Explorer 50

USA


Interplanetary Monitoring Probe, also called IMP J (10)

Launch data:

Designation 06893 / 73078A
Launch date 26 Oct 1973
Launch siteCC, LC-17B
Launch vehicleDelta-1604 (#582/D97)
Mission Scientific: magnetosphere study
Perigee/Apogee 141185/288857 km
mid-1996: 189024/247267 km
Inclination 28.7°
Period 17279 min
mid-1996: 17646 min

Telemetry: 137.98 & 136.8 MHz (32 kbps)
Command: 148.98 MHz

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