Space AtlasEXPLORER 43 (IMP-6)
NORAD 5043 · Payload · Reentered 1974-10-02
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- 1971-03-13 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Space science
- Mass
- 288 kg
- Size
- 1.8 × 1.4 m · 92 m deployed
- Orbit class
- Highly elliptical
- Perigee × Apogee
- 2,391 × 202,789 km
- Inclination
- 31.4°
- Period
- 5965.8 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.9196
- 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.