Payload
EXPLORER 50 (IMP-8)
NonoperationalPayloadHEO
EXPLORER 50 (IMP-8) is a United States payload satellite, launched on October 26, 1973 into HEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 26, 1973 at 02:26 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 1604 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- IMP 8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 260,163 km
- Periapsis
- 171,621 km
- Inclination
- 9.07°
- Orbital period
- 17381.24 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 367.69 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1973-078A
- NORAD catalog №
- 6893
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational