 m | PEROBA (Plataformas Experimentais com Rastreio Orientado para BAlões) | In Maria da Fe, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Laramie (WY) | 11/20 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Alice Springs | 11/25 | 1 h | UTIC 80 (University of Tasmania / Imperial College 1980) | Balloon brst at 60.000 ft |
| Palestine (TX) | 12/3 | F 15 h 45 m | 102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | 5 Miles SW of Singer, Louisiana, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 12/4 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 12/10 | 7 h | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 12/10 | F 13 h 15 m | OBSERVATIONS OF ANISOTROPIES OF COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND | 5 Miles SE of Fairmont, Georgia, US |
 Siple Dome | 12/11 | 3 h 30 m | X-RAY + ELECTRIC FIELD + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Siple Dome | 12/12 | 27 h 30 m | X-RAY + ELECTRIC FIELD + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Siple Dome | 12/15 | 15 h 30 m | X-RAY + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Siple Dome | 12/19 | 28 h | X-RAY + ELECTRIC FIELD + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Siple Dome | 12/30 | 32 h | X-RAY + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Siple Dome | 12/31 | 29 h | X-RAY + ELECTRIC FIELD + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
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