Payload
EXPLORER 43 (IMP-6)
DecayedPayloadHEO
EXPLORER 43 (IMP-6) is a United States payload satellite, launched on March 13, 1971 into HEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 13, 1971 at 04:15 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Thor Delta M6 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- IMP 6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 202,789 km
- Periapsis
- 2,391 km
- Inclination
- 31.35°
- Orbital period
- 5966.31 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 285.43 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1971-019A
- NORAD catalog №
- 5043
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- October 2, 1974
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- October 2, 1974
- Time in service
- 3.6 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed