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: 15292 |
194716 |
194822 |
194948 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
195014 |
195164 |
1952140 |
1953532 |
1954315 |
1955334 |
1956821 |
1957482 |
1958879 |
1959495 |
1960409 |
1961405 |
1962378 |
1963308 |
1964461 |
1965459 |
1966436 |
1967364 |
1968296 |
1969328 |
1970357 |
1971240 |
1972253 |
1973236 |
1974165 |
1975266 |
1976210 |
1977208 |
1978187 |
1979228 |
1980169 |
1981138 |
1982147 |
1983143 |
1984104 |
1985109 |
198699 |
1987103 |
1988113 |
1989103 |
1990127 |
1991112 |
1992137 |
199385 |
1994110 |
1995113 |
199674 |
1997110 |
1998107 |
1999125 |
2000123 |
200196 |
200281 |
200382 |
200479 |
2005128 |
2006109 |
200773 |
200863 |
200950 |
201061 |
201155 |
201296 |
2013196 |
201462 |
201550 |
201645 |
2017120 |
2018192 |
2019282 |
2020273 |
2021153 |
202276 |
202363 |
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Last 30 records incorporated into our database (last update 14-Sep-2023 - 11:55:00pm)
| Launch base | Date | Flight Duration | Experiment | Payload landing place or cause of the failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hurley (SD) | 9/12/2023 | 2 d 9 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 660 | NE of Bucyrus, Ohio, US |
| Hurley (SD) | 9/8/2023 | 5 d 4 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 659 | Near Byron, New York, US |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 9/7/2023 | 13 h | HASP 2023 (High Altitude Student Platform) | 45 km NE of Quemado, New Mexico, US |
| Tillamook (OR) | 9/6/2023 | 5 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | NW of Hillsboro, Oregon, US |
| Hurley (SD) | 8/30/2023 | 7 h 30 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 658 | 14 km SW of Hurley, South Dakota, US |
| Inyokern (CA) | 8/28/2023 | 4 d | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 657 | 18 km NNW of Dyer, Nevada, US |
| Inyokern (CA) | 8/28/2023 | 3 d 7 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 656 | 14 km N of Dyer, Nevada, US |
| Inyokern (CA) | 8/28/2023 | 3 d 5 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 654 | In Inyo National Forest, California, US |
| Inyokern (CA) | 8/28/2023 | 2 d 6 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 655 | Inside borders of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, US |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 8/27/2023 | 6 h 30 m | GRAPE (Gamma-Ray Polarimeter Experiment) + ComPair | SW of Albuquerque, New Mexico, US |
 Timmins (ON) | 8/27/2023 | 14 h 30 m | pre-TRANSAT | 30 km WNW of Timmins, Ontario, Canada |
| Timmins (ON) | 8/22/2023 | 5 h 10 m | HICIBAS | 56 km W of Gogama, Ontario, Canada |
| Fort Sumner (NM) | 8/19/2023 | 5 h | SALTER TEST FLIGHT | 20 km NE of Socorro, New Mexico, US |
| Roswell (NM) | 8/16/2023 | 3 h | SCEYE INFINITY- STRATOSPHERIC AIRSHIP | 46 km W of Artesia, New Mexico, US |
| Page (AZ) | 8/16/2023 | 11 h | STRATOLLITE - GRYPHON 29 | NW of Mesquite, Nevada, US |
| Timmins (ON) | 8/15/2023 | --- | BESAFE | --- No Data --- |
| Dagget (CA) | 8/11/2023 | 13 d 3 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 649 | 60 km N of Great Falls, Montana, US |
| Dagget (CA) | 8/11/2023 | 15 h 45 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 652 | 25 km NE of Paso Robles, California, US |
| Dagget (CA) | 8/5/2023 | 55 m | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 650 | Balloon failure. 25 km NE of the launch site |
| Dagget (CA) | 8/9/2023 | 2 d 7 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 651 | 26 km NE of the launch site |
| Timmins (ON) | 8/8/2023 | 7 h 45 m | COMICS | In the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve, Ontario, Canada |
| Dagget (CA) | 8/5/2023 | 14 d 12 h | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 648 | In Temblor Range, 65 km W of Bakersfield, California, US |
| Hurley (SD) | 8/1/2023 | 3 d | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 879TH | Near Brule, Nebraska, US |
 Dachaidan | 9/14/2020 | --- | MULTI-INSTRUMENTAL PLATFORM | --- No Data --- |
 Taiki | 7/27/2023 | 3 h 20 m | GRAMS (Gamma-Ray and AntiMatter Survey) | In the Pacific Ocean 35 km SE of Taiki, Japan |
| Taiki | 7/26/2023 | 2 h | MABE-2 (Mars Airplane Balloon Experiment Two) | In the Pacific Ocean 40 km E of Taiki, Japan |
| Page (AZ) | 7/24/2023 | --- | TECHRISE STUDENT CHALLENGE | Last known position S of Utah, US |
 Trapani | 8/12/1982 | 2 h | BIOLOGY EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- |
| Trapani | 8/2/1982 | 10 h 40 m | TIFANI (Telescope Infrarouge Froid pour l'Astronomie des Nuages Interstellaires) | Recovered from the Mediterranean sea, west of the port of Sóller in Mallorca |
 ESRANGE | 1/17/1989 | --- | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | --- No Data --- |
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