In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 1980, 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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![]() | 1/7 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/16 | 36 m | PAYOLAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/17 | F 18 h 55 m | OBSERVATIONS OF ANISOTROPIES OF COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND | 15 miles W of Tyler, Texas, US |
![]() | 1/24 | 8 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 5 miles SSW of Cavern City, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 2/2 | 6 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 27 miles E of Midland, Texas, US |
![]() | 2/2 | 3 h | FAST DESCENT BALLOON TEST FLIGHT | 17 miles SSE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 2/5 | 4 h 20 m | FAST DESCENT BALLOON TEST FLIGHT | 12 miles NE of Cavern City, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 2/10 | 4 h | SOLAR MEASUREMENTS | 32 miles NE of Lubbock, Texas, US |
![]() | 2/14 | 2 h 15 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/21 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/26 | F 6 h 30 m | TEST OF OUTER CAP BALLOON | 2 miles SW of Palestine, Texas, US |
![]() | 2/27 | F 7 h 55 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 5 miles S of Rising Star, Texas, US |
![]() | 3/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/13 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/18 | F 5 h 30 m | TEST OF RAVEN BALLOON | 5 miles N of Forest, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 3/21 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/28 | 11 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/29 | 14 h | SOURCE TELESCOPE | In Capivari, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
![]() | 4/2 | 11h | --- NO DATA --- | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/3 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/3 | 14 h 30 m | DOUBLE PROBE ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/4 | 9 h | ASHCAN | 7 miles NE of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 4/6 | 4 h 25 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/7 | 5 h | X-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/9 | 11 h | DOUBLE PROBE ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/10 | 10 h | ASHCAN | 35 miles SSE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 4/13 | 14h 15m | INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/14 | 5 h 50 m | ASHCAN | 27 miles W of Salt Flats, Texas, US |
![]() | 4/15 | F 9 h 50 m | FASTIE-EBER SPECTROMETER | 7 miles S of Winsboro, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 4/18 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/19 | 2 h | X-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/19 | F 8 h 20 m | BALLOON-BORNE LIDAR | 5 miles N of Bunkie, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 4/20 | F 3 h 25 m | STRATOSPHERIC OZONE MEASUREMENTS | 5 miles N of Tylertown, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 4/20 | F 6 h 50 m | U.V. EXPERIMENT | 25 miles S of Paucheville, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 4/25 | 4 h | X-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/27 | 9 h 10 m | UV SPECTROMETER | 66 miles NE of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 4/28 | 7 h 10 m | TRIWAS sampler | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/30 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/1 | 5 h 45 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/1 | 7 h 10 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/5 | 6 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 18 miles E of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 5/6 | F 6 h 40 m | FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER | 35 miles SW of Newton, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/7 | F 20 h 45 m | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | Payload destroyed in free fall. Impact 5 miles SSW of Woodville, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/7 | --- | LIMB CAMERAS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/8 | 99 h 54 m | KITTY HAWK (Anderson - Anderson) | Ste.Felicite, Quebec, Canada |
![]() | 5/9 | 4 d 7 h | SKY ANCHOR XI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/9 | 46 h | HEXE (High Energy X-Ray Experiment) | 17 miles E of Seminole, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/10 | 3 h | LEGS (Low Energy Gamma-ray Spectrometer) | Balloon failure at 22 km. Payload landed 25 miles NE of Nacogodches, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/13 | --- | AUTOMATIC SYSTEM TO CONTROL BALLOON ALTITUDE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/17 | F 38 h 25 m | COSMIC RAY PHYSICS EXPERIMENT | 15 miles N of Sierra Blanca Texas, US |
![]() | 5/17 | F 25 h | MISO - GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | 25 miles SW of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 5/19 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/19 | ~ 20 h | MICS (Multistage Ionization and Cerenkov System) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/20 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/20 | F 7 h 45 m | U.V. EXPERIMENT | 5 Miles SE of Richland, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/21 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/22 | --- | TRAINING FLIGHT | 34 Miles NW of Lufkin, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/23 | F 12 h 10 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 36 Miles NNE of Austin, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/24 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/26 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/27 | 6 h 45 m | EPSILON AEROSOL SPECTROMETER | 19 miles N of Socorro, Nuevo Mexico, US |
![]() | 5/29 | --- | PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/?? | --- | SCAP 2000 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/3 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/3 | --- | GRAB SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/5 | --- | LIMB CAMERAS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/8 | 5 h 40 m | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/9 | 5 h 55 m | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/12 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/13 | 11 h 25 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 30 miles N of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 6/14 | --- | SIMBA (Solar Irradiance Monitoring from Balloons) | Balloon did not reached float altitude. Payload landed on a glacier in the French Alps. |
![]() | 6/16 | 8 h | MASS SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/18 | F 21 h | ANTIPROTON FLUX DETECTOR | Near Vermillion, Alberta, Canada |
![]() | 6/20 | F 3 h 55 m | SIMBA (Solar Irradiance Monitoring from Balloons) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/20 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/21 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/23 | 5 h 50 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/23 | F 11 h 20 m | INFRARED EXPERIMENT | 14 Miles SW of Ft.Stockton, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/25 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/26 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 25 Miles N of Big Lake, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/27 | 2 h 30 m | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/27 | F 10 h 10 m | HARD X-RAY DETECTOR | 14 Miles SE of Van Horn,Texas, US |
![]() | 6/27 | F 13 h | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | 24 Miles SW of Deming, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 7/2 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/3 | 2 h 10 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/5 | 3 h | ERCOLE - BALLOON TEST | In Sicily, Italy |
![]() | 7/10 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/14 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/15 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/18 | 6 h | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/19 | 17 h 50 m | ULISSE 80 | In southern Spain |
![]() | 7/22 | 17 h | FOTOLYSIS CELL | NE of Minot, North Dakota, US |
![]() | 7/22 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/23 | 6 h | ASHCAN | 12 miles NE of San Simon, Arizona, US |
![]() | 7/24 | F 5 h 10 m | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 14 Miles S of Brownwood,Texas, US |
![]() | 7/24 | 21 h 15 m | RADIOMETRIC TEST FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/25 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 30 miles S of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 7/25 | 19 h 20 m | NAUSICAA | In Huelva, Spain |
![]() | 7/28 | 2 h | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/29 | 7 h 40 m | ASHCAN | 24 miles W of Tucson, Arizona, US |
![]() | 7/31 | --- | ERCOLE - BALLOON TEST | Aborted flight. Balloon failure |
![]() | 8/2 | 8 h | FOTOLYSIS CELL | NE of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
![]() | 8/4 | 10 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/4 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/4 | 18 h 38 m | ENEA | In Merida, Badajoz, Spain |
![]() | 8/10 | 12 h 10 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/10 | F 19 h | HXM-80M / CIRCE | In Spain |
![]() | 8/11 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/14 | 2 h 15 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/15 | 12 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 21 miles E of Needles, California, US |
![]() | 8/15 | F 9 h 55 m | SUB MILLIMITER SURVEY | 6 Miles NE of Garden City, Texas, US |
![]() | 8/18 | 2 h 10 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/19 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/22 | F 2 h 15 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | In Rising, Texas, US |
![]() | 8/27 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/27 | F 8 h 20 m | BIRAP (Balloon InfraRed Astronomy Platform) | 10 Miles N of Odessa, Texas, US |
![]() | 8/29 | 5 h 25 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/4 | F 9 h 45 m | MSBS (Mass Spectrometer-Beam System) + UV EXPERIMENT | 25 Miles NW of Juction, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/5 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/6 | F 33 h 25 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/9 | F 35 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/10 | F 1 h 38 m | X-RAY, OZONE AND VLF WAVES STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/11 | F 1 h 24 m | X-RAY, OZONE AND VLF WAVES STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/11 | --- | SPECTROPHOTOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/12 | F 13 h | BIRAP (Balloon InfraRed Astronomy Platform) | 29 Miles NW of San Angelo, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/14 | F 1 h | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 5 Miles N of Blooming Grove, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/15 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/15 | --- | GRILLE SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/15 | --- | SCAP 2000 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/16 | 38 d | RACCOON (Radiation Contolled Balloon) | In the Amazonic jungle |
![]() | 9/16 | 2 h 15 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/17 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/18 | --- | MASS SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/19 | 14 d | RACCOON (Radiation Contolled Balloon) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/22 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/22 | 27 d | RACCOON (Radiation Contolled Balloon) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/22 | F 43 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/24 | F 29 h 20 m | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 10 Miles SW of Eunice, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/24 | F 36 h 15 m | LEGS (Low Energy Gamma-ray Spectrometer) | 15 Miles S of Alamagordo, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 9/25 | 1 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon Failure |
![]() | 9/25 | F 18 h 20 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/25 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (KFA) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/26 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | F 17 h 20 m | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 3 Miles SW of Hattiesburg, Missouri, US |
![]() | 9/30 | --- | MICROGRAVITY TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/1 | F 37 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY ELECTRON TELESCOPE | 1 Mile W of Emannual, Georgia, US |
![]() | 10/1 | F 11 h | BELL/SANDIA GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | 15 Miles NW of McComb, Missouri, US |
![]() | 10/4 | F 15 h | XG EXPERIMENT | 17 Miles N of Meridian, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 10/6 | F 31 h | GAMMA-RAY EXPERIMENT | 10 Miles NW of Roanoke, Virginia, US |
![]() | 10/7 | F 33 h 30 m | JACEE 2 (Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment) | 11 Miles of Elkins, West Virginia, US |
![]() | 10/8 | 5 h 45 m | SCRIBE (Stratospheric CRyogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | 7 miles N of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 10/9 | 7 h 15 m | ASHCAN | 21 miles E of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 10/10 | F 21 h | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 5 Miles SW of Blakey, Georgia, US |
![]() | 10/15 | --- | LIMB CAMERAS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/15 | --- | HELISONDE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/16 | 2 h 20 m | ASHCAN | Balloon Failure - Low Float altitude |
![]() | 10/20 | F 11 h | BALLOON-BORNE LIDAR | Free fall of the payload. Impact 2 Miles NW of Bogalusa, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 10/20 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 10 Miles SE of Palestine, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/20 | 16 h | 102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | 14 Miles S of Arcadia, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 10/21 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/21 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (KFA) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/22 | F 12 h 20 m | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/22 | --- | MIR (Montgolfier Infra-Rouge) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/23 | F 12 h | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 20 Miles N of Greenville, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 10/25 | F 15 h 45 m | GOLDENER DRACHE TELESKOP | 5 Miles W of Morton, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 10/30 | 4 h 40 m | TICAL - X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/1 | F 6 h | HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROMETER | The instrument was demolished when it was dropped from a helicopter during recovery. |
![]() | 11/3 | --- | CHLORINE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | Balloon burst |
![]() | 11/6 | 6 h 15 m | NATALYA 1 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/11 | --- | CHLORINE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/12 | 20 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/12 | --- | X-RAY DETECTORS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/12 | 30 h | AGLAE | In an aborigin reserve 600 km from Alice Spring |
![]() | 11/17 | 7 h | ALIR-I (Infrared Telescope) | In Santa Fe province, Argentina |
![]() | 11/19 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 37 miles ENE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 11/19 | F 8 h | 60 CM INFRARED TELESCOPE + POLARIMETER | 15 Miles E of Guitman, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 11/19 | 7 h 40 m | PEROBA (Plataformas Experimentais com Rastreio Orientado para BAlões) | In Maria da Fe, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
![]() | 11/20 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/25 | 1 h | UTIC 80 (University of Tasmania / Imperial College 1980) | Balloon brst at 60.000 ft |
![]() | 11/28 | 6 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 15 miles NE of Lubbock, Texas, US |
![]() | 12/3 | F 15 h 45 m | 102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | 5 Miles SW of Singer, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 12/4 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/10 | 7 h | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/10 | F 13 h 15 m | OBSERVATIONS OF ANISOTROPIES OF COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND | 5 Miles SE of Fairmont, Georgia, US |
![]() | 12/11 | 3 h 30 m | X-RAY + ELECTRIC FIELD + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/12 | 27 h 30 m | X-RAY + ELECTRIC FIELD + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/15 | 15 h 30 m | X-RAY + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/19 | 28 h | X-RAY + ELECTRIC FIELD + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/30 | 32 h | X-RAY + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/31 | 29 h | X-RAY + ELECTRIC FIELD + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
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