Stratospheric balloons launched in 1997

In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 1997, which are currently available in StratoCat's database. Each row displays essential information such as the launch base, date and time of launch, and, if known, the mission duration and landing site of the payload. Clicking on the experiment name will offer details about the scientific institutions involved, a summary of the experiment's purpose and results, and other relevant information on the balloon flight, including references and images. Clicking on the arrows at the top and the bottom of the table you can move to other year's tables.

Launch base	Date	Flight Duration	Experiment	Payload landing place or cause of the failure
Andoya	1/14	---	LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) + OPC (Optical Particle Counter)	--- No Data ---
Syowa	1/19	---	GRAB SAMPLING SYSTEM	--- No Data ---
Andoya	1/19	---	LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) + OPC (Optical Particle Counter)	--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)	1/22	---	AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Syowa	1/22	---	GRAB SAMPLING SYSTEM	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	1/24	1 h 45 m	EVAL BALLOON TEST FLIGHT	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	1/27	3 h 50 m	THIN MATERIAL BALLOON TEST	--- No Data ---
Andoya	1/29	---	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + DESCARTES	--- No Data ---
Juazeiro do Norte (CE)	1/30	---	OMS (Observations of the Middle Stratosphere)	Aborted flight
ESRANGE	2/2	1 h 54 m	OPENING FLIGHT	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/9	3 h 49 m	RADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon)	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/10	2 h	CRYOGENIC AIR SAMPLER	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/10	---	WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/10	3 h 40 m	MIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne)	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/11	2 h 51 m	TRIPLE (BONBON + FISH + ?)	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/14	2 h 5 m	ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/14	2 h 50 m	LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS	--- No Data ---
Juazeiro do Norte (CE)	2/14	5 h 20 m	ALIAS II + UV O3 PHOTOMETER + ARGUS	10 miles from Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil
ESRANGE	2/22	3 h 7 m	CRYOGENIC SAMPLER	In Finland
ESRANGE	2/23	---	Optical Particle Counter	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/24	2 h 46 m	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ-BrO	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/24	13 d	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)	In Greenland.
ESRANGE	2/25	---	WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/25	2 h	CRYOGENIC AIR SAMPLER	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/26	3 h	LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + CAESR (Cryogenic Atmospheric Emission Spectre-Radiometer)	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/26	3 h 37 m	AMON (Absorption de Minoritaires, Ozone et NOx)	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	2/28	2 h 10 m	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	3/6	---	ALPHA	--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad	3/15	---	XMPC (Xenon filled Multi-anode Proportional Counter telescope)	Control instrumentation failure.
Andoya	3/16	---	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	3/17	21 d & 3 h	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)	Near Trondheim, Norway
ESRANGE	3/18	3 h 30 m	CRYOGENIC SAMPLER / DESCARTES	In Finland
ESRANGE	3/18	2 h 35 m	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + DESCARTES	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	3/20	2 h 20 m	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ-BrO	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	3/21	2 h 35 m	LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + CAESR (Cryogenic Atmospheric Emission Spectre-Radiometer)	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	3/24	3 h	MIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne)	--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)	3/30	10 h	TEST FLIGHT	8 miles N of Mountainair, New Mexico, US
TIFR Hyderabad	3/30	---	LASE (Large Area Scintillation counter Experiment)	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	4/28	---	TEST FLIGHT	--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)	4/30	8 h 50 m	FIRS-2 (far infrared Fourier transform spectrometer) + UV O3 PHOTOMETER	10 miles SW of Bettles, Alaska, US
ESRANGE	5/1	---	OZONE SAMPLER	--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)	5/7	18 h 30 m	EXITE-2 (Energetic X-Ray Imaging Telescope Experiment) + MIXE-2 (Marshall Imaging X-ray Experiment)	W Oklahoma City, US
Fort Wainwright (AK)	5/8	8 h 30 m	MKIV INTERFEROMETER	35 miles SW of Tanana, Alaska, US
Aire Sur L'Adour	5/12	4 h 15 m	MEFISTO	--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)	5/20	26 h	SOFCAL (Scintillating Optical Fiber Calorimeter)	14 miles SW of Congress, Arizona, US
Fort Sumner (NM)	5/24	5 h	CAPRICE 2 (Cosmic AntiParticle Ring Imaging Cherenkov)	13 miles of Corona, New Mexico, US
Sanriku	5/29	1 h 58 m	FLIGHT PERFORMANCE TEST OF BALLOON	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	5/30	6 h 46 m	CRYOGENIC SAMPLER	--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)	6/2	F 6 h 39 m	MSAM-2 (Medium-Scale Anisotropy Measurement)	25 miles SE of Sonora, Texas, US
Sanriku	6/2	8 h 26 m	BETS (Balloon borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers)	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	6/7	3 h	FLIGHT PERFORMANCE TEST OF BALLOON	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	6/8	1 h 33 m	EVAL BALLOON TEST FLIGHT	--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)	6/11	F 4 h 32 m	SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION	15 miles WNW of San Saba, Texas, US
Gap-Tallard	6/12	8 h 1 m	OPENING FLIGHT + INMARSAT TEST	--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)	6/12	---	AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard	6/17	6 h 24 m	MACSIMS (Measurement of Atmospheric Constituents by Selective Ion Mass Spectrometry)	--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard	6/19	8 h 23 m	LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS	--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)	6/23	12 d 8 h	TEST FLIGHT + COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT	300 miles E of Inuvik, Canada.
Aire Sur L'Adour	6/23	6 h 42 m	TRIPLE (BONBON)	--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard	6/24	2 h 35 m	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ-BrO	--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard	6/25	2 h 48 m	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + DESCARTES	--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)	6/25	---	AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard	6/27	2 h 13 m	LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) + OPC (Optical Particle Counter)	--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)	6/30	5 h 50 m	OMS (Observations of the Middle Stratosphere) + ALIAS II + UV O3 PHOTOMETER + ARGUS	12 miles NNW of Nenana, Alaska, US
Gap-Tallard	7/1	6 h 13 m	MIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne)	--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard	7/1	7 h 19 m	DATA TRANSMITION SYSTEM TEST	--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)	7/8	7 h	MKIV INTERFEROMETER + UV O3 PHOTOMETER	21 miles NW of Nenana, Alaska, US
Kamchatka	7/9	139 h 30 m	RUNJOB V (RUssia-Nippon JOint Balloon program)	In Nizhny, Russia
Kamchatka	7/11	139 h 30 m	RUNJOB VI (RUssia-Nippon JOint Balloon program)	--- No Data ---
Kamchatka	7/16	3 h	RUNJOB VII (RUssia-Nippon JOint Balloon program)	Failure of the balloon after three hours aloft.
Trapani	7/23	20 h 27 m	CRASH (Cosmic Rays And Strange Hadronic matter)	In Los Barrios, Cadiz, Spain
Laramie (WY)	7/25	---	AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)	7/25	F 3 h 21 m	LXeGRIT (Liquid Xenon Gama-Ray Imaging Telescope)	10 miles NW of Sterling City, Texas, US
Lynn Lake (MB)	7/28	26 h	BESS (Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer)	5 miles NW of Dixonville, Alberta, Canadá
Palestine (TX)	8/2	F 4 h	SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION	--- No Data ---
Trapani	8/6	3 h 53 m	HASI (Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument) - PWA	On the Mediterranean Sea
Trapani	8/10	3 h 45 m	TRANSMED	In Marettimo, Sicily, Italy
Palestine (TX)	8/12	3 h 30 m	BOOMERANG (Balloon Observations of Millimetric Extragalactic Radiation and Geophysics)	2 miles SW of Mount Calm, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)	8/14	F 41 m	SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION	12 miles NW of Morgan City, Texas, US
ESRANGE	8/16	---	OZONE SAMPLER	--- No Data ---
Ny-Alesund	8/19	2 h	OPTICAL OZONE SENSOR	--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)	8/24	F 3 h 59 m	SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION	12 miles SE of Sonora, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)	8/25	F 4 h 14 m	LXeGRIT (Liquid Xenon Gama-Ray Imaging Telescope)	15 miles SE of Midland, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)	8/29	F 5 h 56 m	BOOMERANG (Balloon Observations of Millimetric Extragalactic Radiation and Geophysics)	18 miles SSE of Fort Stockton, Texas, US
Lynn Lake (MB)	9/2	21 h 20 m	AESOP (Anti-Electron Sub Orbital Payload) + LEE (Low Energy Electrons)	17 miles NW of Hudson bay, Canada
Sanriku	9/5	3 h 4 m	ATMOSPHERIC OZONE OBSERVATON	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	9/9	3 h 6 m	OBSERVATION OF STRATOSPHERIC NO2	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	9/9	3 h 34 m	OXYGEN ATOM DENSITY AND OZONE OBSERVATION	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	9/11	3 h 2 m	OPENING FLIGHT	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	9/12	1 h 35 m	EVAL BALLOON TEST FLIGHT	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	9/13	2 h 45 m	FLIGHT PERFORMANCE TEST OF BALLOON	--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)	9/24	26 h 50 m	TIGER (Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder)	8 miles SE of Coldwater, Kansas, US
Aire Sur L'Adour	9/24	3 h 2 m	MIR BALLOON TEST	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	9/25	11 h 25 m	PIROG 8 (Pointing InfraRed Observing Gondola)	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	9/27	3 h 13 m	FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE - MIL III MISSION	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	9/30	4 h 5 m	AEROSOL ANALISIS	--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)	10/4	21 h	RICH II (Ring Imaging Cerenkov Detector)	11 miles W of Apache, Oklahoma, US
Aire Sur L'Adour	10/7	3 h 42 m	MEFISTO	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	10/8	2 h 51 m	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + DESCARTES	In Tarn-et-Garonne
Fort Sumner (NM)	10/15	7 h 50 m	HEXIS (High Energy X-ray Imaging Spectrometer)	W of Wichita Falls, Texas, US
Laramie (WY)	10/22	---	AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	10/28	3 h 14 m	ETNA (Equipement de Télécommunication Numérique pour Aérostat)	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	10/31	2 h 40 m	Technological flight 10 meters diameter super pressure balloon	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	11/7	2 h 21 m	INMARSAT SYSTEM TEST	--- No Data ---
Juazeiro do Norte (CE)	11/11	6 h 20 m	UV O3 PHOTOMETER + ARGUS	--- No Data ---
Juazeiro do Norte (CE)	11/20	5 h 50 m	ALIAS II + UV O3 PHOTOMETER	At coordinates 7º 5' - 40º 6'
Baurú GLB (SP)	11/23	2 h 3 m	LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) / OPC (Optical Particle Counter).	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	11/26	2 h 40 m	SUPER PRESSURE BALLOON TEST	In Viella, Gers, France
Baurú GLB (SP)	11/26	2 h 2 m	LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) / OPC (Optical Particle Counter).	--- No Data ---
Baurú GLB (SP)	11/29	---	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ-BrO	--- No Data ---

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