Mission record

Thor Delta C | Explorer 28

Thor Delta C· Space Launch Complex 17B· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Elliptical
Mission type
Astrophysics
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Sat, 29 May 1965 12:00:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#441 ever

Mission

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.

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