Explorer 41

USA

Interplanetary Monitoring Probe, also called IMP 5

Launch data:

Designation03990 / 69053A
Launch date21 Jun 1969 - 08:47:58 UT
Launch siteVa, SLC-2W
Launch vehicleDelta-E1 (#482/D69)
MissionScientific: magnetosphere study
Perigee/Apogee80374/98159 km
Inclination86°
Period4906.3 min
Mass79 kg

End of life

Decay23 Dec 1972
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