Stratospheric balloons launched in 2006

In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 2006, 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
ESRANGE	1/9	~ 5 h	TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT + DUSTER	Near Porttipahdan Tekojärvi in Finland.
Seychelles	1/13	10 h	AEROCLIPPER	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	1/16	6 h	SALOMON (Spectroscopie d'Absorption Lunaire pour l'Observation des Minoritaires Ozone et Nox)	In the N part of Finland, near the lake Inari.
ESRANGE	1/20	3 h 30 m	SPIRALE (Spectroscopie Infra-Rouge par Absorption de Laser Embarqué) + STAC	Near the village of Lannavaara, in the N part of Sweden
Seychelles	1/22	3 d	AEROCLIPPER	--- No Data ---
Seychelles	1/22	7 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Seychelles	1/22	14 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Seychelles	1/23	3 d	AEROCLIPPER	--- No Data ---
Seychelles	1/24	4 d	AEROCLIPPER	--- No Data ---
Seychelles	1/26	25 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Seychelles	1/26	2 d	AEROCLIPPER	--- No Data ---
Seychelles	1/28	4 d	AEROCLIPPER	--- No Data ---
Seychelles	1/29	8 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Seychelles	1/30	1 d	AEROCLIPPER	--- No Data ---
Base Mario Zucchelli	2/1	35 d	PEGASO-D	Antarctic Ocean
Laramie (WY)	2/13	---	AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Santa María (RS)	2/15	~ 30 m	SPRITES DETECTION	Near Agua Boa, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
ESRANGE	2/18	3 h	OPENING CAMPAIGN TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT + FLASH B	Near the village of Karesuando in the N part of Sweden
ESRANGE	2/28	---	12 METERS SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON TEST	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	3/1	10 h	LPMA-IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer) + Mini DOAS	50 km northwest of Tingisautio, in the northeast part of Finland
ESRANGE	3/3	26 h	12 METERS SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON TEST	In Northern Finland
ESRANGE	3/7	4 h	12 METERS SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON TEST	--- No Data ---
Mexico DF	3/11	---	CMET (Controlled Meteorological Balloons)	--- No Data ---
Mexico DF	3/11	---	CMET (Controlled Meteorological Balloons)	--- No Data ---
Santa María (RS)	3/17	10 h	SPRITES DETECTION	Payload not recovered. Estimated landing site near Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
Mexico DF	3/18	---	CMET (Controlled Meteorological Balloons)	--- No Data ---
Mexico DF	3/18	---	CMET (Controlled Meteorological Balloons)	--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)	5/6	---	AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	5/27	~ 3 h	BOV-1 (Balloon-based Operation Vehicle)	In the Japan Sea
Sanriku	5/31	6 h 20 m	bCALET-1 (Balloon-Borne CALorimetric Electron Telescope)	In the Pacific Ocean
ESRANGE	6/2	5 d 4 h 5 m	AESOP (Anti-Electron Sub Orbital Payload)	163 miles W of Cambridge Bay, Victoria Island, Canadá
Sanriku	6/3	6 h 30 m	CRYOGENIC SAMPLER	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	6/8	4 h 30 m	SUPER PRESSURE BALLOON FLIGHT TEST	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	6/12	8 h 41 m	ULDB (Ultra Long Duration Balloon)	51 miles SO of Esrange, Sweden
Sanriku	6/13	12 h 5 m	PHENEX (Polarimetry for High ENErgy X rays)	--- No Data ---
Longyearbyen	6/14	17 d	Trailblazer + PEGASO (Polar Explorer for Geomagnetics And other Scientific Observations)	At coordinates 81º 28' N - 5º 24' W in the N part of Greenland.
Cotonou	6/16	20 h	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Cotonou	6/18	4 d 14 h	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Cotonou	6/18	5 d 4 h	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	6/19	3 h 10 m	BEXUS IV (Balloon EXperiments for University Students)	10 km W of Naimakka village, Sweden
Cotonou	6/21	2 d	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Cotonou	6/26	8 d 8 h	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Cotonou	6/26	7 d 3 h	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Cotonou	6/27	1 d 22 h	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Cotonou	6/30	1 d 20 h	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Cotonou	6/30	13 d 4 h	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Cotonou	7/4	6 d 5 h	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Cotonou	7/6	2 d 23 h	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Cotonou	7/7	5 d 2 h	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	7/8	4 d 13 h 58 m	TRACER (Transition Radiation Array for Cosmic Energetic Radiation)	75 nm SSE of Resolute, Nunavut Province, Canada
Cotonou	7/9	13 h	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Cotonou	7/9	4 d 4 h	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Cotonou	7/11	2 d 5 h	BLPB (Boundary Layer Pressurized Balloon)	--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)	7/21	7 h 51 m	ARCADE 2 (Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission)	40 miles SE of Fort Stockton, Texas, US
Niamey	7/31	---	OPC + CN	--- No Data ---
Niamey	7/31	---	LABS + OPC + µDIRAC	--- No Data ---
Niamey	8/2	---	O3 + BKS	--- No Data ---
Niamey	8/3	---	LABS + µSDLA + µDIRAC	Launch failure
Niamey	8/3	---	O3 + BKS + FLASH-B	--- No Data ---
Niamey	8/5	---	O3 + BKS + FLASH-B	--- No Data ---
Niamey	8/5	---	LABS + µSDLA + µDIRAC	--- No Data ---
Niamey	8/7	---	O3 + BKS + FLASH-B	--- No Data ---
Niamey	8/7	---	SAOZ-H2O + µDIRAC + AIRS + RADIOMETER	--- No Data ---
Niamey	8/9	---	O3 + BKS	--- No Data ---
Niamey	8/10	---	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ-BrO + µLIDAR + LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) + NILU CUBE	--- No Data ---
Niamey	8/12	---	O3 + BKS	--- No Data ---
Niamey	8/14	---	O3 + BKS + FLASH-B	--- No Data ---
Niamey	8/17	---	LABS + OPC + µDIRAC	--- No Data ---
Niamey	8/19	---	SAOZ (Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithale) + SAOZ-BrO + µLIDAR + LABS (Laser Backscatter Sonde) + NILU CUBE	--- No Data ---
McMurdo	8/21	2 h 15 m	OZONE SONDE	--- No Data ---
Niamey	8/21	---	O3 + BKS + FLASH-B	--- No Data ---
McMurdo	8/22	1 h 45 m	OZONE SONDE	--- No Data ---
Zinder	8/22	1 d	DRIFTSONDE	In Bourkina Faso
Niamey	8/23	---	LABS + µSDLA + µDIRAC	--- No Data ---
Niamey	8/23	---	O3 + BKS + FLASH-B	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	8/25	~ 5 h	SPRITE OBSERVATION	In the Pacific Ocean
Fort Sumner (NM)	8/26	5 h 15 m	STRATOFILM SF-450 (Technological Flight)	20 km NE of Estancia, NM, US
McMurdo	8/27	1 h 45 m	OZONE SONDE	--- No Data ---
McMurdo	8/28	1 h 45 m	OZONE SONDE	--- No Data ---
Zinder	8/28	6 d	DRIFTSONDE	Near Venezuela's coast
Zinder	8/29	22 h	DRIFTSONDE	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	8/30	3 h 10 m	SOLAR SAIL DEPLOYMENT TEST	In the Pacific Ocean
McMurdo	9/1	1 h 40 m	OZONE SONDE	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	9/1	7 h 38 m	SMILE-1 (Sub-MeV gamma-ray Imaging Loaded-on-balloon Experiment)	In the Pacific Ocean
Zinder	9/1	9 d	DRIFTSONDE	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	9/2	2 h 8 m	SUPER PRESSURE BALLOON FLIGHT TEST	--- No Data ---
McMurdo	9/3	1 h 45 m	OZONE SONDE	--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)	9/4	~ 18 hs	HASP 2006 (High Altitude Student Platform)	42 miles N-NW of Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Sanriku	9/4	7 h 57 m	BSMILES (Balloon-borne Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder)	--- No Data ---
Zinder	9/4	7 d	DRIFTSONDE	--- No Data ---
Zinder	9/6	5 d	DRIFTSONDE	--- No Data ---
McMurdo	9/9	2 h 15 m	OZONE SONDE	--- No Data ---
McMurdo	9/9	1 h 30 m	OZONE SONDE	--- No Data ---
Zinder	9/9	7 d	DRIFTSONDE	--- No Data ---
Zinder	9/12	7 d	DRIFTSONDE	--- No Data ---
Sanriku	9/13	1 h 52 m	SUPER THIN FILM HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON FLIGHT TEST	--- No Data ---
Zinder	9/15	19 d	DRIFTSONDE	--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)	9/18	---	FIRST (Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Troposphere)	--- No Data ---
Fort Sumner (NM)	9/25	6 h 24 m	HERO (High Energy Replicated Optics)	31.5 nm E southeast of Fort Sumner, NM, USA
Fort Sumner (NM)	9/30	5 h 11 m	STRATOFILM SF-430 (Technological Flight)	13 nm N of Fort Sumner, NM, US
Cachoeira Paulista (SP)	11/19	~ 12 h	SUMIT (SuperMirror Imaging Telescope experiment)	Sunk 50 km from Restinga de Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro ocean shore, Brazil
TIFR Hyderabad	11/21	7 h	FPS100 - INFRARED TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Onesti	12/2	---	STABILO 1	--- No Data ---
Laramie (WY)	12/9	---	AEROSOL COUNTER	--- No Data ---
ESRANGE	12/14	---	E-LINK TEST	--- No Data ---
McMurdo	12/14	35 d 1h 29 m	ANITA I (Antarctic Impulse Transient Antenna)	At coordinates, 84º 33' S, 22º 07' W in the Antarctic Plateau
McMurdo	12/21	11 d 23 h 12 m	BLAST (Balloon-borne Large Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope)	W of Transantarctic Mountains, approximately 410 nm SW of McMurdo Station
TIFR Hyderabad	12/21	1 h 21 m	HEXIT (High Energy X-ray Imaging Telescope)	--- No Data ---
McMurdo	12/24	5 h 23 m	SBI (Solar Bolometric Imager)	54 miles E-SE of Williams Field, Antarctica

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