In the tables that we present here you will find the complete record of stratospheric balloon launches available in our database separated for years and ordered chronologically. Note that the data entered so far in our database are about 65% of all balloon launch activity worldwide from 1947 to date, so it should not be taken as suitable values for statistics of any kind. It is likely that the process of consolidating all the data available still will take several years to complete.
The little number in the blue badge indicates in each case, the number of records that Stratocat hold in the database for that particular year. Clicking on each year number, you can access tables containing as much as possible information on the missions performed that year: launch base, duration of the flight, purpose of the mission and landing place of the payload. In some cases, clicking in the experiment's name you will access a complete flight data sheet featuring a detailed account of the balloon operations as well the scientific experiments carried, their purpose, results, related links and when available images of different instances of the mission.
Finally in the table at the bottom of this page you will find a snapshot of the last thirty records incorporated to our database.
Total number of balloon launches in the database: 14998 |
194716 |
194822 |
194946 |
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195014 |
195164 |
1952140 |
1953532 |
1954312 |
1955333 |
1956819 |
1957482 |
1958879 |
1959494 |
1960408 |
1961405 |
1962375 |
1963308 |
1964459 |
1965459 |
1966436 |
1967365 |
1968295 |
1969325 |
1970355 |
1971237 |
1972255 |
1973236 |
1974164 |
1975266 |
1976208 |
1977204 |
1978179 |
1979225 |
1980163 |
1981126 |
1982135 |
1983142 |
198497 |
1985100 |
198693 |
198798 |
1988109 |
198993 |
1990127 |
1991109 |
1992134 |
199384 |
1994106 |
1995107 |
199672 |
1997103 |
1998106 |
1999125 |
2000123 |
200196 |
200281 |
200382 |
200479 |
2005128 |
2006107 |
200773 |
200861 |
200950 |
201060 |
201155 |
201296 |
2013196 |
201462 |
201549 |
201645 |
2017122 |
2018187 |
2019267 |
2020267 |
2021148 |
202218 |
Launch base | Date | Flight Duration | Experiment | Payload landing place or cause of the failure |
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![]() | 8/31/1994 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/8/1993 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/21/1988 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/2/1987 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/28/1986 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/16/2022 | ~ 2 h | RAVEN AEROSTAR FLIGHT 595 | E of Sutherland, Iowa, US |
![]() | 5/10/2022 | 12 h 30 m | RAVEN AEROSTAR FLIGHT 594 | 27 km SW of Morris, Minnesota, US |
![]() | 3/10/2022 | --- | TRAINING FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/5/2022 | 6 d 17 h 40 m | STRATOLLITE - GRYPHON XXIV | Impact in the Atlantic Ocean, 13 km W of Bimini |
![]() | 9/2/1982 | --- | GRAB SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/3/1980 | --- | GRAB SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/28/2022 | 5 d 7 h 2 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 581 | 46 km W of Albany, Georgia, US |
![]() | 4/26/2022 | 14 d 10 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 583 | Near Rio Zarquito, Izabal, Guatemala |
![]() | 8/14/1953 | --- | GRAB BAG SAMPLING SYSTEM | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/9/2022 | 4 d 7 h | STRATOLLITE - GRYPHON XXIII | 50 km ESE of Alliance, Nebraska, US |
![]() | 10/14/1954 | F 5 h 40 m | EMULSION STACK | Near Briancon, France |
![]() | 4/1/2022 | ~ 8 d | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 587 | Last known position in the Pacific Ocean NE of Oki Daito Island, Okinawa |
![]() | 4/1/2022 | 15 d 10 h 33 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 586 | 10 km W of Marysville, Kansas, US |
![]() | 3/27/2022 | ~ 5 d | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 589 | Last known position in the Pacific Ocean SE of Oki Daito Island, Okinawa |
![]() | 3/29/2022 | 3 d 1 h 33 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 588 | Impact in the South China Sea, 70 km W off the coast of Ilocos Sur, Philippines |
![]() | 3/27/2022 | 1 h 40 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 585 | Possible balloon failure at 57.000 ft. Landing near Duruplak, Philippines |
![]() | 3/16/2022 | 23 h 10 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 580 | 52 km NE of Tucumcari, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 5/16/1972 | --- | INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/8/1971 | --- | INFRARED RADIOMETER | Near Socorro, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 2/25/1971 | --- | INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/??/2019 | --- | TURBULENCE STUDIES IN LOWER STRATOSPHERE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/24/2013 | 20 h 24 m | PROJECT LOON FLIGHT I-106 | 25 km E of Tonopah, Nevada, US |
![]() | 10/24/2013 | 17 h 40 m | PROJECT LOON FLIGHT I-105 | 48 km NW of Tonopah, Nevada, US |
![]() | 9/20/2013 | 6 d 13 h 33 m | PROJECT LOON FLIGHT I-104 | NE of Yankton, South Dakota, US |
![]() | 9/20/2013 | 2 h 9 m | PROJECT LOON FLIGHT I-103 | SE of Renville, Minnesota, US |