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Explorer 28

successThor Delta C | 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.

Overview

Date / time
May 29, 1965 at 12:00 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 17B
Mission
Explorer 28
Mission type
Astrophysics
Orbit achieved
Elliptical Orbit
Launch vehicle
Thor Delta C →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

EXPLORER 28 (IMP-3)
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