In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1983, 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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![]() | 1/19 | 22 d | EOSCOR III (Extended Observation of Solar COsmic Radiation) | Lost over the Indian Ocean |
![]() | 1/23 | 13 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/23 | --- | CASSETTE SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/23 | 9 h 55 m | FIRS (Far InfraRed Spectrometer) | 8 miles W of Jena, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 1/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/12 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/18 | 5 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/7 | --- | EMA 1 (Electrodynamics of the Middle Atmosphere) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/10 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/13 | --- | EMA 2 (Electrodynamics of the Middle Atmosphere) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/19 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/21 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/25 | 10 h | UTIC 83 (University of Tasmania / Imperial College 1983) | In Fazenda Sao Jose, Itaí (SP), Brazil |
![]() | 4/4 | 4 h 15 m | X-RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/6 | --- | X-RAY STUDIES | Control instrumentation failure. |
![]() | 4/8 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/16 | --- | VALIDATION OF SME (Solar Mesosphere Explorer) SATELLITE DATA | 35 miles SE of Vicksburg, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 4/16 | --- | INFRARED GRATING SPECTROMETER | 20 miles E of Jackson, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 4/20 | 4 h | UV SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/30 | 6 h | FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | Near Tauves, Auvernia region, France |
![]() | 5/2 | 3 h 30 m | IONIZATION MEASUREMENTS + IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/4 | 34 h | COSMIC RAY HEAVIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/5 | 7 h 40 m | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | 8 miles W of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 5/8 | 11 h | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/10 | 29 h | COSMIC RAY HEAVIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/13 | 25 h | ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/13 | --- | SPECTROPHOTOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/16 | --- | BBIMS (Balloon Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/16 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 15 miles SE of Center, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/16 | --- | BIC - NPL GONDOLA | Ground abort launch. Payload come to rest in NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/16 | 2 h | FIRS (Far InfraRed Spectrometer) | Balloon burst during ascent. Payload recovered 20 miles N of Nacogdoches, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/17 | --- | ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/18 | 13 h | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/21 | --- | COLLAR RESTRAINT TEST | NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/22 | --- | COLLAR RESTRAINT TEST | NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/24 | --- | ALIR-II (Infrared Telescope) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/25 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/25 | 14 h | FAR INFRARED EXPERIMENT | 10 miles N of Conroe, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/26 | --- | ENGINEERING TEST FLIGHT | Balloon failed. Payload landed 12 miles SW of Nacogdoches, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/28 | 7 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/28 | --- | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | 15 miles NE of Florence, Alabama, US |
![]() | 5/30 | --- | CRYOGEN GAS REPLENISHMENT | NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/1 | --- | LAUNCHER TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/5 | 3 h | TEST FLIGHT | 100 km W of Watukosek, Indonesia |
![]() | 6/11 | --- | SOLAR ECLIPSE OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/11 | --- | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | 13 miles N of Ada, Oklahoma, US |
![]() | 6/16 | 21 h 30 m | BALLOON MATERIAL TEST | 3 miles S of Jacksonville, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/17 | --- | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | 23 miles E of Pecos, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/17 | 15h 15 m | BMLS (Balloon-borne Microwave Limb Sounder) | 30 miles SE of Salt Flat, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/20 | 15 h | FIRS (Far InfraRed Spectrometer) | 25 miles SW of Pecos, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/20 | --- | BIC - NPL GONDOLA | 35 miles E of El Paso, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/24 | --- | BBIMS (Balloon Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/28 | 10 h | SIMBA (Solar Irradiance Monitoring from Balloons) | Payload landed in a long distance high voltage line 80 km NE of Aire sur L'Adour, Landes, France. Suffered no damage. |
![]() | 7/1 | 21 h 40 m | ALIOS 83 | Near Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 7/9 | 10 h 15 m | COSMIC BACKGROUND EXPERIMENT | 25 miles W of Fort Stockton, Texas, US |
![]() | 7/10 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 20 miles of Lake Whitney, Texas, US |
![]() | 7/10 | 4 h 10 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/11 | 20 h 15 m | TELEMAQUE | Near Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 7/12 | 5 h | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 45 miles NE of Abilene, Texas, US |
![]() | 7/17 | GALILEO PROBE PARACHUTE TEST | Over White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US, USA | |
![]() | 7/18 | --- | MSBS (Mass Spectrometer-Beam System) | 15 miles NW of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 7/19 | --- | GENESIS II | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/22 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/24 | 8 h | TDLAS (Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometer) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/25 | --- | GALILEO PROBE PARACHUTE TEST | Over White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US, USA |
![]() | 7/26 | 20 h 27 m | ELENA | Near Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 8/18 | ~ 10 h | LIMB-SCANNING RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/24 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/25 | --- | ISUS (Imaging Stratospheric Ultraviolet Spectrometer) | 5 miles NE of Lowake, Texas, US |
![]() | 8/28 | ~ 6 h | GRAB SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/30 | --- | AEROSOL SAMPLING | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/2 | --- | FAR INFRARED OBSERVATIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/4 | --- | SOLAR TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/6 | --- | MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/9 | --- | MATRIX ISOLATION + MICROWAVE RADIOMETER + MAST-BREWER SONDE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/10 | 5 h 55 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | SW of Aurillac, Auvergne region, France |
![]() | 9/10 | 5 h 38 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | Near Aurillac, Auvergne region, France |
![]() | 9/13 | --- | UV SPECTROMETER + MAST-BREWER SONDE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/14 | --- | MULTI INSTRUMENTAL GONDOLA | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/17 | --- | DUCKY I | Balloon failure. Aborted flight |
![]() | 9/17 | 13 h 45 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/18 | --- | ION SPECTROMETER + AEROSOL PHOTOGRAPHY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/19 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Ground abort. No flight |
![]() | 9/20 | --- | MATRIX ISOLATION + MICROWAVE RADIOMETER + MAST-BREWER SONDE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/20 | --- | CHEMILUMINESCENT SONDE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/21 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/22 | 5 h | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 7 miles S of Jacksonville, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/23 | ~3 h | DGT (Directional Gamma-Ray Telescope) | 4 miles NE of Crocket, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/23 | 59 h | JACEE 4 (Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment) | 13 miles W of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 9/23 | --- | GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/23 | --- | INFRARED SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/24 | --- | MULTI INSTRUMENTAL GONDOLA | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/26 | --- | CRYOGEN GAS REPLENISHMENT | 5 miles N of Tomball, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/26 | --- | FAR INFRARED MEASUREMENTS | Balloon failure. Payload landed 1 mile S of Palestine, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/26 | --- | STRATOSPHERIC TURBULENCE STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | --- | ARGOS SATELLITE LINK TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | 9 h | MICROWAVE RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | --- | SPECTROMETER UV & VISUAL + SPECTROMETER UV + MAST-BREWER SONDE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/29 | --- | BELL/SANDIA GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | 4 miles S of York, Alabama, US |
![]() | 9/30 | 12 h | HEGCS (High Energy Gas Cerenkov Spectrometer) | 24 miles N of Shreveport, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 10/5 | 9 H | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/5 | --- | X-RAY ASTRONOMY | Baloon burst at 53.000 ft. Payload recovered 10 miles W of Lufkin, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/5 | --- | PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/6 | 9 h 15 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/10 | 8 h 20 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 35 miles S of Monroe, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 10/10 | 7 h 48 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 1 mile N of Yazoo City, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 10/11 | 7 h 20 m | DUCKY Ia | Lovington, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 10/11 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 19 miles NW of Lufkin, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/13 | 10 h 10 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 5 miles W of Natchitoches, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 10/16 | --- | BLISS (Balloon-borne Laser In-Situ Sensor) | 28 miles NE of Monroe, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 10/18 | --- | TEST BALLOON MATERIAL | 8 miles NE of Bastrop, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 10/20 | --- | RADIATION MEASUREMENTS + ELECTRO-DYNAMICS EXPERIENCE + IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program) | Balloon failure at tropopause level |
![]() | 10/21 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/21 | --- | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT - MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS | Near Brazilian coast |
![]() | 10/23 | F 30 m | SCRIBE (Stratospheric CRyogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/24 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | Balloon failure. Payload landed 3 miles NE of Alto, Texas, Us |
![]() | 10/26 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/27 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 1 mile S of New Lexington, Alabama, US |
![]() | 10/27 | 8 h | BALLOON-BORNE LIDAR | 33 miles SW of Jackson, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 10/28 | 13 h 50 m | SIRIS (Stratospheric InfraRed Interferometer Spectrometer) | 25 miles ENE of Bugalusa, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 10/30 | 7 d | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT - GREAT VOLUME MIR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/30 | --- | FIGARO (French Italian Gamma Ray Observatory) | No Flight. Balloon failed during inflation |
![]() | 11/1 | 14 h | AGLAE 83 | Near Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
![]() | 11/7 | 8 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/7 | 34 h | COSMIC RAY IRON NUCLEI | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/11 | 10 h 45 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 34 miles SE of Jackson, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 11/13 | ~ 1 h | POKER 83B | Balloon failure. Payload recovered from a small creek near the launch site |
![]() | 11/16 | --- | TEST MATERIAL | 35 miles S of McComb, Kansas, US |
![]() | 11/16 | --- | COSMIC BACKGROUD | 20 miles E of Dothan, Alabama, US |
![]() | 11/21 | 4 h 40 m | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/21 | 7 d | WATER VAPOUR + RADIOMETER + ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES | In the Atlantic Ocean |
![]() | 11/22 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/23 | --- | FIGARO (French Italian Gamma Ray Observatory) | Payload destroyed |
![]() | 12/3 | 19 d | WATER VAPOUR + RADIOMETER + ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES | In the Pacific Ocean at 170º Long. East |
![]() | 12/12 | 8 h 30 m | TICAL - X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/12 | --- | EMA 3 (Electrodynamics of the Middle Atmosphere) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/15 | 3 h | RADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon) | 150 km NE from Aire Sur L'Adour, France |
![]() | 12/20 | 11 h | GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER | In Santa Fe do Sul, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
![]() | 12/21 | --- | X-RAY STUDIES | Balloon burst al tropopause. |
![]() | 12/21 | --- | EMA 4 (Electrodynamics of the Middle Atmosphere) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/26 | --- | EMA 5 (Electrodynamics of the Middle Atmosphere) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/29 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
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