Status
Success
Explorer 28 (IMP-C)
Launch Time
Sat May 29, 1965 12:00 UTC
Sat May 29, 1965 12:00 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Explorer 28
Explorer 28 (IMP 3) was a solar-cell and chemical-battery powered spacecraft instrumented for interplanetary and distant magnetospheric studies of energetic particles, cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and plasmas.
Performance was essentially normal until late April 1967, then intermittent until May 12, 1967, after which no further data were acquired.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 58.0 kg
Highly Elliptical Orbit
Location
SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1965
48th orbital launch attempt
Delta C
6th mission
3rd mission of 1965
5th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission