Status
Success
Explorer 33 (IMP-D)
Launch Time
Fri Jul 01, 1966 16:02 UTC
Fri Jul 01, 1966 16:02 UTC
Launch was successful but the spacecraft failed to archive lunar orbit.
Rocket
Mission Details
Explorer 33
Explorer 33 (IMP-D) was a spin-stabilized spacecraft instrumented for studies of interplanetary plasma, energetic charged particles (electrons, protons, and alphas), magnetic fields, and solar X rays at lunar distances. The spacecraft failed to achieve lunar orbit but did achieve mission objectives. Explorer 33 was also known as Interplanetary Monitoring Platform D (IMP-D) or Anchored Interplanetary Monitoring Platform 1 (AIMP-1).
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 93.0 kg
High Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1966
65th orbital launch attempt
Delta E
4th mission
2nd mission of 1966
4th successful mission