Explorer 28 (IMP-C)

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

12:00:00

Saturday May 29, 1965

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Mission Details

Explorer 28

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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. Performance was essentially normal until late April 1967, then intermittent until May 12, 1967, after which no further data were acquired.

Highly Elliptical Orbit

1 Payload

58 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Delta C

Active 1963 to 1967


Rocket

Height: 31m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 410 kg

GTO: 82 kg

Liftoff Thrust

667 Kilonewtons

Stages

3

Launch Site

SLC-17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

20 days 2 hours

Stats

Delta C


6th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 1965

1965


48th

Orbital launch attempt