In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1982, 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 | 2 h 30 m | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 S.J.dos Campos (SP) | 1/16 | --- | MASER 24,5 ghz | In Botucatu - Sao Paulo. |
| S.J.dos Campos (SP) | 1/24 | 4 h | MASER 24,5 ghz | In Santa Branca - Sao Paulo. |
| Palestine (TX) | 1/26 | --- | ENGINEERING TEST FLIGHT | Balloon failure at launch |
| S.J.dos Campos (SP) | 1/30 | 10 h | MASER 24,5 ghz | In Teodoro Sampaio - Sao Paulo. |
| Palestine (TX) | 2/1 | F 10 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 5 miles N of Hamilton, Alabama, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 2/5 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 2/23 | --- | SCAP 2000 | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 2/26 | 3 h | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 3/5 | --- | SCAP 2000 | --- No Data --- |
 Stamsund | 3/19 | ~ 4 h | NaI (TL) SCINTILLATION COUNTER | N of Rovaniemi, Finland |
| Stamsund | 3/20 | ~ 4 h | CONDUCTING PLATE ANTENNAS | N of Oulu, Finland |
 TIFR Hyderabad | 3/23 | 2 h 30 m | ION MEASUREMENTS TEST FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 3/24 | 9 h 10 m | STRAIN GAGE TEST FLIGHT | 40 miles E of Monroe, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 4/1 | F 22 h 10 m | TEST FLIGHT OF NEW CONSOLIDATED INTEGRATED PACKAGE (CIP) | 20 miles S of Alexandria, Louisiana, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 4/6 | --- | DFS (Direct Flow Sampler) + CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/6 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Uberaba (MG) | 4/11 | --- | PULSAR | In Andradina - Sao Paulo. |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/16 | 2 h | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Uberaba (MG) | 4/19 | --- | HIREX (HIgh REsolution X-ray Spectrometer) | In Sete Lagoas - Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Palestine (TX) | 4/24 | F 9 h 40 m | U.V. EXPERIMENT | 20 miles N of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 4/27 | ~ 12.00 h | RADIOMETER 90 GHZ | 3 miles NW of Palquemine, Louisiana, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/30 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Chico (CA) | 4/30 | 10 h | BAMM II (Balloon Altitude Mosaic Measurements) | 15 miles S of Pyramid Lake, Nevada, US |
| Uberaba (MG) | 5/1 | --- | GE-LI-O | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/3 | 13 h 30 m | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | 10 miles SE of Jena, Louisiana, US |
 Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/3 | --- | LIMB CAMERAS | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/4 | F 12 h 30 m | GOLDENER DRACHE TELESKOP | 50 miles SW of Jackson, Mississippi, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/8 | F 35 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 18 miles NW of Mccomb, Mississippi, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 5/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/16 | F 16 h 55 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 12 miles SW of Crockett, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/19 | F 11 h 20 m | U.V. EXPERIMENT | 26 miles W of Austin, Texas, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 5/21 | --- | BBIMS (Balloon Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/22 | F 9 h | TEST FLIGHT OF CONSOLIDATED INTEGRATED PACKAGE (CIP II) | 4 miles S of Old Dime Box, Texas, US |
 Sanriku | 5/24 | --- | NEAR INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 5/25 | --- | HEAVY PRIMARY COSMIC RAYS OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 5/26 | --- | PARACHUTE TEST | --- No Data --- |
| Greenville (SC) | 5/29 | 64 h 20 m | X-RAY / GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 22 miles N of Winslow, Arizona, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/30 | --- | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | Balloon failure at 62.500 ft. Payload landed 5 miles NE of Alto, Texas, US |
| Sanriku | 5/30 | --- | ULTRAHEAVY NUCLEI OF PRIMARY COSMIC RAYS OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 6/2 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/2 | F 8 h 50 m | U.V. EXPERIMENT | 20 miles N of Uvalde, Texas, US |
| Greenville (SC) | 6/2 | 47 h | JACEE 3 (Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment) | 28 miles E of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/4 | 19 h 25 m | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | 25 miles SE of San Angelo, Texas, US |
| Sanriku | 6/4 | --- | STUDY OF STELLAR INFRARED SPECTRA | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/5 | F 14 h 50 m | MIFRASO (Milano - FRAscati - Southampton) | 19 miles NE of Midland, Texas, US |
| Greenville (SC) | 6/6 | --- | HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROMETER | Ground abort due to high winds |
| Gap-Tallard | 6/10 | 11 h 21 m | CRYOGENIC WHOLE-AIR SAMPLER (KFA) | --- No Data --- |
| Gap-Tallard | 6/10 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
| Greenville (SC) | 6/10 | F 33 h 10 m | HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROMETER | 25 miles NW of El Paso, Texas, US |
| Greenville (SC) | 6/14 | 49 h 50 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 15 miles W of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 6/16 | --- | SCRIBE (Stratospheric CRyogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 6/17 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/17 | 11 h 55 m | MSBS (Mass Spectrometer-Beam System) | 35 miles W of San Angelo, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/21 | F 8 h | INFRARED GRATING SPECTROMETER | 30 miles S of Brownwood, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/22 | F 9 h 40 m | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | 17 miles W of Orla, Texas, US |
| Greenville (SC) | 6/23 | 11 h 55 m | GRYOGENIC GAS REPLENISHMENT TEST FLIGHT | 20 miles N of Toccoa, Georgia, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/26 | F 3 h 50 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 42 miles ENE of Waco, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/8 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/8 | F 8 h 50 m | 102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | 10 miles NNE of Lampasas, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/8 | 11 h 40 m | NO/NO2 CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTOR + UV O3 PHOTOMETER | 12 miles SW of Colman, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/12 | 11 h 20 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 20 miles E of Fort Stockton, Texas, US |
 Trapani | 7/14 | 20 h 52 m | ALIOS 82 | In Huelva, Spain |
| Roswell (NM) | 7/17 | ~ 5 h | GALILEO PROBE PARACHUTE TEST | Over White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US, USA |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/21 | 7 h 30 m | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 38 miles NNE of San Angelo, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/22 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/29 | F 10 h 40 m | FLIGHT TEST OF LINE DEPLOYMENT | 25 miles NW of Pecos, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 8/2 | 9 h 40 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 20 miles NE of Junction, Texas, US |
| Trapani | 8/2 | 10 h 40 m | TIFANI (Telescope Infrarouge Froid pour l'Astronomie des Nuages Interstellaires) | Recovered from the Mediterranean sea, west of the port of Sóller in Mallorca |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 8/5 | --- | CASSETTE SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 8/6 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Trapani | 8/8 | 23 h 33 m | COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
| Trapani | 8/10 | 22 h 23 m | XG EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
 Gimli (MB) | 8/10 | --- | NO/NO2 CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTOR + UV O3 PHOTOMETER | --- No Data --- |
 Søndre Strømfjord | 8/11 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Trapani | 8/12 | 2 h | BIOLOGY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
| Søndre Strømfjord | 8/14 | --- | SCINTILLATOR | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 8/17 | --- | CASSETTE SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Sinton (TX) | 8/21 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
| Sinton (TX) | 8/21 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
| Thompson (MB) | 8/28 | F 35 h 40 m | LEE (Low Energy Electrons) | 30 miles SSE of Thompson, Canada |
| Gimli (MB) | 8/28 | 26 h | SOLAR TELESCOPE + MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER | Near Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
 Xiang He | 9/?? | --- | INFRARED TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 9/1 | --- | COSMIC RAY PARTICLES AND TRACE COMPONENTS OF THE ATMOSPHERE | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 9/2 | --- | GRAB SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/3 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/5 | --- | EXPERIMENTO EN INFRARROJO LEJANO | Launch Pad / Nsbf |
| Sanriku | 9/5 | --- | PRELIMINARY TEST OF PAYLOAD FOR INDONESIAN SOLAR ECLIPSE | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/6 | 18 h 25 m | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | 15 miles E of Abilene, Texas, US |
| Sanriku | 9/6 | 10 h 7 m | PRIMARY COSMIC RAYS (Boomerang Flight) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/7 | 15 h 10 m | BIRAP (Balloon InfraRed Astronomy Platform) | 8 miles SE of Taylor, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/15 | F 11 h 10 m | REEL DOWN SYSTEM FOR IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS | 5 miles N of Jacksonville, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/17 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Malden (MO) | 9/17 | --- | SKY ANCHOR + HARD X-RAYS EXPERIMENT | Balloon failure. Payload landed 5 miles S of New Madrid, Missouri, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/17 | F 13 h 45 m | BIRAP (Balloon InfraRed Astronomy Platform) | 38 miles SSW of Longview, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/17 | F 33 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 25 miles SW of Lafayette, Louisiana, US |
| Sanriku | 9/17 | 16 h 50 m | SSTD (Solid State Track Detector) | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 9/20 | --- | ANEMOMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/20 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (MPAE) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/22 | 29 h 10 m | BMLS (Balloon-borne Microwave Limb Sounder) | 5 miles N of Grapeland, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/22 | --- | BIC - NPL GONDOLA | Balloon failure. Landing 6 miles W of Grapeland, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/22 | F 26 h 50 m | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | 17 miles N of Abilene, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/22 | F 18 h 25 m | PROJECT STRATOPROBE | 15 miles N of Beaumont, Texas, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/23 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/24 | --- | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | Balloon failure at 44.000 ft. Landing 20 miles SE of Crockett, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/29 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 9/29 | 29 h | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 9/29 | 30 h | GAMMA RAY OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/30 | ~1 h | DGT (Directional Gamma-Ray Telescope) | Balloon failure at 60.000 ft. Landing 20 miles SW of Frankston, Texas, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/1 | F 3 h 30 m | RASOLBA | In Condom-en-Armagnac, Gers, France |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/3 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 10/4 | --- | BBIMS (Balloon Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/4 | --- | ULTRAVIOLET MEASUREMENTS | 30 miles S of Monroe, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/5 | 37 h | BIC - NPL GONDOLA | 7 miles N of Dyersburg, Tennesee, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 10/11 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 Mendoza | 10/14 | --- | GENESIS I | --- No Data --- |
| Cold Lake (AB) | 10/14 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/16 | 12 h 25 m | CAMERA POINTING SYSTEM TEST | 20 miles NW of Jackson, Mississippi, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/17 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 10/18 | 22.4 h | GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 10/18 | --- | RELAY BALLOON TEST | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 10/19 | --- | OBSERVATION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/21 | 6 h 52 m | CRYOGENIC WHOLE-AIR SAMPLER (KFA) | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 10/23 | --- | PARACHUTE OPENING TEST | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/25 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 20 miles W of Jackson, Mississippi, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 10/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Uberaba (MG) | 10/31 | 10 h 40 m | MPI LARGE AREA COMPTON TELESCOPE | In Martinópolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Laramie (WY) | 11/5 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 11/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 11/19 | --- | RADIOMETER 90 GHZ | Found after two years in a forest in Tapiraí , Sao Paulo, Brazil |
 ESRANGE | 11/23 | 6 h | X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
 Syowa | 11/24 | 16 h 13 m | SPECTROPHOTOMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 11/24 | 10 h | X-RAY DETECTOR | In Tomasina - Parana. |
| Uberaba (MG) | 11/25 | 4 h | HEXE (High Energy X-Ray Experiment) | Aborted mission due to a hole in the balloon. Payload recovered undamaged. |
| Laramie (WY) | 11/30 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 Paardefontein | 12/5 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES | Payload destroyed. |
| ESRANGE | 12/9 | 4 h 30 m | X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 12/9 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 12/10 | ? | SU BAL | --- No Data --- |
| Paardefontein | 12/11 | 53 d | ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES | Not known. Balloon ceased data transmition over W Angola. |
| ESRANGE | 12/12 | ? | SU BAL | --- No Data --- |
 Alice Springs | 12/14 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Aborted flight |
| Gimli (MB) | 12/15 | 3 h | NO/NO2 CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTOR + UV O3 PHOTOMETER | Balloon failure at 31.7 km |
| ESRANGE | 12/16 | ? | A BAL | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 12/18 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
| Syowa | 12/21 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 12/30 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
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