EXPLORER 41 (IMP-5)
NORAD 3990 · Payload · Reentered 1972-12-23
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1969-06-21 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Space science
- Mass
- 79 kg
- Size
- 0.3 × 0.7 m · 4 m deployed
- Orbit class
- Highly elliptical
- Perigee × Apogee
- 3,926 × 172,901 km
- Inclination
- 84.5°
- Period
- 4840.2 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.8914
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).
Same launch
Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.