Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
12:00:00
Saturday May 29, 1965
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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
Agency
US Air ForceRocket
Height: 31m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 410 kg
GTO: 82 kg
Liftoff Thrust
667 Kilonewtons
Stages
3
6th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 1965
48th
Orbital launch attempt