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SuccessExplorer 28 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Saturday, May 29, 1965, 12:00 UTC
Launch window
Saturday, May 29, 1965, 12:00 UTC – Saturday, May 29, 1965, 12:00 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Explorer 28
Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
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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