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: 15210 |
194716 |
194821 |
194946 |
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195014 |
195164 |
1952140 |
1953532 |
1954312 |
1955334 |
1956820 |
1957482 |
1958879 |
1959495 |
1960408 |
1961405 |
1962378 |
1963308 |
1964460 |
1965459 |
1966436 |
1967364 |
1968295 |
1969325 |
1970357 |
1971240 |
1972253 |
1973236 |
1974165 |
1975266 |
1976210 |
1977207 |
1978184 |
1979227 |
1980168 |
1981138 |
1982144 |
1983143 |
1984102 |
1985108 |
198699 |
1987103 |
1988113 |
1989102 |
1990127 |
1991112 |
1992137 |
199385 |
1994110 |
1995113 |
199674 |
1997110 |
1998106 |
1999125 |
2000123 |
200196 |
200281 |
200382 |
200479 |
2005128 |
2006109 |
200773 |
200863 |
200950 |
201061 |
201156 |
201296 |
2013196 |
201462 |
201550 |
201645 |
2017119 |
2018193 |
2019280 |
2020270 |
2021152 |
202272 |
202317 |
Launch base | Date | Flight Duration | Experiment | Payload landing place or cause of the failure |
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![]() | 4/29/2023 | 26 h 45 m | GRAINE (Gamma-Ray Astro-Imager with Nuclear Emulsion) | 220 km S of Longreach, Queensland, Australia |
![]() | 4/12/2023 | 4 d 20 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 627 | Near Emen, South Dakota, US |
![]() | 4/10/2023 | 3 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 626 | Near Painted Rock Dam, Maricopa County, Arizona, US |
![]() | 4/9/2023 | 7 d 22 h 20 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 625 | South of Parker, South Dakota, US |
![]() | 4/8/2023 | 8 d 22 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 624 | Near Hurley, South Dakota, US |
![]() | 4/3/2023 | 9 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 623 | 7 miles SW of Austin, Minnesota, US |
![]() | 3/31/2023 | ~ 15 h | STRATOLLITE - HAWAIIAN TEST #2 | Sunk in the Pacific Ocean |
![]() | 3/29/2023 | 8 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 622 | Near Swedona, Illinois, US |
![]() | 3/27/2023 | ~ 15 h | STRATOLLITE - HAWAIIAN TEST #1 | Sunk in the Pacific Ocean |
![]() | 3/18/2023 | ~ 2 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 50 km E of Madras, Oregon, US |
![]() | 3/10/2023 | 5 h | STRATOLLITE - SCEPTER PERMIAN TEST | 60 km W from Fort Stockton, Texas, US |
![]() | 3/15/2023 | 2 d 15 h 15 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 621 | 5 miles W of Milton, Minnesota, US |
![]() | 9/17/2021 | 7 h | TC-BIOSEP (Temperature-Controlled Biological Samples Exposure Payload) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/17/2023 | --- | FPS100 - INFRARED TELESCOPE | In Nagarkurnool district, Telangana, India |
![]() | 2/10/2023 | 1 d 21 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 619 | 26 km S of Owatonna, Minnesota, US |
![]() | 2/7/2023 | 2 d 16 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 618 | 16 km S of Brainerd, Minnesota, US |
![]() | 2/1/2023 | 3 d 11 h 49 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 617 | Last known position in the Atlantic Ocean, 220 km ESE of Savannah, Georgia, US |
![]() | 1/31/2023 | 2 d 8 h 49 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 616 | 12 km SSW of Encino, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 3/16/1959 | ~ 11 h | NUCLEAR EMULSION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/30/1992 | --- | SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/16/1979 | --- | STRATOSPHERIC WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/17/1979 | --- | OZONOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/19/1977 | --- | STRATOPROBE IV | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/25/1976 | 22 h 30 m | FAR INFRARED MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/14/1981 | 35 h 30 m | X-RAY + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/13/1981 | 35 h 30 m | X-RAY + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/5/1981 | 38 h | X-RAY + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/30/1980 | 32 h | X-RAY + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/15/1980 | 15 h 30 m | X-RAY + VLF DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/25/1964 | --- | X-RAY MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |