In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 1984, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Palestine (TX) | 1/11 | --- | VOR TEST FLIGHT | 20 miles WSW of Meridan, Mississippi, US |
 Christchurch | 1/19 | --- | EMA 6 (Electrodynamics of the Middle Atmosphere) | --- No Data --- |
 Base Rodolfo Marsh | 1/31 | 1 h | GAMMA RAY DETECTOR | Balloon failure |
| Christchurch | 2/2 | --- | EMA 7 (Electrodynamics of the Middle Atmosphere) | --- No Data --- |
| Christchurch | 2/10 | --- | EMA 8 (Electrodynamics of the Middle Atmosphere) | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 2/16 | 6 h 15 m | SHARP (Stabilized High Altitude Research Platform) | 37 miles N of New Bern, North Carolina, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 2/17 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 2/28 | 9 h | ASHCAN (Cosmos 1402 debris sampling) | 10 miles SW of Gila Bend, Arizona, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 3/8 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 3/13 | --- | ASHCAN (Cosmos 1402 debris sampling) | --- No Data --- |
 TIFR Hyderabad | 3/17 | --- | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | Balloon failure. |
| Laramie (WY) | 3/17 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 3/21 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 20 miles N of Laurel, Mississippi, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 3/23 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Barking Sands (HI) | 3/24 | 1 h 13 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 5 miles S of Kapaa, Hawaii, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 3/25 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 27 miles SE of Natches, Mississippi, US |
 Cachoeira Paulista (SP) | 3/28 | --- | ELECTRIC FIELD | In Itapenininga - Sao Paulo. |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/4 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 4/5 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLER | Near Lubbock, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 4/6 | --- | 102 CM FAR INFRARED TELESCOPE | 5 miles S of Kileen, Texas, US |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 4/8 | 5 h 50 m | XMPC (Xenon filled Multi-anode Proportional Counter telescope) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 4/9 | --- | TEST BALLOON MATERIAL | Balloon failure. Payload landed 55 miles S of Longview, Texas, US |
| Barking Sands (HI) | 4/9 | 14 h | ELECTRON TELESCOPE | Pacific Ocean Recovery |
 Aire Sur L'Adour | 4/13 | 6 h 51 m | CRYOGENIC WHOLE-AIR SAMPLER (KFA) | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/17 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 4/18 | 1 h 50 m | RADIATION MEASUREMENTS + ELECTRO-DYNAMICS EXPERIENCE + IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program) | --- No Data --- |
 Volsk | 4/27 | --- | TEST OF BALLOON DESTRUCTION USING AN AIRBORNE LASER | --- No Data --- |
| Barking Sands (HI) | 4/27 | 1 h 12 m | COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 15 miles SE of Kauai, Hawaii, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 4/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/4 | --- | TEMPERATURE AND WIND MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/9 | --- | X-RAY EXPERIMENT | 35 miles NW of Lake Charles, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/9 | --- | GAMMA RAY MEASUREMENTS | 19 miles E of Lufkin, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/11 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 9 miles E of Palestine, Texas, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/13 | --- | RADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon) | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/13 | --- | LIMB CAMERAS | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/14 | 38 h | HEIST (High Energy Isotope Spectrometer Telescope) | 46 miles SW of San Antonio, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/15 | --- | GAMMA RAY MEASUREMENTS | 10 miles NW of San Marcos, Texas, US |
 Sanriku | 5/17 | 10 h | STRATOSPHERIC TURBULENCE STUDIES | Impact in coordinates 40° 53' N,146° 28' E |
| Sanriku | 5/19 | --- | AUTO LEVEL CONTROL TEST | Impact in coordinates 40° 53' N,146° 28' E |
| Laramie (WY) | 5/23 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 5/23 | --- | VOR TEST FLIGHT | 23 miles W of San Angelo, Texas, US |
 Xiang He | 5/23 | 8 h | HAPI-1 (X-Ray telescope) | --- No Data --- |
| Corpus Christi (TX) | 5/24 | --- | BAMM II (Balloon Altitude Mosaic Measurements) | Balloon rupture at launch. Aborted flight |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 5/24 | --- | MOTAS (Mouvements Organisés et Turbulence Atmosphérique) | --- No Data --- |
| Sanriku | 5/25 | --- | COSMIC RAY STUDIES / ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES | Impact in coordinates 39° 07' N,141° 55' E |
| Corpus Christi (TX) | 5/31 | --- | BAMM II (Balloon Altitude Mosaic Measurements) | Balloon failure during inflation. Aborted flight |
| Corpus Christi (TX) | 6/1 | --- | BAMM II (Balloon Altitude Mosaic Measurements) | --- No Data --- |
| Gap-Tallard | 6/15 | 9 h | TIME OF FLIGHT TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 6/15 | --- | BLISS (Balloon-borne Laser In-Situ Sensor) | Balloon failure. Payload landed 14 miles SSE of Waco, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 6/19 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 Trapani | 6/26 | 19 h 20 m | ALIOS 84 | In Real de la Jara, 60 km NE of Huelva, Spain |
| Roswell (NM) | 6/29 | --- | BIMS (Balloon Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | --- No Data --- |
| Roswell (NM) | 7/5 | --- | SCRIBE (Stratospheric CRyogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | --- No Data --- |
| Trapani | 7/10 | --- | TIFANI (Telescope Infrarouge Froid pour l'Astronomie des Nuages Interstellaires) | Lost in the Mediterranean sea, 250 km from Spain's coast |
| Palestine (TX) | 7/19 | --- | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | 40 miles W of San Angelo, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 7/20 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Trapani | 7/22 | 20 h 20 m | POKER 84 | 60 kms south of Salamanca, Spain |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 7/29 | --- | GAMMA RAY INSTRUMENT | Balloon failure |
| Trapani | 7/30 | 18 h 20 m | ARGO | 50 km E of Jerez, Spain |
| Holloman AFB (NM) | 8/4 | 6 h | GAMMA RAY INSTRUMENT | 30 miles SE of Phoenix, Arizona, US |
| Trapani | 8/6 | ~ 20 h | TELEMAQUE | north of Villar del Rey, Spain |
| Trapani | 8/12 | 3 h | HERCULE | --- No Data --- |
| Roswell (NM) | 8/23 | --- | ABLE I (Atmospheric Balloon Lidar Experiment) | Over White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US, USA |
| Xiang He | 8/23 | --- | OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
 Setermoen | 8/25 | --- | CEBO (Coordinated EISCAT and Balloon Observations) | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 8/28 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Setermoen | 8/28 | --- | CEBO (Coordinated EISCAT and Balloon Observations) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 8/31 | --- | AF QUALIFICATION | 40 miles W of San Angelo, Texas, US |
| Sanriku | 9/6 | --- | OBSERVATION OF GEOMAGNETIC ANOMALIES | Recovered from the Sea of Japan by fishing boat on 9/18 near Kosawaga |
| Sanriku | 9/7 | --- | GRAB SAMPLER | Recovered from Pacific Ocean by cargo ship Saga Maru |
| Sanriku | 9/8 | F 12 h | PARTICLE IMPACTOR + ANEMOMETER | In a forest near Kesennuma, Japan |
| Sanriku | 9/11 | --- | OBSERVATION OF SOLAR GRANULES WITH A 30 CM TELESCOPE | Retrieved 9/12 by cargo ship Saga Maru |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/12 | --- | INFRARED MEASUREMENTS | Balloon failure. Payload landed 12 miles W of Palestine, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/14 | --- | ULTRAVIOLET MEASUREMENTS | 4 miles S of Rock Springs, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/14 | --- | REEL DOWN SYSTEM FOR IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS | 15 miles SE of Brownwood, Texas, US |
| Caribou (ME) | 9/14 | 83 h 40 m | ROSIE O'GRADY (Kittinger) | Cairo Montenotte, Italy |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/24 | --- | GAMMA RAY MEASUREMENTS | 10 miles SE of Fairfield, Texas, US |
| Sanriku | 9/24 | 3 d 1 h | ARGOS SATELLITE LINK TEST | In the Pacific Ocean, 1800 km E from Japan shore |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 9/27 | 5 h 47 m | CRYOGENIC WHOLE-AIR SAMPLER (KFA) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 9/28 | --- | BALLOON-BORNE LIDAR | 10 miles SW of Corsicana, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 9/29 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 10/1 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/1 | 15 h | JACEE 5 (Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment) | 3 miles NE of Conroe, Texas, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/1 | 32 h | DGT (Directional Gamma-Ray Telescope) | 4 miles N of Mabank, Texas, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/1 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (MPAE) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/3 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | Balloon failure. Payload landed 1 Mile N of Lufkin, Texas, US |
| Laramie (WY) | 10/6 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/7 | --- | INFRARED MEADUREMENTS | Balloon failure. Payload landed 13 Miles SE of Henderson, Louisiana (?), US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/8 | --- | ULTRAVIOLET MEASUREMENTS | Balloon failure. Payload landed 15 Miles E of Jacksonville, Mississippi (?), US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/8 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 12 Miles E of Cleveland, Mississippi (?), US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 10/11 | --- | TIME OF FLIGHT TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/29 | --- | BLISS (Balloon-borne Laser In-Situ Sensor) | 2 Miles S of Jonesboro, Louisiana, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 10/30 | --- | MSBS (Mass Spectrometer-Beam System) | 20 Miles SE of Jackson, Mississippi, US |
| Palestine (TX) | 11/6 | --- | SIRIS (Stratospheric InfraRed Interferometer Spectrometer) | 19 Miles E of Picayune, Mississippi, US |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 11/10 | --- | LIMB CAMERAS | --- No Data --- |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 11/10 | --- | RADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon) | --- No Data --- |
| Palestine (TX) | 11/12 | --- | RADIOWAVE PROPAGATION | 15 Miles W of Monroeville, Alabama (?), US |
 Alice Springs | 11/20 | F 9 h 29 m | BELL/SANDIA GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | 320 miles W of Alice Springs, Australia |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 11/27 | --- | ELECTRO-DYNAMICS EXPERIENCE + IMAP (Indian Middle Atmosphere Program) | Balloon burst al tropopause. |
| Aire Sur L'Adour | 11/28 | --- | RADIBAL (RADIomètre BALlon) | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 11/29 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 12/1 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| Alice Springs | 12/5 | F 4 h 2 m | X-RAY & GAMMA RAY EXPERIMENT | 290 miles W of Alice Springs, Australia |
| Alice Springs | 12/7 | F 5 h 10 m | BELL/SANDIA GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | 315 miles W of Alice Springs, Australia |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 12/8 | 3 h 50 m | COSMIC RAYS MEASUREMENTS AND ELECTRODYNAMICS EXPERIENCE | --- No Data --- |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 12/18 | 10 h | TICAL - X-RAY TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
| Laramie (WY) | 12/19 | --- | AEROSOL COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
| TIFR Hyderabad | 12/21 | 4 h | INFRARED ASTRONOMY | --- No Data --- |
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