In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries and places during 2005, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 ESRANGE | 1/10 | ~ 3 h | HYGROMETER (in support of MAGIC rocket launch) | --- No Data --- |
 SANAE | 1/17 | ~ 14 h | MINIS (Miniature Spectrometer) | Last known position 70.10 S, 6.2 W - Not recovered |
| SANAE | 1/19 | 11 d 7 h | MINIS (Miniature Spectrometer) | Last known position 74.2 S, 92.1 W - Not recovered |
| SANAE | 1/20 | 5 d 11 h | MINIS (Miniature Spectrometer) | Last known position 71.3 S, 50.97 W - Not recovered |
 Churchill (MB) | 1/21 | ~ 16 h | MINIS (Miniature Spectrometer) | Last known position 70.68 N, 37.47 W - Not recovered |
| SANAE | 1/24 | 3 d 6 h | MINIS (Miniature Spectrometer) | Last known position 76.6 S, 21.51 W - Not recovered |
| Churchill (MB) | 1/25 | ~ 20 h | MINIS (Miniature Spectrometer) | Last known position 63.75 N, 13.65 W - Not recovered |
| ESRANGE | 1/27 | --- | E-LINK (Esrange Airborne Data Link) | --- No Data --- |
 Fort Sumner (NM) | 2/4 | 2 h 43 m | ULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon) | 20 miles NE of Amarillo, Texas, US |
 Seychelles | 2/10 | 2 d | AEROCLIPPER | --- No Data --- |
| Seychelles | 2/14 | 30 d | BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) | --- No Data --- |
| Seychelles | 2/16 | 5 d | BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) | --- No Data --- |
| Seychelles | 2/16 | 7 d | AEROCLIPPER | --- No Data --- |
| Seychelles | 2/19 | 3 d | BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) | --- No Data --- |
| Seychelles | 2/22 | 8 d | BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) | --- No Data --- |
| Seychelles | 2/23 | 22 d | BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon) | --- No Data --- |
| Seychelles | 2/24 | 10 d | AEROCLIPPER | --- No Data --- |
| Seychelles | 2/25 | 6 d | AEROCLIPPER | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 3/1 | --- | AURA + Dual-beam In-Situ UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 3/22 | 4 h 19 m | BEXUS III (Balloon EXperiments for University Students) | 40 km W of the village of Vilhelmina, Sweden |
 TIFR Hyderabad | 3/28 | 5 h 35 m | HEXIT (High Energy X-ray Imaging Telescope) | --- No Data --- |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 4/20 | 4 h | CRYOSAMPLER (Criogenic atmpospheric sampler) | Near Gulbarga, 250 km W of Hyderabad, India |
 Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/7 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ Bro | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 5/9 | 25 h 14 m | HERO (High Energy Replicated Optics) | 36 miles SW of Dodge City, Kansas, USA |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 5/18 | 25 h 30 m | HEFT (High Energy Focusing Telescope) | 35 miles east-northeast of Holbrook, Arizona, USA |
| Laramie (WY) | 5/20 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 Sanriku | 5/21 | 1 h 13 m | SUPER THIN FILM HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON FLIGHT TEST | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 5/25 | ~ 4h | SUMIT (SuperMirror Imaging Telescope experiment) - Test flight | In the ocean shore near Sanriku, Japan |
| Sanriku | 5/29 | 5 h 7 m | SOLAR SAIL DEPLOYMENT TEST | --- No Data --- |
 Timón (MA) | 6/1 | 15 m | OZONE SAMPLER | 3 km from Timón, Maranhao state , Brazil |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 6/1 | 9 h 7 m | NCT (Nuclear Compton Telescope) | 68 miles northwest of Socorro, NM, USA |
| Sanriku | 6/2 | 4 h 34 m | SUPER PRESSURE BALLOON FLIGHT TEST | --- No Data --- |
| Timón (MA) | 6/4 | 6 h | OZONE SAMPLER | Near Grajaú, Maranhao state , Brazil |
| Sanriku | 6/6 | 23 h 5 m | STRATOSPHERIC MICROBIAL COLLECTION | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 6/7 | 10 h 39 m | FIRST (Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Troposphere) | 44 miles northwest of Fort Sumner (NM) USA |
| Timón (MA) | 6/8 | ~ 7h | TWIN SAMPLER | W of Barra da Corda, Maranhao state, Brazil |
| ESRANGE | 6/12 | 4 d 5 h 6 m | BLAST (Balloon-borne Large Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope) | On Victoria Island, 170 miles NW of Cambridge Bay, Northern Canadá |
| Timón (MA) | 6/14 | 20 h | MIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) + Mini DOAS | NE of Fortaleza de Nogueiras, Maranhao State, Brazil. |
| Timón (MA) | 6/17 | 8 h 6 m | LPMA (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + DOAS | Between the cities of Presidente Dutra and Tuntum, Maranhao State, Brazil. |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 6/18 | 9 h 53 m | DSTB (Deep Space Test Bed) | In a national forest 13 miles south southwest of Reserve, NM, USA |
| Timón (MA) | 6/22 | 6 h | SPIRALE (Spectroscopie Infra-Rouge par Absorption de Laser Embarqué) | NE of Presidente Dutra city in the Maranhao State, Brazil |
| Timón (MA) | 6/24 | --- | TRIPLE | Flight aborted. Payload was retrieved from the forest near the launch base. |
| Timón (MA) | 6/25 | ~ 5 h | TRIPLE | In Esperantinópolis, Maranhao State, Brazil |
| ESRANGE | 6/29 | ~ 3 hr | CAPANINA | S of Nikkaluokta, Sweden |
 Longyearbyen | 6/29 | 25 d | Trailblazer + PEGASO (Polar Explorer for Geomagnetics And other Scientific Observations) | Over international water (pack-ice) at 11:15 utc at 80º 46,743' N - 107º 18.276' E |
| Timón (MA) | 6/30 | ~ 10 h | LPMA-IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer) + REFIR PAD | W of Mirador, Maranhao, Brazil. |
| Longyearbyen | 7/6 | 14 d | Trailblazer + PEGASO (Polar Explorer for Geomagnetics And other Scientific Observations) | Over international water (pack-ice) at 17:57 utc at 72º 51.969' N - 176º 47.698' W |
| Timón (MA) | 7/6 | ~ 5h | SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON TEST | South of Sao Joao dos Poleiros, Maranhao State, Brazil |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/7 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Timón (MA) | 7/7 | ~ 7 h | CASOLBA (CAlibration de cellules SOLaires sur vol BAllon) | NW of the city of Jose de Freitas in Piauí state, Brazil. |
| Timón (MA) | 7/8 | ~ 2h | SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON TEST | 15 km SW of Timon, Maranhao State, Brazil |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/24 | 25 m | ARCADE 2 (Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission) | Ground abort.The termination system malfunctioned during the launch and separated the balloon from the payload. |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/28 | 9 h 11 m | ARCADE 2 (Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission) | 51 miles ENE of Fort Stockton, Texas, US |
| ESRANGE | 8/11 | --- | CAPANINA | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 8/21 | 1 h 45 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 8/22 | --- | HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON AND ATMOSPHERIC GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATIONS | No flight. The balloon burst at launch. |
| McMurdo | 8/24 | 2 h 13 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 8/26 | 1 h 45 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 8/28 | 2 h 18 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 8/28 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES + OZONE OBSERVATION | At 141º 56' N - 39º 45' W, in the Japan Sea. |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 8/28 | 4 h 13 m | ANITA (Antarctic Impulse Transient Antenna) | 58 miles W southwest of Fort Sumner, NM, USA |
| Sanriku | 8/29 | --- | OBSERVATION OF THE VLF RADIO WAVE WHICH ACCOMPANIES NOCTILUCENCE AND LIGHTNING DISCHARGE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 8/31 | 1 h 40 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 8/31 | ~ 9 hr | CAPANINA | Near the village of Junosuando in the N part of Sweden |
| McMurdo | 9/2 | 2 h 25 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/5 | 6 d | RUMBA | Last known position: 78.36º S - 116.78º E. |
| McMurdo | 9/6 | 2 h 30 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/6 | 90 d | RUMBA | Last known position: 64.25º S - 175.08º W |
| McMurdo | 9/9 | 2 h 11 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/9 | 57 d | RUMBA | Over the argentinian patagonic coast. Last known position: 48.65º S - 61.71º W |
| McMurdo | 9/9 | 86 d | RUMBA | On the Atlantic Ocean. Last known position: 42.66º S - 33.45º W |
| McMurdo | 9/10 | 1 h 13 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/12 | 2 h 15 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/12 | 2 h 20 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/12 | 15 d | RUMBA | Last known position: 77.60º S - 79.66º E |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/13 | 6 h 8 m | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 13 nm SSE of Tucumcari, NM, US |
| McMurdo | 9/16 | 2 h 25 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/17 | 91 d | RUMBA | On the Pacific Ocean. Last known position: 39.83º S - 151.04º W |
| McMurdo | 9/17 | 1 h | RUMBA | Near the launch site (76.84º S - 166.45º E) |
| McMurdo | 9/20 | 109 d | RUMBA | On the Indian Ocean. Last known position: 39.70º S - 78.10º E |
| McMurdo | 9/20 | 2 h 23 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/20 | 22 h 27 m | MKIV INTERFEROMETER + UV O3 PHOTOMETER | 15 nm E of Parker, AZ, US |
| McMurdo | 9/22 | 2 h 30 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/22 | 87 d | RUMBA | On the Pacific Ocean. Last known position: 39.70º S - 164.07º W |
| McMurdo | 9/22 | 2 d | RUMBA | On the Antarctic Ocean. Last known position: 71.30º S - 118.47º W |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/22 | --- | OPENING FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/23 | 95 d | RUMBA | On the Antarctic Ocean. Last known position: 58.01º S - 105.64º E |
| McMurdo | 9/23 | 13 d | RUMBA | Last known position: 64.00º S - 61.98º W |
| McMurdo | 9/23 | 2 h 15 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/26 | 79 d | RUMBA | On the Antarctic Ocean. Last known position: 63.12º S - 37.33º W |
| McMurdo | 9/26 | 1 h 30 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/27 | 1 h 37 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/28 | 89 d | RUMBA | Last known position: 77.29º S - 42.34º E |
| McMurdo | 9/28 | 2 h 15 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/1 | 5 h 45 m | CWAS (Cryogenic Whole-Air Sampler) + Dual-beam In-Situ UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer | At coordinates 35º 15.49 N, 103º 56.8 W on New Mexico, USA |
| McMurdo | 10/3 | 2 h 35 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 10/3 | 64 d | RUMBA + TURBULENCE | Last known position: 68.14º S - 114.35º E |
| McMurdo | 10/5 | 75 d | RUMBA | On the Pacific Ocean. Last known position: 39.89º S - 167.91º W |
| McMurdo | 10/5 | 2 h 30 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 10/5 | 28 d | RUMBA | Last known position: 74.65º S - 27.87º E |
| McMurdo | 10/5 | 93 d | RUMBA | On the Antarctic Ocean. Last known position: 56.29º S - 10.61º E |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/7 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ Bro | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/7 | 8 h 34 m | CREST (Cosmic Ray Electron Synchrotron Telescope) | 15 miles NNW from Hereford, Texas, US |
| McMurdo | 10/13 | 2 h 40 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 10/13 | 17 d + 93 d | RUMBA + TURBULENCE | On the Antarctic Ocean. Last known position: 72.00º S - 10.00º W |
| McMurdo | 10/13 | 93 d | RUMBA | On the Pacific Ocean. Last known position: 48.70º S - 100.37º W |
| McMurdo | 10/14 | 1 h | RUMBA | Near the launch site (77.78º S - 169.18º E) |
| McMurdo | 10/16 | 2 h 20 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 10/16 | 62 d | RUMBA | On the Indian Ocean. Last known position: 39.87º S - 29.35º E |
| Laramie (WY) | 10/17 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 10/18 | 66 d | RUMBA | On the Indian Ocean. Last known position: 39.87º S - 23.22º E |
| McMurdo | 10/21 | 5 h | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 10/24 | 2 h 50 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 10/25 | 51 d | RUMBA | On the Pacific Ocean. Last known position: 39.63º S - 166.44º W |
| McMurdo | 10/25 | 94 d | RUMBA + TURBULENCE | On the Pacific Ocean. Last known position: 52.98º S - 122.43º O |
| McMurdo | 10/25 | 2 h 20 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 10/26 | 17 d | RUMBA | On the Indian Ocean. Last known position: 39.40º S - 74.98º E |
| McMurdo | 10/28 | 96 d | RUMBA | On the Indian Ocean. Last known position: 51.00º S - 76.00º E |
| McMurdo | 10/29 | 2 h 40 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 10/31 | 2 h 30 m | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 11/3 | 2 h | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
 Volsk | 11/3 | --- | EARTH'S MAGNETISM STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
| Roswell (NM) | 11/8 | 5 h | HISENTINEL (Stratospheric Airship) | 103 miles E-SE of Roswell, New Mexico just across the state line in Texas. |
 Niamey | 11/16 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) | --- No Data --- |
 Darwin | 11/23 | 3 h | CN (Condensation Nuclei) + AC (Aerosol Counter) + O3 Sensor + Radiosonde | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 12/15 | 28 d 9 h 52 m | CREAM II (Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass) | 249 nautic miles Northwest from McMurdo Antarctic base. |
| McMurdo | 12/19 | 4 h 11 m | ATIC-3 (Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter) | In the Ross Ice Shelf, 70 nm E of McMurdo Station, Antarctica |
| Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 12/20 | --- | SUMIT (SuperMirror Imaging Telescope experiment) - Launch rehearsal | Cachoeira Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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