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MONTGOLFIER Infrarouge (MIR)

 

List of all MIR balloons launched (incomplete)

Launch baseDateFlight DurationExperimentPayload landing place or cause of the failure
Paardefontein2/17/1977---SOLAR MONTGOLFIER--- No Data ---
Paardefontein2/25/1977---SOLAR MONTGOLFIER--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/14/19771 hMIR (Montgolfier Infra-Rouge)Balloon failure
Aire Sur L'Adour12/19/197766 hMIR (Montgolfier Infra-Rouge)In turkey
Paardefontein4/??/1978---MIR (Montgolfier Infra-Rouge)--- No Data ---
Paardefontein4/??/1978---MIR (Montgolfier Infra-Rouge)--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour10/22/1980---MIR (Montgolfier Infra-Rouge)--- No Data ---
Paardefontein6/10/198117 dMIR (Montgolfier Infra-Rouge)--- No Data ---
Paardefontein12/5/1982---ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVESPayload destroyed.
Paardefontein12/11/198253 dATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVESNot known. Balloon ceased data transmition over W Angola.
Paardefontein10/21/1983---TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT - MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTSNear Brazilian coast
Paardefontein10/26/1983---ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES--- No Data ---
Paardefontein10/30/19837 dTECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT - GREAT VOLUME MIR--- No Data ---
Paardefontein11/21/19837 dWATER VAPOUR + RADIOMETER + ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVESIn the Atlantic Ocean
Paardefontein12/3/198319 dWATER VAPOUR + RADIOMETER + ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVESIn the Pacific Ocean at 170º Long. East
Paardefontein7/21/19858 dWATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTSBalloon lost in the Indian Ocean
Paardefontein7/26/198515 dWATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTSPayload recovered In the chilean Patagonia.
Gap-Tallard6/12/1986---TEST FLIGHT OF MIR BALLOON WITH VALVE--- No Data ---
Paardefontein11/13/198844 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)In southamerica
Paardefontein11/19/198828 dMAGNETIC SENSORLast known position above Australia
Paardefontein11/20/198819 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)In Paraguay
Paardefontein12/2/198825 dSAMBA--- No Data ---
Paardefontein12/3/198824 dPAYLOAD UNKNOWNOver Ocean N of Australia
Paardefontein12/8/198850 dPAYLOAD UNKNOWNLost contact over the Atlantic Ocean.
Paardefontein11/12/198951 dSAMBA--- No Data ---
Paardefontein11/13/198912 dSAMBA + H2O--- No Data ---
Paardefontein11/20/198969 dPAYLOAD UNKNOWNLost in the Pacífic Ocean NE of Australia
Paardefontein11/23/19899 dSAMBA + H2O--- No Data ---
Latacunga3/24/19917 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
Latacunga4/3/199120 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
Latacunga4/10/199142 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)Balloon lost over the Indian Ocean
Ny-Alesund7/1/1992---VALVE TEST ON MIR BALLOON--- No Data ---
Ny-Alesund7/3/199230 dVALVE TEST ON MIR BALLOON--- No Data ---
Ny-Alesund7/13/1992---VALVE TEST ON MIR BALLOON--- No Data ---
Latacunga1/14/199442 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
Latacunga1/18/19947 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
Latacunga1/23/19947 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
Latacunga1/28/19946 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
Latacunga2/3/199410 dELHYSA (Etude de L'Hygromérie Stratosphérique)--- No Data ---
Latacunga3/28/199614 dMIR SAMBA--- No Data ---
Latacunga4/5/199624 dMIR SAMBA--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/24/199713 dSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)In Greenland.
ESRANGE3/17/199721 d & 3 hSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)Near Trondheim, Norway
Aire Sur L'Adour9/24/19973 h 2 mMIR BALLOON TEST--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/18/19997 dSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + CH4 + O3In Siberia on the russian federation.
ESRANGE2/19/199917 dLABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) + O3In the Canada coast at 54º 97' N - 56º 70' W
ESRANGE2/25/1999---PAYLOAD UNKNOWN--- No Data ---
ESRANGE2/18/20002 dLABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) + O3Payload retrieved from Hudson Bay, Canadá.
ESRANGE2/18/200018 dLAGRANGIAN EXPERIMENTnear Minsk, Russian Federation.
ESRANGE2/29/20003 dTECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHTIn Siberia.
Baurú GLB (SP)11/17/200018 dSAMBA gondolaPayload lost.
Baurú GLB (SP)11/19/200022 dSAMBA + INMARSATPayload lost.
Baurú GLB (SP)2/13/200139 dSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + RUMBA30 kms from La Estrella, Salta, Argentina
Baurú GLB (SP)2/15/200171 dSAMBA + INMARSATPayload lost.
Baurú GLB (SP)2/21/2001---SAMBA + RUMBA + LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde)--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/13/2002---MIR ALLEGEE--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/14/2002---MIR VLD-1 / INMARSAT--- No Data ---
ESRANGE3/17/20023,5 dTEST FLIGHTOver Canada 45ºN - 124ºW
Baurú GLB (SP)2/18/2003---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + NARCISSE TEST15 km NE from Bauru where a team was sent for recovery and investigations. SAOZ payload seems to be only slightly damaged.
Baurú GLB (SP)2/20/200310 dSAOZ-H2O (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + NARCISSE + RADIOMETERIn a small mountain area S of Townsville.
Baurú GLB (SP)2/22/2003---INMARSAT EC-TRACK + RUMBA-H2O/O3 + RUMBA VORCORE-TURBULENCE10 km from Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Baurú GLB (SP)2/23/20038 dMIR (Montgolfier Infra-Rouge)Payload lost in the ocean.
Baurú GLB (SP)2/4/2004---SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + IR RADIOMETERSomewhere near the NW Australian coast.
Baurú GLB (SP)2/26/200439 dSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + IR RADIOMETER + LIGHTING/BLUE JET SENSOROn the Pacific Ocean (9.16º S - 210º W)
Baurú GLB (SP)3/3/200430 mµLIDARA few kilometers NE of Baurú
Baurú GLB (SP)3/10/20049 dµLIDARIn the Western Pacific half way between New-Caledonia and Fiji
Seychelles2/11/20088 dSAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale)Over Congo, Africa
Seychelles2/15/20083 dµLID (Micro Lidar)Over Angola, Africa
Seychelles2/17/200817 hµDIRAC (Micro Dirac)Over Indian Ocean

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