In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1987, 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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![]() | 1/9 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/14 | --- | ASTROFILM LOW LIGHT LEVEL | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/25 | 6 d 6 h | JACEE 7 (Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment) | In Concepcion, Paraguay |
![]() | 1/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/5 | --- | ACIMS (Active Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer) + CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/9 | 12 d | OBSERVATION OF THE SUN CORONA | In Palotina, Parana, Brazil |
![]() | 2/11 | --- | CHEOPS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/19 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/19 | --- | GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/23 | --- | BMS ANTENNA TEST | 30 miles NE of Meridian, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 2/24 | --- | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | Ground abort. |
![]() | 2/26 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/2 | --- | BALLOON MATERIAL TEST | 20 miles N of Lawton, Oklahoma, US |
![]() | 3/5 | --- | TEST BALLOON | 7 miles N of Leesville, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 3/6 | --- | BALLOON TEST | 2 miles N of DeQuincy, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 3/6 | --- | BALLOON MATERIAL TEST | 3 miles W of Ralls, Texas, US |
![]() | 3/26 | 1 h 20 m | GAS SAMPLING AND RADIATION MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/26 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/2 | --- | 102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | 15 miles NW of Waco, Texas, US |
![]() | 4/8 | 4 h | IONIZATION MEASUREMENTS + ELECTRO-DYNAMICS EXPERIENCE + IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/13 | 2 h | X-RAY / GAMMA RAY ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/19 | 9 h | SN87A - I | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/23 | --- | COSMIC RADIATION EXPERIMENT | 23 miles SE of Meridian, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 4/27 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/?? | --- | FOCA 1500 (FOcal Corrector Anastigmat 1500) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/8 | --- | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 18 miles N of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 5/10 | --- | BLISS (Balloon-borne Laser In-Situ Sensor) | 15 miles SW of Lufkin, Texas, US |
![]() | 5/16 | ALFAN II (Airborne Measurement of Low Frequency Atmospheric Noise) | Near Deming, New Mexico, US | |
![]() | 5/19 | 12 h 7 m | OBSERVATION OF STRATOSPHERIC NO2 | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/20 | F 8 h 24 m | GRIP (Gamma-Ray Imaging Payload) | 15 miles S of Middleton, Australia |
![]() | 5/25 | 32 h 34 m | EMULSION CHAMBER | In the Pacific Ocean, off Ofunato, Japan |
![]() | 5/29 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/30 | F 9 h 40 m | GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER | 15 miles NNE of Clermount, Australia |
![]() | 5/31 | 3 h 37 m | SEA RECOVERY TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/2 | 7 h 59 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/2 | 20 m | BELL/SANDIA GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | Balloon failure at 10.000 ft. Landed 3 miles S of Alice Springs, Australia |
![]() | 6/6 | 2 h 17 m | NEW LAUNCH METHOD VERIFICATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/7 | --- | TRANSIT OMEGA TEST | 10 miles NW of Wink, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/8 | F 9 h 57 m | SUPERNOVA OBSERVATION | 40 miles N of Longreach, Australia |
![]() | 6/23 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (MPAE) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/25 | --- | INFRARED TELESCOPE | 9 miles SW of McGregor, Texas, US |
![]() | 6/25 | --- | SCRIBE 99 (Stratospheric Cryogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | On the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 6/27 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 20 miles SW of Abilene, Texas, US |
![]() | 7/7 | 19 h 42 m | THEMIS | Near Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 7/8 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/15 | --- | HARVARD LYMAN-ALPHA HYGROMETER | 8 miles W of Coleman, Texas, US |
![]() | 7/15 | 20 h 52 m | MIFRASO (Milano - FRAscati - Southampton) | Near Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 7/17 | --- | TWO PROTON MAGNETOMETERS | In Saratov region, Russia |
![]() | 7/23 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/25 | --- | TWO PROTON MAGNETOMETERS | In Saratov region, Russia |
![]() | 7/26 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 15 miles NNE of Farmville, Virginia, US |
![]() | 7/26 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 5 miles W of Miller Tavern, Virginia, US |
![]() | 7/28 | F 3 h 20 m | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 2 miles W of Meherrin, Virginia, US |
![]() | 7/29 | 17 h 32 m | NITRIC OXID MEASUREMENTS | 80 Km E of Nanking, China |
![]() | 7/29 | 22 h 5 m | ARGO | Near Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 7/29 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | In Lanexa, Virginia, US |
![]() | 7/29 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 25 miles NE of Roanoke, Virginia, US |
![]() | 7/31 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 14 miles S of Flat Rock, Virginia, US |
![]() | 8/?? | --- | PIROG 2 (Pointing InfraRed Observing Gondola) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/1 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 20 miles SSE of Lynchburg, Virginia, US |
![]() | 8/3 | 10 h 32 m | GALACTIC IR OBSERVATIONS | In China |
![]() | 8/4 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 34 miles W of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada |
![]() | 8/4 | 18 h 10 m | AROME | Near Sevilla, Spain |
![]() | 8/10 | 1 h 10 m | STELLAR IR OBSERVATIONS | Balloon burst |
![]() | 8/13 | 10 h 30 m | PBAR | 40 miles N of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada |
![]() | 8/15 | 14 h 40 m | ALICE (A Large Isotopic Composition Experiment) | 20 miles N of Vegreville, Alberta, Canada |
![]() | 8/16 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/19 | --- | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | Balloon failure at 50.000 ft. Payload landed 2.5 miles SE of Elkhart Texas, US |
![]() | 8/21 | 22 h | LEAP (Low Energy Antiproton Experiment) | 2 miles WSW of Mapple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada |
![]() | 8/23 | --- | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 24 miles W of San Angelo Texas, US |
![]() | 8/25 | --- | LEE (Low Energy Electrons) | 12 miles S of Coronation, Alberta, Canada |
![]() | 8/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/30 | 4 h 39 m | ABLE II (Atmospheric Balloon Lidar Experiment) | Gardner Peak, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 8/31 | --- | X-RAY TELESCOPE - PROTOTYPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/2 | --- | GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 5 miles NW of Mentone, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/17 | --- | CHEMILUMINESCENT NO DETECTOR + UV ABSORPTION PHOTOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/23 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/23 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 15 NE of Alexandria, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 9/24 | --- | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | 13 miles ESE of Booneville, Arkansas, US |
![]() | 9/24 | 41 h 50 m | OBSERVATION OF ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELD | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | 46 h | HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/3 | 2 h | HIMES - JET CONTROLLED GONDOLA TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/4 | --- | FIRS-2 (Far infrared Fourier transform spectrometer) | 3 miles SE of Groveton, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/10 | --- | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | 8 miles SE of Oakdale, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 10/10 | 18 h | SUGAR (Supernova Gamma Ray) | In Alpinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
![]() | 10/13 | --- | BLISS (Balloon-borne Laser In-Situ Sensor) | 8 miles SE of Atmore, Alabama, US |
![]() | 10/18 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 3 miles W of Cuba, Alabama, US |
![]() | 10/23 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/28 | --- | SPECIAL GONDOLA TEST | City limits of Jackson, Alabama, US |
![]() | 10/29 | 40 h | GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER | 10 miles S of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia |
![]() | 10/30 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/8 | --- | GRIP (Gamma-Ray Imaging Payload) | Aborted launch |
![]() | 11/10 | 15 m | X-RAY ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/18 | 11 h 30 m | GRIP (Gamma-Ray Imaging Payload) | 400 miles W of Alice Springs, Australia |
![]() | 11/18 | 4 h 27 m | HIGH RESOLUTION INTERFEROMETER | 23 miles SW of Ardmore, Oklahoma, US |
![]() | 11/19 | 20 h | X-RAY ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/3 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/3 | 3 h 10 m | SF-372 MATERIAL TEST | 21 miles SW of Guthrie, Texas, US |
![]() | 12/6 | 10 h 50 m | GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER | 550 miles W of Alice Springs, Australia |
![]() | 12/7 | --- | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/9 | 4 h 10 m | SF-372 MATERIAL TEST | 9 miles W of Haskell, Texas, US |
![]() | 12/18 | 5 d | PPB (Polar Patrol Balloon) - Test flight | --- No Data --- |
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