United States Air ForceDelta 1604Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
IMP 7
Launched
September 23, 1972
Image: NASA
Summary
IMP 7 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 1604 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on September 23, 1972. It was United States Air Force's 583rd launch, 19th this year and humanity's 1,386th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta 1604 flight. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). IMP 7, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 201,050 × 235,658 km orbit inclined 17.2°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 1604 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta 1604 flightUnited States Air Force's 583rd launch19th this yearhumanity's 1,386th orbital launch attempt80th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
IMP 7 · NORAD 6197 · 1972-073 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- EXPLORER 47 (IMP-7)
- Object ID
- 1972-073A
- Epoch
- 1972-09-23 01:36:40 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.08149415 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.077
- Inclination
- 17.2°
- Ascending node
- 0°
- Arg. of perigee
- 0°
- Mean anomaly
- 0°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 81
- 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 7 · NORAD 6197 · left Earth orbit September 23, 1972
Delta 90 · re-entered September 26, 1972
Delta 90 Stage 3 · left Earth orbit September 23, 1972
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Earth-orbiting satellite designed to study interplanetary and outer magnetospheric regions.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
38th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 1st this year · 268th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
about 4 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did IMP 7 launch?
IMP 7 launched on September 23, 1972. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch IMP 7?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched IMP 7?
Delta 1604, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 1604 spec sheet
Where did IMP 7 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did IMP 7 reach?
IMP 7, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 201,050 × 235,658 km orbit inclined 17.2°.
How many satellites did IMP 7 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).