Status
Success
Explorer 35 (IMP-E)
Launch Time
Wed Jul 19, 1967 14:19 UTC
Wed Jul 19, 1967 14:19 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
IMP-E (Explorer 35)
Explorer 35 was a spin-stabilized spacecraft instrumented for interplanetary studies, from lunar orbit, of the interplanetary plasma, magnetic field, energetic particles, and solar X rays. It was also designed to study the Moon's gravity field, ionosphere and micrometeorite and dust distribution. It was launched into an elliptical lunar orbit.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 94.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection
Location
SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1967
77th orbital launch attempt
Delta E
13th mission
6th mission of 1967
13th successful mission