In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 1949, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fort Collins (CO) | 1/7 | 4 h | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | E of Arthur, Nebraska, US |
| Pawnee Natl.Grassland | 1/21 | 2 h 40 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | 4 km N of Monument, Kansas, US |
| Galeton (CO) | 1/28 | 2 h 51 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | S of Ough, Nebraska, US |
| Wupaki National Monument (AZ) | 2/5 | 4 h 40 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | Near Ivanpatch Wash River, Arizona, US |
| Jackson Lake (CO) | 2/6 | 5 h 20 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | S of Akron, Colorado, US |
| Hurley (SD) | 2/9 | 14 h 12 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 10 km NE of Greeley Center, Nebraska, US |
| Galeton (CO) | 2/12 | 19 h 20 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | W of St. Francis, Kansas, US |
| Galeton (CO) | 2/18 | 6 h | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | Near Imperial, Nebraska, US |
| Pawnee Natl.Grassland | 2/18 | 6 h 18 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | S of Wallace, Nebraska, US |
| South Padre Island (TX) | 3/13 | 10 h 10 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | In the Gulf of Mexico |
| Tillamook (OR) | 3/14 | 2 h 17 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 13 km E of Fort Rock, Oregon, US |
 TIFR Hyderabad | 3/16 | 2 h 40 m | ALCHEMY | Near Kishanguda, Telangana, India |
| Tillamook (OR) | 3/16 | 15 m | LIGHTNING FLIGHT 794 | 10 miles NE of Tillamook, Oregon, US |
| Page (AZ) | 3/17 | 39 d | STRATOLLITE - DORADO MISSION | Sunk in an undisclosed point in the Atlantic Ocean |
| Roswell (NM) | 3/25 | 12 d | SCEYE- STRATOSPHERIC PLATFORM SE2 | Off Northern Brazil coast |
| Philadelphia (MI) | 3/26 | 4 h 47 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | SW of Lucedale, Mississippi, US |
| Center Ridge (MS) | 3/26 | 3 h 10 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | W of Wiggins, Mississippi, US |
| Carthage (MS) | 3/26 | 4 h 40 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | Near Wiggins, Mississippi, US |
| Fort Collins (CO) | 4/2 | 3 h 10 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | Near Fleming, Colorado, US |
| Spaceport Tucson (AZ) | 4/8 | 2 h 35 m | FAWKES-B MISSION | In Wilcox Playa, Arizona, US |
| Spaceport Tucson (AZ) | 4/8 | 3 h 32 m | FAWKES-A MISSION | In Wilcox Playa, Arizona, US |
| Dagget (CA) | 4/18 | 20 d 12 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 793 - ARCANE THUNDER 2026 | Near Turkey Foot, Florida, US |
| Kekaha (HI) | 4/21 | 9 h 40 m | LIGHTNING FLIGHT 806 | In the Pacific Ocean, 40 km WNW of Ka'ula Island, Hawaii |
| Hurley (SD) | 5/13 | + 98 d | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 814 | --- No Data --- |
 Kosta AB | 5/19 | 6 h 50 m | AURORA 26 - RAPTOR8 | Near Gotland Island, Sweden |
| Kosta AB | 5/19 | 19 h | AURORA 26 - RAPTOR9 | Near Kuivizi, Estonia |
| Kosta AB | 5/19 | 18 h 20 m | AURORA 26 - RAPTOR1 | In the Baltic Sea near Estonian shore |
| Hurley (SD) | 5/20 | 3 d 3 h 40 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 816 | Near West Lynn, Minnesota, US |
| Spaceport Tucson (AZ) | 5/21 | 3 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 12 km SE from Dos Cabezas, Arizona, US |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 5/27 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Near Chaudur, Telangana, India |
| Vijayawada | 5/27 | 7 h 30 m | MISSION SANA | In Raichur District, Karnataka, India |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 5/29 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Near Jangli Pira Tanda, Karnataka, India |
 Taiki | 6/14 | 3 h 30 m | VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) | 30 km SE of Taiki, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Hurley (SD) | 6/15 | 94 d 8 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 791 | Last known position in flight near Rock Valley, Iowa, US |
| Hurley (SD) | 6/25 | 4 d 10 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 817 | 5 km N from Forsyth, Montana, US |
| Hurley (SD) | 6/29 | 78 d | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 820 | 6 Km NW of Canistota, South Dakota, US |
| Hurley (SD) | 6/29 | 10 d 11 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 821 | 4 km from gays, Illinois, US |
| Page (AZ) | 7/1 | 4 h 45 m | TECHRISE STUDENT CHALLENGE | 12,3 km NE from Wolf Hole, Arizona, US |
| Taiki | 7/2 | 2 h | RERA #7 (Rubber balloon Experiment for Reentry capsule with thin-type Aeroshell) | In the Pacific Ocean, 80 km ESE of Taiki, Japan |
| Artesia (NM) | 7/13 | 4 h 15 m | SPEED (Stratospheric Projectile Experiment of Entry Dynamics) | 12 km SW of Hermosa, New México, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/15 | 6 h 20 m | CLIC (Compact Large Sensor Imaging Camera) | 23 km SW of Sterling City, Texas, US |
| Near Amboy (CA) | 7/17 | 5 h 13 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | 16 km SE of Fort Irwin, California, US |
| Near Yucca (AZ) | 7/21 | 4 h 58 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | 8 km NW of Sandy Valley, California, US |
| Near Gabbs (NV) | 7/23 | 3 h 16 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | 44 km E of Unionville, Nevada, US |
| Ofunato Port | 7/31 | 1 h | TEST FLIGHT | In the Pacific Ocean, 20 km SE of Ofunato, Japan |
 Rio Hato | 7/31 | 8 d 8 h 40 m | STRATOLLITE - TRIDENT 1 | Sunk over international waters in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Costa Rica. |
 Ponce (PR) | 8/1 | 12 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | In the Caribbean Sea, 35 km south of Haitian shore |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 8/5 | 4 h 22 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 2 km N of Morochi, Maharastra, India |
| Minamisoma | 8/6 | 7 h 42 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 7 km W of Tadami, Fukushima, Japan |
| Roswell (NM) | 8/9 | 31 d | SCEYE- STRATOSPHERIC PLATFORM ST1 | N of Willard, New Mexico, US |
| ESRANGE | 8/21 | 4 h 43 m | BEXUS 36 (Balloon EXperiments for University Students) | 10 km SW from Tuolpukka, Sweden |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 8/22 | 4 h 8 m | SALTER TEST FLIGHT | 7 km NE of Gran Quivira, New Mexico, US |
| Taiki | 8/22 | 2 h | CLOVER (Cherenkov Light Observation Venture for Energetic cosmic rays with Rubber balloon) | In the Pacific Ocean, 35 km E of Taiki, Japan |
| Mojave Air Center (CA) | 8/24 | 19 h 50 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 830 | 18.9 km E of Beveridge, California, US |
| Mojave Air Center (CA) | 8/24 | 4 d 3 h 10 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 831 | 9.8 km S of Metallic City, Nevada, US |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 8/24 | 4 h 20 m | CLIC (Compact Large Sensor Imaging Camera) | 7 km S of Willard, New Mexico, US |
| Mojave Air Center (CA) | 8/25 | 3 d 4 h 53 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 832 | 16 km SE of Metallic City, Nevada, US |
| Mojave Air Center (CA) | 8/25 | 4 d 3 h 10 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 833 | 22 km SE of Metallic City, Nevada, US |
| ESRANGE | 8/26 | 22 h 16 m | KEYSTONE TV BALLET (Terahertz/Visible BALLoon ExperimenT) | 7 km SW of Raistakka, Lapland, Finland |
| Mojave Air Center (CA) | 8/26 | 3 d 4 h 21 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 834 | 14 km SE of Metallic City, Nevada, US |
| Near Mt. Vernon (OR) | 8/28 | 3 h 47 m | URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON | 10 km SE of Enterprise, Oregon, US |
| Taiki | 9/1 | 6 h 20 m | BACS0 (Balloon-borne Attitude Control System 0) | In the Pacific Ocean, 110 km E of Taiki, Japan |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/2 | 6 h 45 m | HASP 2026 (High Altitude Student Platform 2.0) | 10 km SE of Las Vegas, New Mexico, US |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/13 | 4 h 30 m | BOOP (Balloon Program Office, Optimization Opportunity Payload) | --- No Data --- |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/19 | --- | CORSAIR (Coronal Spectropolarimeter for Airborne Infrared Research) | In the launch base |
| Spaceport Tucson (AZ) | 9/21 | 13 d 16 h | STRATOLLITE | 6 km SE of Presa de Chaires, Coahuila, Mexico |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/28 | 10 h 15 m | MULLENAX TEST FLIGHT | 13 km SW of Upton, New Mexico, US |
| Spaceport Tucson (AZ) | 10/1 | 30 h 16 m | STRATOLLITE | 8 km SW of Sunizona, Arizona, US |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 10/5 | 8 h 15 m | CORSAIR (Coronal Spectropolarimeter for Airborne Infrared Research) | NW of Tulia, Texas, US |
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