In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1981, 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 |
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![]() | 1/5 | 38 h | X-RAY + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/7 | 4 h | X-RAY + ELECTRIC FIELD + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/13 | 35 h 30 m | X-RAY + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/14 | 35 h 30 m | X-RAY + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/15 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/29 | --- | SKY ANCHOR XII | Main balloon failure |
![]() | 2/2 | 4.51 mb | RACCOON (Radiation Controlled Balloon) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/12 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/19 | 11 h | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES / STUB DUCT TEST FLIGHT | 10 Miles SE of Manny, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 2/20 | F 11 h | BMLS (Balloon-borne Microwave Limb Sounder) | 5 Miles W Of Newton , Texas, US |
![]() | 3/9 | 8 h 55 m | POSITIVE ION MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/19 | 4 h 10 m | SOLAR IR MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/20 | F 6 h 15 m | STUB DUCT TEST FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/23 | 5 h | FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/24 | --- | STATIC LAUNCH TEST | Nsbf Launch Pad |
![]() | 4/1 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/5 | 5 h 40 m | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/6 | F 9 h 20 m | COMMUNICATION TEST | 10 Miles S of Laurel, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 4/6 | F 12 h | COMMUNICATION TEST | 20 Miles SW of Montgomery, Alabama, US |
![]() | 4/6 | 19 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/9 | 5 h 50 m | SOLAR IRRADIANCE MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/9 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/14 | 5 h | ELECTRIC FIELD | In Caraguatatuba - Sao Paulo |
![]() | 4/20 | 4 h 30 m | X-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/22 | --- | UV SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/24 | --- | TEST FLIGHT OF BALLOON MADE OF NEW MATERIAL | Balloon failure at launch |
![]() | 4/25 | F 12 h | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | 11 Miles E of El Dorado, Arkansas, US |
![]() | 4/27 | 1 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | Near the launch site |
![]() | 5/5 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/7 | F 5 h | UV O3 PHOTOMETER + LYMAN ALPHA HYGROMETER | 10 Miles SW of Lufkin, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/7 | F 22 h | MSBS (Mass Spectrometer-Beam System) | 3 Miles NW of Mineola, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/7 | F 21 h | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 15 Miles NE of Gainesville, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/11 | F 15 h | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 26 Miles W of Ft. Stockton, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/11 | F 18 h 40 m | BMLS (Balloon-borne Microwave Limb Sounder) | 23 Miles SE of Ft. Stockton, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/14 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/17 | --- | STATIC LAUNCH METHOD VERIFICATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/21 | --- | STRATOSPHERIC WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/26 | --- | HIGH ENERGY PARTICLES OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/27 | --- | BOOMERANG FLIGHT TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/28 | + 116 d | ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY STUDY + GRAVITY WAVES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/31 | --- | DFS (Direct Flow Sampler) + CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/31 | --- | POINTING SYSTEM VERIFICATION OF AN INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/2 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/3 | --- | TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/4 | 8 h | DFS (Direct Flow Sampler) + CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/4 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTRUM | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/5 | --- | MAGNETOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/6 | F 24 h | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 18 Miles SW of Corona, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 6/7 | F 5 h 50 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES / STUB DUCT TEST FLIGHT | 7 Miles SW of Dublin, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/8 | F 11 h 30 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 14 Miles SW of Coleman, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/9 | --- | PAYLOAD RECOVERY SYSTEM DROP TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/10 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/10 | 17 d | MIR (Montgolfier Infra-Rouge) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/10 | --- | MICROGRAVITY TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/12 | --- | MASS SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/17 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/19 | 14 h | OPTICAL OZONESONDE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/22 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/24 | --- | SOLAR SPECTROGRAPH | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/25 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/25 | 7 h 30 m | OPTICAL OZONESONDE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/27 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/29 | 18 h 5 m | CLYTONEE | 100 km N of Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 6/30 | F 12 h 30 m | OBSERVATIONS OF ANISOTROPIES OF COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND | 40 Miles N of Pecos, Texas, US |
![]() | 7/?? | --- | SOLAR TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/2 | F 13 h | OBSERVATIONS OF ANISOTROPIES OF COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND | 30 Miles SW of Pecos Texas, US |
![]() | 7/6 | 2 h | POLIFEMO | Near Sciacca, Sicily, Italy |
![]() | 7/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/8 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/13 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon failure during inflation |
![]() | 7/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/14 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/14 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon failure at launch |
![]() | 7/14 | 16 h 28 m | MINIZEBRA | 50 km N of Huelva, Spain |
![]() | 7/18 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/21 | ~ 4 h | BAMM II (Balloon Altitude Mosaic Measurements) | In White Sands Rocket Range, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 7/21 | 16 h 02 m | POKER-HXR81M | Near Llerena, 100 km N of Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 7/24 | --- | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | Balloon failure during inflation |
![]() | 7/25 | F 7 h | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 43 miles NW of Big Springs, Texas, US |
![]() | 8/3 | 15 h 02 m | ULYSEE | 60 km N of Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 8/4 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/6 | 23 h 30 m | TXC (Transient X-RAY Camera) - ENEA | 60 km N of Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 8/11 | F 6 h 20 m | STUB DUCT TEST FLIGHT | 8 miles NE of Colman, Texas, US |
![]() | 8/20 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/22 | 13 h 30 m | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | 13 miles S of Midland, Texas, US |
![]() | 8/27 | --- | CERENKOV-SCINTILLATION COUNTER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/29 | --- | VERIFICATION OF ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/2 | --- | GRAB SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/5 | --- | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | 30 miles E of Waco, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/5 | 13 h | SOLAR TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/6 | 15 h 50 m | BIRAP (Balloon InfraRed Astronomy Platform) | 20 miles SE of Pecos, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/9 | F 45 h | SKY ANCHOR XIII | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/10 | F 12 h 20 m | U.V. EXPERIMENT | 51 miles S of San Angelo, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/12 | F 15 h 45 m | GOLDENER DRACHE TELESKOP | 30 miles W of Ozona, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/14 | 15 h 25 m | 60 CM INFRARED TELESCOPE | 12 miles W of Brownwood, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/14 | --- | MASS SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/18 | --- | SPECTROPHOTOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/19 | --- | ULTRAVIOLET EXPERIMENT | 5 miles W of Alto, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/21 | F 22 h 30 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | 10 miles S of Vernon, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/21 | --- | GLIDING PARACHUTE TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/21 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/23 | F 25 h 15 m | ULTRAVIOLET EXPERIMENT | 35 miles W of Pecos, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/23 | 13 h 40 m | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | 15 miles SW of Waco, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/24 | --- | SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | 22 h | HEXE (High Energy X-Ray Experiment) | 32 miles SW of Dalhart, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/28 | F 26 h | XG EXPERIMENT | 20 miles SE of Portales, NeW Mexico, US |
![]() | 9/29 | --- | BBIMS (Balloon Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/29 | --- | OBSERVATION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/30 | --- | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | Balloon failure at 53.000 ft. Landing 8 miles SW of Alto, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/30 | ~ 30 h | HECRO 81 (High Energy primary Cosmic Ray Observation) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/1 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/7 | --- | SCRIBE (Stratospheric CRyogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/7 | --- | CHLORINE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | Balloon failure at launch |
![]() | 10/8 | --- | CHLORINE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/8 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/10 | --- | JACEE 3 (Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment) - Failure | Aborted Flight |
![]() | 10/17 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/19 | F 7 h 54 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 28 miles SW of Longview, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/19 | 18 h 10 m | COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION | 22 miles N of Greenwood, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 10/27 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/2 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/4 | 10 h 20 m | NO/NO2 CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTOR + UV O3 PHOTOMETER | 25 miles S of Monroe, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 11/4 | ~ 12.00 h | RADIOMETER 90 GHZ | 6 miles SE of Leaksville, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 11/5 | 1 h 30 m | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/10 | 84 h 31 m | DOUBLE EAGLE V (Abruzzo - Aoki - Clark - Newman) | Near Covelo, California, US |
![]() | 11/10 | 24 h 30 m | UCR GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/20 | F 8 h 30 m | ENGINEERING TEST FLIGHT | 3 miles S of Clinton, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 11/20 | 19 h | LEGS (Low Energy Gamma-ray Spectrometer) | 300 miles W of Alice Springs, Australia |
![]() | 11/21 | 30 h 5 m | BELL/SANDIA GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | 311 miles WNW of Alice Springs, Australia |
![]() | 11/28 | 7 h | MASER 24,5 ghz | In Manuel - Sao Paulo |
![]() | 11/30 | --- | OZONE DETECTORS TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/1 | --- | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | Balloon failure |
![]() | 12/1 | F 12 h | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/1 | F 10 h 10 m | UTIC 81 (University of Tasmania / Imperial College 1981) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/7 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/9 | F 4 h 40 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 21 miles of Natchez, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 12/18 | 5 h 43 m | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
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