Thor Delta C | Explorer 28

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Thor Delta C | Explorer 28

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.

Mission type: Astrophysics · Orbit: Elliptical Orbit

Rocket: Thor Delta C · Provider: United States Air Force

Launch pad

Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)