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Launch Schedule

Take a look at our upcoming scientific balloon launches and watch the live balloon tracking feed for ongoing ones!

Launch vehicle, payload, parachute and inflated balloon be prepared for launch.

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Launch Schedule

Inflated Balloon in front of sunset.

Fort Sumner Sep-Oct 2025

SCHEDULED, Payloads: JPL Remote, Salter Test Flight, BOOP!, HASP, Thai-Spice

A teardrop-shaped scientific balloon being prepared for launch on a snowy landscape.

Antarctica Dec 2025-Jan 2026

SCHEDULED, Payloads: GAPS, PUEO, HiCAL 1 Hand Launch, HiCAL 2 Hand Launch

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EXCITE (EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope)
2 min read

EXCITE’s goal is to study atmospheres around exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system.

Mission
GUSTO
3 min read

GUSTO is a scientific balloon mission that will measure emissions from the interstellar medium, the material between stars.

Mission
PIPER (Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer) 

PIPER (Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer)  PIPER has twin telescopes super-cooled to near absolute zero for increased sensitivity to detect the…

Mission