In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 1997, 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
Andoya1/14---LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) + OPC (Optical Particle Counter)--- No Data ---
Syowa1/19---GRAB SAMPLING SYSTEM--- No Data ---
Andoya1/19---LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) + OPC (Optical Particle Counter)--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)1/22---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Syowa1/22---GRAB SAMPLING SYSTEM--- No Data ---
Sanriku1/241 h 45 mEVAL BALLOON TEST FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Sanriku1/273 h 50 mTHIN MATERIAL BALLOON TEST--- No Data ---
Andoya1/29---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + DESCARTES--- No Data ---
Juazeiro do Norte (CE)1/30---OMS (Observations of the Middle Stratosphere)Aborted flight
ESRANGE2/21 h 54 mOPENING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/93 h 49 mRADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/103 h 40 mMIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/102 hCRYOGENIC AIR SAMPLER--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/10---WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/112 h 51 mTRIPLE (BONBON + FISH + ?)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/142 h 50 mLPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/142 h 5 mELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
Juazeiro do Norte (CE)2/145 h 20 mALIAS II + UV O3 PHOTOMETER + ARGUS10 miles from Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil
ESRANGE2/223 h 7 mCRYOGENIC SAMPLERIn Finland
ESRANGE2/23---Optical Particle Counter--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/242 h 46 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ-BrO--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/2413 dSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)In Greenland.
ESRANGE2/25---WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/252 hCRYOGENIC AIR SAMPLER--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/263 hLPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + CAESR (Cryogenic Atmospheric Emission Spectre-Radiometer)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/263 h 37 mAMON (Absorption de Minoritaires, Ozone et NOx)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/282 h 10 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)3/6---ALPHA--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad3/15---XMPC (Xenon filled Multi-anode Proportional Counter telescope)Control instrumentation failure.
Andoya3/16---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/1721 d & 3 hSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)Near Trondheim, Norway
ESRANGE3/182 h 35 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + DESCARTES--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/183 h 30 mCRYOGENIC SAMPLER / DESCARTESIn Finland
ESRANGE3/202 h 20 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ-BrO--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/212 h 35 mLPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + CAESR (Cryogenic Atmospheric Emission Spectre-Radiometer)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/243 hMIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne)--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad3/30---LASE (Large Area Scintillation counter Experiment)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)3/3010 hTEST FLIGHT8 miles N of Mountainair, New Mexico, US
ESRANGE4/28---TEST FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)4/308 h 50 mFIRS-2 (far infrared Fourier transform spectrometer) + UV O3 PHOTOMETER10 miles SW of Bettles, Alaska, US
ESRANGE5/1---OZONE SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)5/718 h 30 mEXITE-2 (Energetic X-Ray Imaging Telescope Experiment) + MIXE-2 (Marshall Imaging X-ray Experiment)W Oklahoma City, US
Fort Wainwright (AK)5/88 h 30 mMKIV INTERFEROMETER35 miles SW of Tanana, Alaska, US
Aire Sur L'Adour5/124 h 15 mMEFISTO--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)5/2026 hSOFCAL (Scintillating Optical Fiber Calorimeter)14 miles SW of Congress, Arizona, US
Fort Sumner (NM)5/245 hCAPRICE 2 (Cosmic AntiParticle Ring Imaging Cherenkov)13 miles of Corona, New Mexico, US
Sanriku5/291 h 58 mFLIGHT PERFORMANCE TEST OF BALLOON--- No Data ---
Sanriku5/306 h 46 mCRYOGENIC SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/2F 6 h 39 mMSAM-2 (Medium-Scale Anisotropy Measurement)25 miles SE of Sonora, Texas, US
Sanriku6/28 h 26 mBETS (Balloon borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers)--- No Data ---
Sanriku6/73 hFLIGHT PERFORMANCE TEST OF BALLOON--- No Data ---
Sanriku6/81 h 33 mEVAL BALLOON TEST FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/11F 4 h 32 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION15 miles WNW of San Saba, Texas, US
Laramie (WY)6/12---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/128 h 1 mOPENING FLIGHT + INMARSAT TEST--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/176 h 24 mMACSIMS (Measurement of Atmospheric Constituents by Selective Ion Mass Spectrometry)--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/198 h 23 mLPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour6/236 h 42 mTRIPLE (BONBON)--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)6/2312 d 8 hTEST FLIGHT + COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT300 miles E of Inuvik, Canada.
Gap-Tallard6/242 h 35 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ-BrO--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)6/25---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/252 h 48 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + DESCARTES--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/272 h 13 mLABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) + OPC (Optical Particle Counter)--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)6/305 h 50 mOMS (Observations of the Middle Stratosphere) + ALIAS II + UV O3 PHOTOMETER + ARGUS12 miles NNW of Nenana, Alaska, US
Gap-Tallard7/17 h 19 mDATA TRANSMITION SYSTEM TEST--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard7/16 h 13 mMIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne)--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)7/87 hMKIV INTERFEROMETER + UV O3 PHOTOMETER21 miles NW of Nenana, Alaska, US
Kamchatka7/9139 h 30 mRUNJOB V (RUssia-Nippon JOint Balloon program)In Nizhny, Russia
Kamchatka7/11139 h 30 mRUNJOB VI (RUssia-Nippon JOint Balloon program)--- No Data ---
Kamchatka7/163 hRUNJOB VII (RUssia-Nippon JOint Balloon program)Failure of the balloon after three hours aloft.
Trapani7/2320 h 27 mCRASH (Cosmic Rays And Strange Hadronic matter)In Los Barrios, Cadiz, Spain
Laramie (WY)7/25---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)7/25F 3 h 21 mLXeGRIT (Liquid Xenon Gama-Ray Imaging Telescope)10 miles NW of Sterling City, Texas, US
Lynn Lake (MB)7/2826 hBESS (Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer)5 miles NW of Dixonville, Alberta, Canadá
Palestine (TX)8/2F 4 hSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION--- No Data ---
Trapani8/63 h 53 mHASI (Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument) - PWAOn the Mediterranean Sea
Trapani8/103 h 45 mTRANSMEDIn Marettimo, Sicily, Italy
Palestine (TX)8/123 h 30 mBOOMERANG (Balloon Observations of Millimetric Extragalactic Radiation and Geophysics)2 miles SW of Mount Calm, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)8/14F 41 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION12 miles NW of Morgan City, Texas, US
ESRANGE8/16---OZONE SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Ny-Alesund8/192 hOPTICAL OZONE SENSOR--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)8/24F 3 h 59 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION12 miles SE of Sonora, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)8/25F 4 h 14 mLXeGRIT (Liquid Xenon Gama-Ray Imaging Telescope)15 miles SE of Midland, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)8/29F 5 h 56 mBOOMERANG (Balloon Observations of Millimetric Extragalactic Radiation and Geophysics)18 miles SSE of Fort Stockton, Texas, US
Lynn Lake (MB)9/221 h 20 mAESOP (Anti-Electron Sub Orbital Payload) + LEE (Low Energy Electrons)17 miles NW of Hudson bay, Canada
Sanriku9/53 h 4 mATMOSPHERIC OZONE OBSERVATON--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/93 h 34 mOXYGEN ATOM DENSITY AND OZONE OBSERVATION--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/93 h 6 mOBSERVATION OF STRATOSPHERIC NO2--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour9/113 h 2 mOPENING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/121 h 35 mEVAL BALLOON TEST FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Sanriku9/132 h 45 mFLIGHT PERFORMANCE TEST OF BALLOON--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour9/243 h 2 mMIR BALLOON TEST--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/2426 h 50 mTIGER (Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder)8 miles SE of Coldwater, Kansas, US
Aire Sur L'Adour9/2511 h 25 mPIROG 8 (Pointing InfraRed Observing Gondola)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour9/273 h 13 mFAR INFRARED TELESCOPE - MIL III MISSION--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour9/304 h 5 mAEROSOL ANALISIS--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)10/421 hRICH II (Ring Imaging Cerenkov Detector)11 miles W of Apache, Oklahoma, US
Aire Sur L'Adour10/73 h 42 mMEFISTO--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/82 h 51 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + DESCARTESIn Tarn-et-Garonne
Fort Sumner (NM)10/157 h 50 mHEXIS (High Energy X-ray Imaging Spectrometer)W of Wichita Falls, Texas, US
Laramie (WY)10/22---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/283 h 14 mETNA (Equipement de Télécommunication Numérique pour Aérostat)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/312 h 40 mTechnological flight 10 meters diameter super pressure balloon--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour11/72 h 21 mINMARSAT SYSTEM TEST--- No Data ---
Juazeiro do Norte (CE)11/116 h 20 mUV O3 PHOTOMETER + ARGUS--- No Data ---
Juazeiro do Norte (CE)11/205 h 50 mALIAS II + UV O3 PHOTOMETERAt coordinates 7º 5' - 40º 6'
Baurú GLB (SP)11/232 h 3 mLABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) / OPC (Optical Particle Counter).--- No Data ---
Baurú GLB (SP)11/262 h 2 mLABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) / OPC (Optical Particle Counter).--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour11/262 h 40 mSUPER PRESSURE BALLOON TESTIn Viella, Gers, France
Baurú GLB (SP)11/29---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ-BrO--- No Data ---

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