ESRANGE | 1/9 | --- | ASTRID (Air Sampling of TRacers for Identification of Dynamics) + CAESR (Cold Atmospheric Emission Spectral Radiometer) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/9 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) | --- No Data --- |
McMurdo | 1/10 | ~ 13 d | HIREGS I (HIgh REsolution Gamma-ray and hard x-ray Spectrometer) | In the Antarctic plateau, at coordinates 86.2º S and 160.5º E |
ESRANGE | 1/13 | ~ 6 h | MIPAS-B1 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/13 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/16 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 1/16 | --- | ANCHORED LAUNCH TEST | NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
ESRANGE | 1/18 | --- | MPI-K | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/18 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (MPAE) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/18 | --- | CAO 1 | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 1/19 | --- | ANCHORED LAUNCH TEST | NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
Lauder | 1/20 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Alert (NU) | 1/20 | 1.94 d | POVORBEX (POlar VORrtex Balloon Experiment) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/22 | --- | OZONOXYPOLY | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/23 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/27 | --- | CAO 2 | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 1/27 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/27 | --- | RADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon) | --- No Data --- |
Akron (OH) | 1/28 | --- | EARTHWINDS (Dzhanibehov - Moses - Newman) | Launch aborted due to low level high winds |
ESRANGE | 1/30 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/31 | --- | CLUSTER | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 1/31 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 2/4 | --- | MPI-K | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 2/5 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 2/6 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (MPAE) + CAO2 | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 2/9 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 2/10 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 2/10 | --- | ASTRID (Air Sampling of TRacers for Identification of Dynamics) + CAESR (Cold Atmospheric Emission Spectral Radiometer) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 2/12 | --- | RADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 2/13 | --- | ACIMS (Active Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry) | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 2/13 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Kagoshima | 2/14 | --- | HIMES (Highly Maneuverable Experimental Space Vehicle) - RFT-2 | --- No Data --- |
Dagget (CA) | 2/20 | --- | UV O3 PHOTOMETER | 20 Miles N of Woodward, Oklahoma, US |
Søndre Strømfjord | 2/22 | --- | OZONE STUDIES | Balloon failure. Payload landed 90 miles NE of Sondrestrom, Greenland |
Reconquista | 2/24 | 6 h | PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR | --- No Data --- |
Volsk | 2/28 | --- | MARS-96 SONDE PARACHUTE TEST | --- No Data --- |
Søndre Strømfjord | 3/1 | --- | OZONE STUDIES | 160 miles ENE of Sondrestrom, Greenland |
ESRANGE | 3/5 | --- | ASTRID (Air Sampling of TRacers for Identification of Dynamics) + CAESR (Cold Atmospheric Emission Spectral Radiometer) | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 3/6 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Søndre Strømfjord | 3/8 | --- | OZONE STUDIES | Aborted Flight |
Dagget (CA) | 3/9 | --- | LDBV (Long Duration Balloon Vehicle) - Flight Test # 2 | 9 Miles SW of Vega, Texas, US |
ESRANGE | 3/10 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 3/10 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
Søndre Strømfjord | 3/11 | --- | OZONE STUDIES | 140 miles ESE of Sondrestrom, Greenland |
ESRANGE | 3/12 | --- | ASTRID (Air Sampling of TRacers for Identification of Dynamics) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 3/14 | --- | LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) | Free fall from 32 km on a frozen lake near Nikel, Russia. Instrument destroyed. |
ESRANGE | 3/14 | --- | MIPAS-B1 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) | Free fall from 32 km. Impact in a frozen lake near Nikel, Russia. Payload destroyed |
TIFR Hyderabad | 3/18 | 1 h | XMPC (Xenon filled Multi-anode Proportional Counter telescope) | Balloon burst in the tropopause. |
ESRANGE | 3/19 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 3/20 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (MPAE) | --- No Data --- |
ESRANGE | 3/20 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 3/26 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
TIFR Hyderabad | 4/5 | --- | XMPC (Xenon filled Multi-anode Proportional Counter telescope) | --- No Data --- |
Alice Springs | 4/10 | --- | GRIS (Gamma-Ray Imaging Spectrometer) | Aborted launch |
Palestine (TX) | 4/13 | --- | SUPER PRESSURE TEST | 20 miles SSW of Jackson, Mississippi, US |
TIFR Hyderabad | 4/20 | 4 h | ION, OZONE, AEROSOLS AND WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
Alice Springs | 4/26 | 14 h | GRIS (Gamma-Ray Imaging Spectrometer) | 20 miles NNE of Clermont, Queensland, Australia |
Alice Springs | 4/27 | 1 h | BICE (Balloon-borne Infrared Carbon Explorer) | Ruby Gorge, Northwestern Territories, Australia |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 5/4 | --- | HIGH RESOLUTION IR SOLAR OBSERVATION | 15 Miles NW of Childress, Texas, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 5/4 | --- | IBEX (Infrared Balloon-Borne Experiment) | 10 Miles NW of Monihans, Texas, US |
Alice Springs | 5/7 | 24 h | GRIS (Gamma-Ray Imaging Spectrometer) | 35 miles N of Evremunga, Australia |
Laramie (WY) | 5/8 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Alice Springs | 5/8 | 11 h | BICE (Balloon-borne Infrared Carbon Explorer) | Mt.H.Witt Station, Australia |
ESRANGE | 5/11 | --- | MIKROBA 5 (MIKRO-g with Ballon drop capsule) | --- No Data --- |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/12 | ~ 12 h | FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE - CYGNUS III MISSION | 40 km SE from Bordeaux, France |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/24 | --- | AMON (Absorption de Minoritaires, Ozone et NOx) | --- No Data --- |
Alice Springs | 5/24 | 10 h | BICE (Balloon-borne Infrared Carbon Explorer) | 13 miles NW of Tambo, Queensland, Australia |
Sanriku | 5/28 | 7 h | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
Sanriku | 5/28 | 3 h | OZONE DENSITY OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
Sanriku | 5/28 | 3 h | OZONE DENSITY OBSERVATION | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 5/29 | --- | FIRS-2 (far infrared Fourier transform spectrometer) + UV O3 PHOTOMETER | 18 miles S of Gallup, New Mexico, US |
Laramie (WY) | 5/29 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Sanriku | 5/30 | 2 h | STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD STUDY | --- No Data --- |
Sanriku | 6/1 | 2 h | STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD STUDY | --- No Data --- |
Alice Springs | 6/1 | 10 h | HEXAGONE (High Energy X-ray And Gamma ray Observatory for Nuclear Emissions) | Mantuan Downs, Queensland, Australia |
Palestine (TX) | 6/5 | F 6 h 39 m | MSAM-1 (Medium-Scale Anisotropy Measurement) | 30 miles N of Brownwood, Texas, US |
Laramie (WY) | 6/24 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 6/24 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Aborted launch |
Ny-Alesund | 7/1 | --- | VALVE TEST ON MIR BALLOON | --- No Data --- |
Ny-Alesund | 7/3 | 30 d | VALVE TEST ON MIR BALLOON | --- No Data --- |
Gap-Tallard | 7/6 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) | --- No Data --- |
Ny-Alesund | 7/13 | --- | VALVE TEST ON MIR BALLOON | --- No Data --- |
Lynn Lake (MB) | 7/16 | 23 h | IMAX (Isotope Matter-Antimatter Experiment) | Grimshaw, Alberta, Canada |
Gap-Tallard | 7/17 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 7/17 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 7/19 | --- | LAUNCH TEST | NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
Palestine (TX) | 7/24 | F 7 h 5 m | UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH | 46 miles SSE of Big Springs, Texas, US |
Wallops (VA) | 7/24 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 21 miles E of Wallops, Virginia, US |
Trapani | 7/30 | 15 h | AROME | In Spain |
Palestine (TX) | 7/31 | --- | LAUNCH TEST | NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
Wallops (VA) | 7/31 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | Balloon failure. Payload landed 58 miles NE of Wallops, Virginia, US |
Palestine (TX) | 8/1 | F 2 h 53 m | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 24 miles E of San Angelo, Texas, US |
Cornish (UT) | 8/1 | --- | SSV (SUPERPRESSURE Stratospheric Vehicle) | --- No Data --- |
Lynn Lake (MB) | 8/2 | --- | COSMIC RAY ASTROPHYSICS | 11 miles N of Pukatawagan, Manitoba, Canada |
Palestine (TX) | 8/4 | --- | ANCHORED LAUNCH TEST | NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
Palestine (TX) | 8/6 | --- | ANCHORED LAUNCH TEST | NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
Laramie (WY) | 8/8 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 8/10 | --- | ANCHORED LAUNCH TEST | NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
Palestine (TX) | 8/12 | --- | ANCHORED LAUNCH TEST | NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
Wallops (VA) | 8/12 | --- | THUNDERSTORMS STUDIES | 12 miles E of Fredericksburg, Virginia, US |
Trapani | 8/14 | 23 h 1 m | LAPEX (Large-Area Phoswich balloon Experiment for hard-X-ray astronomy) | --- No Data --- |
Palestine (TX) | 8/17 | --- | ANCHORED LAUNCH TEST | NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
Palestine (TX) | 8/17 | --- | ANCHORED LAUNCH TEST | NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
Palestine (TX) | 8/25 | F 8 h 28 m | BLISS (Balloon-borne Laser In-Situ Sensor) | 10 miles N of San Angelo, Texas, US |
Lynn Lake (MB) | 8/25 | --- | LEE (Low Energy Electrons) | 28 miles NE of Moak Lake, Manitoba, Canada |
Palestine (TX) | 8/28 | --- | ANCHORED LAUNCH TEST | NSBF Launch Pad, Palestine, Texas, US |
Palestine (TX) | 8/29 | F 6 h 26 m | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | 15 miles SW of Coleman, Texas, US |
Sanriku | 8/29 | --- | WATERPROOF GONDOLA TEST | --- No Data --- |
Sanriku | 9/2 | --- | SUPERSONIC PARACHUTE TEST | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 9/3 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Lynn Lake (MB) | 9/6 | --- | LDBV (Long Duration Balloon Vehicle) - Flight Test # 3 | 57 miles NE of Thompson, Manitoba, Canada |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/14 | --- | MKIV INTERFEROMETER | 39 miles NE of Holzbrook, Arizona, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/22 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Aborted launch |
Gap-Tallard | 9/25 | ~ 5 h | SIMBA (Solar Irradiance Monitoring from Balloons) | In a forest near Orange, Vaucluse, France |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/29 | 8 h | FIRS-2 (far infrared Fourier transform spectrometer) + UV O3 PHOTOMETER | 14 miles WSW of Canadian, Texas, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/30 | ~ 10 h | SDS (Solar Disk Sextant) | 13 miles SW of Quanah, Texas, US |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/16 | --- | SCRIBE (Stratospheric Cryogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | 50 miles ESE of Plainview, Texas, US |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/20 | --- | CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTOR | 300 km E from Aire Sur L'Adour, France |
Laramie (WY) | 10/23 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Fort Sumner (NM) | 11/5 | --- | CLC PARACHUTE TEST | 5 miles S of Clarendon, Texas, US |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 11/6 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) | --- No Data --- |
Aire Sur L'Adour | 11/6 | --- | CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTOR | 50 km from Aire Sur L'Adour, France |
Dunedin | 11/10 | 95 d | ELBBO (Extended Life Balloon Borne Observatories Program) | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 11/19 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Dunedin | 11/19 | 124 d | ELBBO (Extended Life Balloon Borne Observatories Program) | --- No Data --- |
Dunedin | 11/21 | 5 d | ELBBO (Extended Life Balloon Borne Observatories Program) | --- No Data --- |
Lauder | 11/24 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
TIFR Hyderabad | 11/24 | 7 h 55 m | DEVELOPMENT FLIGHT D:5 | --- No Data --- |
Dunedin | 11/30 | 96 d | ELBBO (Extended Life Balloon Borne Observatories Program) | --- No Data --- |
Dunedin | 12/6 | 102 d | ELBBO (Extended Life Balloon Borne Observatories Program) | --- No Data --- |
Volsk | 12/10 | --- | MARS-96 SONDE PARACHUTE TEST | --- No Data --- |
McMurdo | 12/13 | ~ 13 d | LAMB (Long Duration Antarctic Mars Calibration Balloon) | In the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica |
TIFR Hyderabad | 12/14 | ~ 12 h | XMPC (Xenon filled Multi-anode Proportional Counter telescope) | --- No Data --- |
Laramie (WY) | 12/18 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
Syowa | 12/26 | --- | PPB (Polar Patrol Balloon) | --- No Data --- |
Syowa | 12/30 | --- | PPB (Polar Patrol Balloon) | --- No Data --- |
McMurdo | 12/31 | ~ 10 d | HIREGS II (HIgh REsolution Gamma-ray and hard x-ray Spectrometer) | In the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica |