In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 2010, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 ESRANGE | 1/24 | 12 h | MIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloonborne) + TELIS (TeraHertz Limb Sounder) | 40 km E of Kuusamo, Finland |
 Seychelles | 2/8 | 91 d | DRIFTSONDE | Over Sea of China |
| Seychelles | 2/19 | 78 d | PSC1 (PARTICLES COUNTER + OZONE SENSOR) | Over Indian Ocean |
| Seychelles | 2/21 | 83 d | DRIFTSONDE | Between Fidji and New Caledonia, Pacífic Ocean |
 Laramie (WY) | 3/3 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 TIFR Hyderabad | 3/8 | 7 h 35 m | BIRD (Balloon borne Investigations of Regional atmospheric Dynamics) | 380 km W of Hyderabad, India |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 3/17 | 4 h | AETHALOMETER | 40 km NE of Hyderabad, India |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 3/22 | F 5 h | LASE (Large Area Scintillation counter Experiment) | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 4/4 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 4/9 | --- | ELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 4/11 | --- | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT # 1 | --- No Data --- |
 Tortoli | 4/11 | 3 h | USV (Unmanned Space Vehicle) - POLLUCE | In the Mediterranean sea |
 Alice Springs | 4/16 | 57 h | TIGRE (Tracking and Imaging Gamma Ray Experiment) | 70 km SW of Longreach, Australia |
| ESRANGE | 4/21 | 7 h | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT # 2 | --- No Data --- |
| ESRANGE | 4/25 | ~ 8 h | LPMA-IASI/SWIR (Limb Profile Monitor of the Atmosphere) + STAC | North of Porttipahdan Tekojarvi lake, Finland |
| Alice Springs | 4/28 | --- | NCT (Nuclear Compton Telescope) | Ground abort. Payload destroyed at launch |
| ESRANGE | 4/29 | 8 h | MINI-SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + ISAO | 20 km east of Kautokeino, Norway |
| ESRANGE | 5/3 | 1 h 30 m | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT # 3 | N of ESRANGE, Sweden |
| ESRANGE | 5/6 | 2 h | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT # 4 | NE of Vittangijarvi Lake, Sweden |
| ESRANGE | 5/13 | --- | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT # 5 | West of Øvre Anarjohka National Park, Norway |
 North Battleford (SK) | 5/16 | --- | LE GRAND SAUT - III (Fournier) | Premature activation of personal parachute inside the gondola. Mission aborted. |
| ESRANGE | 5/19 | --- | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT # 6 (SST) | South of Tornetrask lake, Sweden |
| ESRANGE | 5/19 | --- | SCI-Tube | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 6/1 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 Longyearbyen | 6/17 | 72 h 33 m | SURECA (Summer Recovery Campaign) + BIT (Bidirectional Iridium Telemetry) | On Ellesmere Island, Canada |
 Zhengding | 8/4 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
 Constanta | 8/4 | --- | HELEN 2 | No Flight. Balloon rupture |
 McMurdo | 8/20 | --- | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 8/22 | --- | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
 Taiki | 8/22 | 4 h 56 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | 25 km E-SE of Tokachi Port, Hokkaido, Japan |
| McMurdo | 8/26 | --- | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 8/27 | --- | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| Taiki | 8/27 | 2 h | SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON | In the Pacific Ocean |
| McMurdo | 8/29 | --- | DUAL INSTRUMENT OF CONDENSATION NUCLEI | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/1 | --- | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| Taiki | 9/1 | 3 h | BOV-3 (Balloon-based Operation Vehicle) | In the Pacific Ocean |
| McMurdo | 9/4 | --- | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/8 | --- | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| Taiki | 9/8 | 3 h | OZONE AND ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES OBSERVATION | In the Pacific Ocean |
| McMurdo | 9/9 | 7 d | TSEN + LMDOz + WPC | 80 km from McMurdo station, Antarctica |
| McMurdo | 9/11 | 30 d | TSEN + UCOz + WPC | 130 km from McMurdo station, Antarctica |
| McMurdo | 9/11 | --- | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/14 | 86 d | TSEN + UCOz + WPC | Over Tasmania Island, Oceania |
| McMurdo | 9/14 | --- | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/15 | 96 d | TSEN + LMDOz + WPC | Over the Antarctic Ocean |
| McMurdo | 9/17 | --- | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/19 | --- | OZONE SONDE | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/23 | 78 d | DRIFTSONDE + TSEN | South of Australia |
| McMurdo | 9/23 | 55 d | DRIFTSONDE + TSEN | Over the Antarctic Ocean |
| McMurdo | 9/24 | 96 d | DRIFTSONDE + TSEN | Southern Atlantic Ocean |
| Santa Rosa (NM) | 9/24 | 4 h | FLIGHT TEST OF ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) SYSTEM | 50 or 60 miles from launch site |
| McMurdo | 9/25 | 87 d | DRIFTSONDE + TSEN | Near the South Pole |
| Santa Rosa (NM) | 9/26 | --- | FLIGHT TEST OF ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) SYSTEM | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 9/28 | 68 d | DRIFTSONDE + TSEN | Over the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica |
| McMurdo | 9/29 | 77 d | TSEN + LMDOz + ROC | In the Southern Pacific Ocean |
| McMurdo | 9/30 | 70 d | DRIFTSONDE + TSEN | Over the Antarctic Continent |
| Constanta | 10/1 | --- | HELEN 2 | --- No Data --- |
| McMurdo | 10/7 | 87 d | DRIFTSONDE + TSEN | Southern Atlantic Ocean |
| McMurdo | 10/8 | 77 d | TSEN + LMDOz + ROC | In the Southern Pacific Ocean |
| ESRANGE | 10/9 | ~ 5 h | BEXUS 10 (Balloon EXperiments for University Students) | In Finland |
| McMurdo | 10/14 | 71 d | DRIFTSONDE + TSEN | Southern Pacific Ocean |
| McMurdo | 10/15 | 20 d | DRIFTSONDE + TSEN | Over the Antarctic Ocean |
| McMurdo | 10/19 | 71 d | DRIFTSONDE + TSEN | Southern Pacific Ocean |
| McMurdo | 10/19 | 41 d | DRIFTSONDE + TSEN | Over the Wedell Sea, Antarctica |
| McMurdo | 10/20 | 93 d | DRIFTSONDE + TSEN | Southern Pacific Ocean |
| McMurdo | 10/23 | 1 h | DRIFTSONDE + TSEN | Flight aborted prematurely |
| McMurdo | 10/26 | 83 d | DRIFTSONDE + TSEN | Over Indian Ocean |
| Page (AZ) | 11/10 | 8 h | HISENTINEL (Stratospheric Airship) | Monticello, Utah, US |
| ESRANGE | 11/23 | ~ 3 h | BEXUS 11 (Balloon EXperiments for University Students) | North of Kajaani, Finland |
| McMurdo | 12/11 | --- | PATHFINDER | Over the Wedell Sea |
| McMurdo | 12/13 | 6 d 3 h | BARREL #1 (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses) | Over the Southern Ocean |
| McMurdo | 12/18 | 1 d | BARREL #2 (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses) | Over Antarctica |
| McMurdo | 12/21 | 5 d 16 h 28 m | CREAM VI (Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass) | Over Queen Maud Land, Antarctica |
| McMurdo | 12/27 | 9 d 17 h 9 m | BLAST-Pol (Balloon-borne Large Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope for Polarization) | 330 Nautic Miles SSE of McMurdo Station, Antarctica |
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