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1971 · United States Air Force

IMP 6

successThor Delta M6 | IMP 6

Earth-orbiting satellite designed to study interplanetary and outer magnetospheric regions.

Overview

Date / time: March 13, 1971 at 04:15 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17A
Mission: IMP 6
Mission type: Astrophysics
Orbit achieved: Elliptical Orbit

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Payloads deployed · 1

EXPLORER 43 (IMP-6)