NASA Glenn Research Center Balloon Mission Launch
The mission shown here was the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory (STO), launched on January 15, 2012 from Antarctica. It studied large dense molecular clouds in the southern sky of the Milky Way.
Lots of videos...satellite balloon launch
Crashes too...
Huge NASA Science Balloon Crashes in Australian Apr 30, 2010
Note the dates.
Yes, but these are civilian entrepreneurs ..................