Stratospheric balloons launched

worldwide in 2000

In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 2000, 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
ESRANGE1/1022 m7 ENG BALLOON TEST FLIGHT # 2--- No Data ---
McMurdo1/1017 dFGE (Flare Genesis Experiment)Near McMurdo base, Antarctica
McMurdo1/1118 dMAXIS (MeV Auroral X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy)390 miles NW from McMurdo Station, Antarctica
ESRANGE1/121 h 45 m7 ENG BALLOON TEST FLIGHT # 3--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/142 h 8 mµRADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/193 h 37 mANALYSIS OF POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/19---HALOZ + DIRAC + OPC--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/232 h 4 mSALOMON (Spectroscopie d'Absorption Lunaire pour l'Observation des Minoritaires Ozone et Nox)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/25---BACKSCATTER SOND--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/253 h 34 mANALYSIS OF POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/251 h 8 mµRADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/274 h 36 mTRIPLE--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/27?HALOZ + DIRAC + OPC--- No Data ---
ESRANGE1/283 h 21 mSAOZ + BrO + Descartes + CH4 + 2*O3 / U + Eday--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/9---SAOZ + SAOZ BrO + DESCARTES + CH4 + 2*O3/Ucam--- No Data ---
Ushuaia2/121 d 14 hBOA (Ballons sur l'Océan Austral)--- No Data ---
Ushuaia2/124 h 10 mBOA (Ballons sur l'Océan Austral)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/131 h 57 mSAOZ + SAOZ-BrO + CH4 + 2 * O3 / Ucam--- No Data ---
Ushuaia2/145 dBOA (Ballons sur l'Océan Austral)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/162 h 10 mParachute system test--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/182 dLABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) + O3Payload retrieved from Hudson Bay, Canadá.
ESRANGE2/1818 dLAGRANGIAN EXPERIMENTnear Minsk, Russian Federation.
ESRANGE2/184 h 17 mLPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOASIn Russian Federation
Ushuaia2/191 dBOA (Ballons sur l'Océan Austral)--- No Data ---
Ushuaia2/203 dBOA (Ballons sur l'Océan Austral)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/222 h 35 mSALOMON (Spectroscopie d'Absorption Lunaire pour l'Observation des Minoritaires Ozone et Nox)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/231 h 54 mORION--- No Data ---
Ushuaia2/231 dBOA (Ballons sur l'Océan Austral)--- No Data ---
Ushuaia2/241 dBOA (Ballons sur l'Océan Austral)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/272 h 20 mSupport flight MIR--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/293 dTECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHTIn Siberia.
ESRANGE3/1---HALOZ + DIRAC--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/14 h 48 mTRIPLE--- No Data ---
Lauder3/2---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/34 h 24 mARCHEOPS - INMARSAT TEST--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/5---OMS (Observations of the Middle Stratosphere) + ALIAS II + UV O3 PHOTOMETER133 miles from Esrange, Sweden
ESRANGE3/6---10 ZUL new type balloon test flight--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/73 h 28 mSAOZ + BrO + DESCARTES + Labs + techno 10ZUL--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/8---HALOZ127 km SSE of Kiruna, Sweden
ESRANGE3/155 hMKIV INTERFEROMETER / SLS Microwave199 miles from Esrange, Sweden
ESRANGE3/252 h 13 m7 ENG BALLOON TEST FLIGHT # 4--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/25---SAOZ + CH4 + 2 * Labs--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/271 h 20 mSAPIN--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/283 h 38 mSUPERPRESSURE BALLOON--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/291 h 33 mTEST NSO.S--- No Data ---
ESRANGE4/12 h 36 mSUPERPRESSURE BALLOON--- No Data ---
ESRANGE4/11 h 47 mµRADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE4/32 h 17 mSUPERPRESSURE BALLOON--- No Data ---
Andoya4/33 h 3 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + DESCARTESAt coordinates 69º 15' North, 21º 27' East.
ESRANGE4/4---HALOZ--- No Data ---
ESRANGE4/44 hARCHEOPS - INMARSAT / STELLAR TRACKER TEST--- No Data ---
ESRANGE4/718 m30SFR Techno flight--- No Data ---
ESRANGE4/73 hSUPERPRESSURE BALLOON--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)4/12---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)5/35 mPARACHUTE TEST200 meters from launch pad, Fort Sumner, New Mexico, US
ESRANGE5/6---BD 2--- No Data ---
ESRANGE5/8---OZONE SAMPLER--- No Data ---
ESRANGE5/10---INMARSAT TEST--- No Data ---
ESRANGE5/152 hDESCARTESNear Hakkas, Sweden
Fort Sumner (NM)5/20---BEAST (Background Emission Anisotropy Scanning Telescope)5 miles E of Sunray, Texas, US
Fort Sumner (NM)5/211 h 30 mHEAT pbar (High-Energy Antimatter Telescope)Balloon failure. Payload recovered 30 kms W of Clovis, New Mexico, US
Laramie (WY)5/24---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Sanriku5/314 mEMULSION CHAMBERIn the mountains, 3 km NE of Sanriku, Japan
Madeira6/??---AEROCLIPPER--- No Data ---
Madeira6/??---AEROCLIPPER--- No Data ---
Madeira6/??---AEROCLIPPER--- No Data ---
Sanriku6/311 h 11 mAUTOMATIC BALLAST SYSTEM TEST--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)6/325 h 30 mHEAT pbar (High-Energy Antimatter Telescope)20 miles N of Cedar Ridge, Arizona, US
Fort Sumner (NM)6/430 hULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon)2 miles N of Bernardillo, New Mexico, US
Sanriku6/511 h 10 mBETS (Balloon-borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers)Pacific Ocean near the launch site
Sanriku6/72 h 58 mTEST FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/14~5 hOPENING FLIGHT--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/15~ 9 hCLAIRE (Gamma-Ray Lens Telescope)In a corn field in Castel-Jaloux (Landes), France.
ESRANGE6/162 hDESCARTESNear Svappavaara, Sweden
Trapani6/1905 h 25 mBOOMERANGOn the Mediterranean sea.
Gap-Tallard6/204 h 55 mSDLA-LAMA (Spectromètre à Diode Laser Accordable - Laser pour l'Analyse du Méthane Atmosphérique)Near Entraigues-sur-Volane, Ardèche, France.
Gap-Tallard6/225 h 38 mINMARSAT and TM allegee systems technological flight--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)6/27F 3 hSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION14 miles NW of Stephenville, Texas, US
Gap-Tallard6/283 h 22 mSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)--- No Data ---
Gap-Tallard6/30~ 2 hSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + NILU-CUBE--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)7/58 hNIGHTGLOW17 miles NW of Big Lake, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)7/5F 3 h 6 mSOLAR CELL CALIBRATION35 miles SW of Abilene, Texas, US
Palestine (TX)7/7F 3 h 20 mINTERFEROMETER / SPECTROMETER10 miles NE of Coleman, Texas, US
Trapani7/10~23 hBIRBA (Biological Radiation on Balloon)In Spain
Laramie (WY)7/13---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Lynn Lake (MB)8/1047 h 23 mBESS (Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer)31 miles SE of High Prairie, Alberta, Canada
ESRANGE8/142 h 30 mDESCARTESNear Kangos, Sweden
Palestine (TX)8/18---INFOCµS (International Focusing Optics Collaboration for µCrab Sensitivity)Balloon failure in the launch pad. No flight
Holloman AFB (NM)8/20---INVESTIGATION OF UPPER ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCEWhite Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US
Lynn Lake (MB)8/2524 h 18 mAESOP (Anti-Electron Sub Orbital Payload) + LEE (Low Energy Electrons)--- No Data ---
Sanriku8/283 h 44 mCRYOGENIC SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)8/29F 4 hINFOCµS (International Focusing Optics Collaboration for µCrab Sensitivity)20 miles SW of Menara, Texas, US
Vanscoy (SK)8/2914 hMANTRA (Middle Atmosphere Nitrogen TRend Assesment)East of Nipawin provincial Park, about 280 km northeast of the launch base.
Sanriku8/302 h 45 mSTRATOSPHERIC OZONE--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)8/31---AEROSOL COUNTER--- No Data ---
Lynn Lake (MB)9/1---ISOMAX (Isotope Magnet Experiment).Payload crashed near South Indian Lake, Alberta, Canada
Fort Sumner (NM)9/1930 h 40 mHERO (High Energy Replicated Optics)10 miles E of Naturita, Colorado, US
ESRANGE9/22~ 2 hSKERRIES 5NE of Övre Soppero, Sweden
Aire Sur L'Adour9/251 h 54 mTECHNO1 (ASPI) technological flight--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)9/25~ 25 hBACH (Balloon Air Cherenkov)8 miles N of Snowflake, Arizona, US
Aire Sur L'Adour9/273 h 41 mTECHNO2 technological flight--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/46 h 52 mOZONE SAMPLER--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)10/426 h 30 mLXeGRIT (Liquid Xenon Gama-Ray Imaging Telescope)14 miles SW of Buckeye, Arizona, US
Aire Sur L'Adour10/93 h 10 mµRADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon)--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)10/169 h 41 mBEAST (Background Emission Anisotropy Scanning Telescope)6 miles S of Gotebo, Oklahoma, US
ESRANGE11/17~ 2 hSKERRIES 6SE of Kompelusvaara, Sweden
Baurú GLB (SP)11/1718 dSAMBA gondolaPayload lost.
Baurú GLB (SP)11/1922 dSAMBA + INMARSATPayload lost.
TIFR Hyderabad11/21---LASE (Large Area Scintillation counter Experiment)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE11/244 h 35 mOZONE SAMPLERLake Randijaure, W of Jokkmokk, Sweden
ESRANGE11/245 h 24 mTANGO MAP 11North of the town of Pello, Finland
ESRANGE11/296 h 11 mTANGO MAP 12S of Pello, Finland
ESRANGE12/210 h 31 mOPENING FLIGHT ARCHEOPS CAMPAIGN--- No Data ---
ESRANGE12/44 hTANGO MAP 13North of the town of Rovaniemi, Finland
ESRANGE12/43 h 30 mSALOMON (Spectroscopie d'Absorption Lunaire pour l'Observation des Minoritaires Ozone et Nox)--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad12/11---CRYOSAMPLER (Cryogenic atmospheric sampler)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE12/11~ 2 hSKERRIES 7E of Kittilä, Finland
ESRANGE12/125 h 24 mTANGO MAP 14North of the town of Kemijärvi, Finland
ESRANGE12/123 h 30 mNTA Test flight + HYGROMETER--- No Data ---
Trapani12/14---SINTESYS--- No Data ---
TIFR Hyderabad12/166 h 30 mFIRBE (Far InfraRed Balloon-borne Experiment)300 kms from Hyderabad, India
ESRANGE12/18---TANGO MAP 15--- No Data ---
McMurdo12/2817 dATIC-1 (Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter)At 75º 30' S 154º 5' E, Antarctica

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