Stratospheric balloons launched

worldwide in 1985

In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1985, 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 baseDateFlight DurationExperimentPayload landing place or cause of the failure
Palestine (TX)1/8---TEST BALLOON MATERIALBalloon failure. Payload landed near Shreveport, Louisiana, US
Laramie (WY)1/9---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)1/23---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)1/24---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Estação Ferraz2/10---GAMMA RAY TELESCOPEPayload failed after 15 minutes of flight
Laramie (WY)2/13---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad2/1550 mIONIZATION MEASUREMENTS + IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program)--- No Data ---
Alice Springs2/2112 hBIRT (Balloon-borne InfraRed Telescope)--- No Data ---
Estação Ferraz2/21---X-RAY TELESCOPE--- No Data ---
Alice Springs2/272 hBIRT (Balloon-borne InfraRed Telescope)--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad3/24 hINFRARED ASTRONOMY--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)3/6---TRAINING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)3/8---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Alice Springs3/88 hBIRT (Balloon-borne InfraRed Telescope)--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad3/91 h 30 mIONIZATION MEASUREMENTS + ELECTRO-DYNAMICS EXPERIENCE + IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)3/22---TEST BALLOON MATERIALBalloon failure. Payload landed 3 Miles of Logansport, Louisiana, US
Cachoeira Paulista (SP)3/228 hPULSARIn Sapopema - Paraná
TIFR Hyderabad3/27~ 6 hCRYOGENIC SAMPLER (MPAE) + MULTICHANNEL RADIOMETER--- No Data ---
Cachoeira Paulista (SP)3/27---ELECTRIC FIELDIn Astorga - Paraná.
Aire Sur L'Adour3/315 h 52 mCRYOGENIC WHOLE-AIR SAMPLER (KFA)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)4/13---DICKE RADIOMETER33 Miles E of Longview, Texas, US
TIFR Hyderabad4/174 h 45 mXMPC (Xenon filled Multi-anode Proportional Counter telescope)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour4/20---OCCULTATION SPECTROMETER--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour4/22---RADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour4/22---LIMB CAMERA--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)4/24---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)4/306 h 30 mINFRARED SENSING PLATFORM - DENVER 142 miles W of Midland, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)5/9---BMLS (Balloon-borne Microwave Limb Sounder)40 Miles SW of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
Holloman AFB (NM)5/15---INFRARED SENSING PLATFORM - DENVER 2--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)5/15---HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION22 Miles S of Jackson, Mississippi, US
Palestine (TX)5/19---PROJECT STRATOPROBE22 miles N Lampassas, Texas, Us
Palestine (TX)5/1927 h 30 mPARTICLE SAMPLER + COSMIC DUST COLLECTOR29 miles NE Waco, Texas, Us
Palestine (TX)5/22---NAVIGATION TEST30 miles E Waco, Texas, Us
Sanriku5/2322 h 30 mOBSERVATION OF PRIMARY ELECTRONS--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)5/24---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)5/24---PAYLOAD UNKNOWNBalloon failure
Palestine (TX)5/24---GONDOLA DYNAMIC TEST7 miles S Alto, Texas, Us
Palestine (TX)5/24---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCESAborted launch. NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US
Sanriku5/2734 hOBSERVATION OF COSMIC RAY HEAVY PARTICLES--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)5/28---PAYLOAD UNKNOWNBalloon failure
Sanriku5/3041 hLAUNCH TEST--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)6/6---BIMS (Balloon-borne Ion Mass Spectrometer)Failure of the balloon in flight
Palestine (TX)6/8---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES43 miles S Palestine, Texas, Us
Palestine (TX)6/10---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES15 miles SW of Mexia, Texas, Us
Holloman AFB (NM)6/13F 7 hBIMS (Balloon-borne Ion Mass Spectrometer)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/13---PROJECT STRATOPROBE50 miles SE of Ft. Stockton, Texas, Us
Gap-Tallard6/19---CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (MPAE)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/20---TEST BALLOON MATERIAL10 miles SE of Winters, Texas, Us
Roswell (NM)6/211 hSCRIBE (Stratospheric CRyogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment)Balloon damaged at launch
Laramie (WY)6/24---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/30---BALLOON-BORNE LIDAR7 miles NW of McCamey, Texas, Us
Abelvær7/245 hTHREE DIRECTIONAL NaI (T1) TELESCOPESNorth of Iceland
Trapani7/41 h 5 mALIOS 8530 km from the launch site
Abelvær7/43 dX-RAY, ELECTRIC FIELD AND VLF DETECTORSBetween Greenland and Iceland
Palestine (TX)7/5---INFRARED GRATING SPECTROMETER20 miles NW of Ozona, Texas, Us
Abelvær7/5---AURORAL X-RAY IMAGERSSignal lost 200 km west of Iceland
Aire Sur L'Adour7/58 hPIRAT (Polarisation Infra-Rouge du Rayonnement Atmosphérique)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)7/12---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)7/126 h 9 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION35 miles W of San Angelo, Texas, Us
Palestine (TX)7/12---MSBS (Mass Spectrometer-Beam System)33 miles NW of Pecos, Texas, Us
Fukaura7/12---MAGNETOMETER--- No Data ---
Trapani7/1721 h 14 mNAUSICAAIn the Cordoba zone in Spain
Paardefontein7/218 dWATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTSBalloon lost in the Indian Ocean
Trapani7/24---MIFRASO (Milano - FRAscati - Southampton)Near the launch site, Sicily, Italy
Paardefontein7/2615 dWATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTSPayload recovered In the chilean Patagonia.
Palestine (TX)8/2---TEST OF NAVIGATION18 miles W of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US
Trapani8/523 h 22 mPOKER 85In the Granada zone in Spain
Gimli (MB)8/820 hTORBAR (Toronto Balloon Radiometer)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)8/16---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)8/16---TEST OF NAVIGATION12 miles SW of Hobbs, New Mexico, US
Sanriku8/27---SPACE ENVIRONMENT RADIATION--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/3---CRYOGENIC SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Volsk9/3---PROTON MAGNETOMETERS--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/4---GLIDING PARACHUTE TEST--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/6---S520 ROCKET PAYLOAD DROP TEST--- No Data ---
Ainsworth (NE)9/6---COSMIC RAY STUDIESBaloon failure at launch. Ainsworth, Nebraska, US
Palestine (TX)9/16---ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES30 miles E of Waco, Texas, Us
ESRANGE9/18---PIROG 1A (Pointing InfraRed Observing Gondola)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour9/19~ 9 hCHEMILUMINESCENT SONDE + OZONE SONDE--- No Data ---
Xiang He9/22---HAPI-2 (X-Ray telescope)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)9/25---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/26---X-RAY ASTRONOMY--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour9/28F 4 hSIMBA (Solar Irradiance Monitoring from Balloons)In a vinery near Carcassone, France
Palestine (TX)10/2---COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT10 miles SE of Carthage, Texas, Us
Ainsworth (NE)10/2---COSMIC RAY STUDIESBaloon failure at launch. Ainsworth, Nebraska, US
Sanriku10/3---PAYLOAD UNKNOWN--- No Data ---
Sanriku10/4---OBSERVATION OF AERIAL ELECTRIC FIELD--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/4~ 11 hCHEMILUMINESCENT SONDE + OZONE SONDE + UV PHOTOMETER--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)10/5F 8 hBIMS (Balloon-borne Ion Mass Spectrometer)13 miles SE of San Angelo, Texas, US
Ainsworth (NE)10/5---COSMIC RAY STUDIESBalloon failure. Payload landed 2 miles E of Rogers, Nebraska, US
Aire Sur L'Adour10/12---RADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/17F 30 mRASOLBABalloon failure. Landing near Blagnac, France
Aire Sur L'Adour10/21---PACIMS (Passive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/217 h 43 mCRYOGENIC WHOLE-AIR SAMPLER (KFA)--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad10/223 h 40 mIONIZATION MEASUREMENTS + ELECTRO-DYNAMICS EXPERIENCE + IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program)--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)10/2410 hDUCKY II17 miles ESE of Roswell VOR station, New Mexico, US
Palestine (TX)10/25---BLISS (Balloon-borne Laser In-Situ Sensor)Balloon failure. Payload landed 8 miles SW of Palestine, Texas, Us
Palestine (TX)11/4---SIRIS (Stratospheric InfraRed Interferometer Spectrometer)10 miles SW of Nacogdoches, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)11/4---BLISS (Balloon-borne Laser In-Situ Sensor)8 miles W of Brookhaven, Mississippi, US
TIFR Hyderabad11/9---INFRARED PHOTOMETERBalloon burst al tropopause.
Holloman AFB (NM)12/3---ASTROFILM E BALLOON FLIGHT TESTBalloon burst at 50.600 ft. Recovered at Timberon, New Mexico, US
Laramie (WY)12/5---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad12/64 h 30 mIONIZATION MEASUREMENTS + IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program)--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)12/6---BALLOON-BORNE LIDAR5 miles S of Carthage, Texas, US
Laramie (WY)12/11---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Amundsen-Scott12/1626 hX-RAY & ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)12/18---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Amundsen-Scott12/1918 h 30 mX-RAY & ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR--- No Data ---
Amundsen-Scott12/215 h 30 mX-RAY & ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR--- No Data ---
Amundsen-Scott12/2479 hX-RAY & ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR--- No Data ---
Amundsen-Scott12/2871 hX-RAY & ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad12/295 h 40 mIONIZATION MEASUREMENTS + ELECTRO-DYNAMICS EXPERIENCE + IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)12/31---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---

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