United States Air ForceThor Delta M6Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
IMP 6
Launched
March 13, 1971
Image: Herbert Stephen
Summary
IMP 6 launched on an United States Air Force Thor Delta M6 from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 13, 1971. It was United States Air Force's 542nd launch, 6th this year and humanity's 1,194th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Thor Delta M6 flight. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). The tracked orbit of IMP 6, one of 5 catalogued objects, from April 5, 1971, was 1,150 × 204,323 km inclined 30.0°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Thor Delta M6 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 1st Thor Delta M6 flightUnited States Air Force's 542nd launch6th this yearhumanity's 1,194th orbital launch attempt23rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
IMP 6 · NORAD 5043 · 1971-019 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- EXPLORER 43 (IMP-6)
- Object ID
- 1971-019A
- Epoch
- 1971-04-05 00:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.24089001 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.9310659
- Inclination
- 29.968°
- Ascending node
- 228.929°
- Arg. of perigee
- 307.0149°
- Mean anomaly
- 134.0509°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 6
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Elliptical. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 2 components
- IMP 6 · NORAD 5043 · left Earth orbit March 14, 1971
Delta 83 · re-entered May 22, 1971
Delta 83 Stage 3 · left Earth orbit March 14, 1971
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Earth-orbiting satellite designed to study interplanetary and outer magnetospheric regions.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
51st launch from Space Launch Complex 17A, 2nd this year · 255th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
145 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
38 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did IMP 6 launch?
IMP 6 launched on March 13, 1971. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch IMP 6?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched IMP 6?
Thor Delta M6, flown by United States Air Force. Thor Delta M6 spec sheet
Where did IMP 6 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did IMP 6 reach?
The tracked orbit of IMP 6, one of 5 catalogued objects, from April 5, 1971, was 1,150 × 204,323 km inclined 30.0°.
How many satellites did IMP 6 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).