In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1986, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amundsen-Scott | 1/2 | 97 h | X-RAY & ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Amundsen-Scott | 1/7 | 67 h 30 m | X-RAY & ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
 Laramie (WY) | 1/10 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Amundsen-Scott | 1/12 | 103 h 30 m | X-RAY & ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 1/18 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 2/2 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 2/21 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 2/25 | --- | NAVIGATION TEST | 35 miles E of McComb, Mississippi, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 3/5 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 3/5 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 TIFR Hyderabad | 3/17 | 9 h | XMPC (Xenon filled Multi-anode Proportional Counter telescope) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 3/21 | --- | FRENCH FILM TEST | 52 miles SE of Lufkin, Texas, US |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 3/22 | 4 h 20 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/7 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 4/16 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 18 miles NE of Lufkin, Texas, US |
 Aire Sur L'Adour | 4/21 | --- | RADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon) | --- No Data --- |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 4/24 | --- | IONIZATION MEASUREMENTS + ELECTRO-DYNAMICS EXPERIENCE + IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program) | Ground abort flight |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 5/2 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/4 | --- | RADIO MAPPING | 65 miles NE of Lufkin, Texas, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/4 | F 3 h 30 m | INFRARED SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/12 | --- | GAMMA RAY MEASUREMENTS | 3 miles N of Crescent, Oklahoma, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/12 | 30 h | JACEE 6 (Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment) | 14 miles E of Lufkin, Texas, US |
 ESRANGE | 5/14 | --- | MIKROBA 1 (MIKRO-g with Ballon drop capsule) | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 5/19 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/20 | --- | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 21 miles S of Lampassas, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/20 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 5 miles N of Marlin, Texas, US |
 Sanriku | 5/28 | 9 h 2 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/29 | --- | ENGINEERING TEST FLIGHT | Lake Palestine, Texas, US |
| Sanriku | 6/1 | 3 h 34 m | S520 ROCKET PAYLOAD DROP TEST | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 6/1 | 1 h 28 m | OBSERVATION OF HEAVY PRIMARY LINES | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 6/3 | 5 h 10 m | GLIDING PARACHUTE TEST | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/12 | 9 h 30 m | ISUS (Imaging Stratospheric Ultraviolet Spectrometer) | 15 miles E of Seminole, Texas, US |
| Gap-Tallard | 6/12 | --- | TEST FLIGHT OF MIR BALLOON WITH VALVE | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 6/17 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 6/23 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 Trapani | 7/2 | 20 h 38 m | ALIOS 86 | --- No Data --- |
 Kamchatka | 7/4 | --- | TWO PROTON MAGNETOMETERS | In Saratov region, Russia |
| Kamchatka | 7/6 | --- | TWO PROTON MAGNETOMETERS | In Saratov region, Russia |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/8 | 12 h 15 m | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 16 miles ENE of Fort Stockton, Texas, US |
| Trapani | 7/11 | 20 h 6 m | FIGARO II (French Italian Gamma Ray Observatory) | In Sevilla region, Spain. |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/15 | --- | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 36 miles ESE of Midland, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/19 | --- | RADIOWAVE PROPAGATION | 38 Miles NW of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/19 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 26 miles ENE of Pecos, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/22 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Kagoshima | 7/25 | 18 h 10 m | TEST FLIGHT | East of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China |
| ESRANGE | 7/26 | --- | MAED (Middle Atmospheric Electrodynamic Campaign) | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 7/26 | --- | MAED (Middle Atmospheric Electrodynamic Campaign) | --- No Data --- |
| Ainsworth (NE) | 7/27 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 5 miles N Ventine, Nebraska, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/29 | --- | TRAINING FLIGHT | 10 miles N of Waco, Texas, US |
| Trapani | 7/29 | 19 h 32 m | MIFRASO (Milano - FRAscati - Southampton) | Near Sevilla, Spain |
| Kagoshima | 7/30 | 12 h 54 m | TEST FLIGHT | East lake Taihu, Zhejiang Province, China |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/31 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 8/?? | --- | PIROG 1B (Pointing InfraRed Observing Gondola) | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 8/1 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Ainsworth (NE) | 8/1 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | Baloon failure at launch. Ainsworth, Nebraska, US |
| Roswell (NM) | 8/4 | 5 h 15 m | ALFAN I (Airborne Measurement of Low Frequency Atmospheric Noise) | Near Alamogordo, New Mexico, US |
| Roswell (NM) | 8/10 | --- | SCRIBE 99 (Stratospheric Cryogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 8/13 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 41 miles WSW of San Angelo, Texas, US |
| Wallops (VA) | 8/13 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 7 miles SO of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 8/25 | --- | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 10 miles N of Big Springs, Texas, US |
| Wallops (VA) | 8/27 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 4 miles SE of Cambridge, Maryland, US |
 Alice Springs | 8/27 | 11 h | BIRT (Balloon-borne InfraRed Telescope) | --- No Data --- |
| Alice Springs | 9/4 | 2 h | BIRT (Balloon-borne InfraRed Telescope) | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/5 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Ainsworth (NE) | 9/7 | --- | HEIST 2 (High Energy Isotope Spectrometer Telescope) | Balloon failure. Payload landed 42 miles S of O'Neill, Nebraska, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/13 | --- | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 30 miles W of Palestine, Texas, US |
| Alice Springs | 9/13 | 6 h | BIRT (Balloon-borne InfraRed Telescope) | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/14 | 3 h 30 m | TELIDAT (TELédétection Informatisée à Détecteur A Transfert de charges) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/15 | ~ 11 h | SIRIS (Stratospheric InfraRed Interferometer Spectrometer) | 28 miles SW of Fort Stockton, Texas, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/19 | F + 5 h | RASOLBA | North of Perigueaux, Aquitaine, France |
| Ainsworth (NE) | 9/26 | 13 h 40 m | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET SPECTROMETER | 20 miles SE of Rochester, Minnesota, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/27 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/?? | --- | FOCA 1000 (FOcal Corrector Anastigmat 1000) | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 10/1 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 10/5 | 11 h 17 m | HARD X-RAY ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 10/6 | 10 h 5 m | OBSERVATION OF STRATOSPHERIC NO2 | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/10 | --- | BMLS (Balloon-borne Microwave Limb Sounder) | 32 miles NW of Breckenridge, Texas, US |
| Sanriku | 10/10 | 10 h 22 m | OBSERVATION OF IONOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELD | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 10/11 | 58 m | MEASUREMENT OF ABSOLUTE QUANTITY OF THE COSMIC RAY COMPONENT | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 10/11 | 49 h 22 m | ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTRIBUTION OF POWER LINE RADIATION | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/12 | --- | PHOTOMETER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/15 | 27 h 30 m | GRIP (Gamma-Ray Imaging Payload) | 26 miles SW of Greenville, Mississippi, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/16 | --- | BLISS (Balloon-borne Laser In-Situ Sensor) | 10 miles WNW of McComb, Mississippi, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/26 | --- | BALLOON TEST | Balloon failure at 41.000 ft. Payload landed 5 miles N of Alto, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/27 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 17 miles E of Jackson, Mississippi, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/27 | --- | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 10 miles N of York, Alabama, US |
 Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 11/1 | 18 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | In Leme - Sao Paulo. |
| Ramona (CA) | 11/13 | --- | KESTREL | --- No Data --- |
| Alice Springs | 11/20 | 12 h | HIBAL 86 | --- No Data --- |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 11/30 | --- | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | Control instrumentation failure. |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 12/2 | 12 h | ELECTRIC FIELD | In Cunha - Sao Paulo. |
| Palestine (TX) | 12/4 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 6 miles NW of Lampasas, Texas, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 12/6 | --- | ACIMS (Active Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer) | --- No Data --- |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 12/11 | 14 h | ELECTRIC FIELD | In Paranavaí - Paraná. |
| Laramie (WY) | 12/12 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 12/12 | --- | ASTROFILM E BALLOON FLIGHT TEST + ASHCAN | North of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 12/16 | 3 h | PULSAR | In Piracaia - Sao Paulo. |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 12/22 | 55 m | IONIZATION MEASUREMENTS + ELECTRO-DYNAMICS EXPERIENCE + IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program) | --- No Data --- |
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