A unique feature of the TIFR Balloon Facility Hyderabad, is that it has all aspects of Scientific Ballooning i.e. Balloon Design and Fabrication, Payload Integration with Telemetry, Telecommand and other instrumentation, and finally Balloon Launch, Tracking, Data Collection, Balloon Flight Control, as also Payload Recovery,under one roof.

        Balloons are launched during two seasons in a year: Summer (January - April) and Winter (October - December). In addition to launching balloons, this centre also regularly monitors and analyses local weather at tropospheric and stratospheric altitudes, which is crucial for making decisions about balloon launches.