Explorer 35

Explorer 35
NSSDC ID	1967-070A
Mission goal	Earth moon
Client	NASA
Launcher	Delta E1
construction
Takeoff mass	104 kg
Course of the mission
Start date	July 19, 1967, 14:19 UTC
launch pad	Cape Canaveral , LC-17B
End date	June 24, 1973

Explorer 35 (also known as IMP-E or AIMP E ) was a lunar satellite owned by the US space agency NASA .

The spacecraft was a spin stabilized and was used to research the magnetic field in lunar orbit . Its rate of rotation was 25.6 revolutions per minute.

Explorer 35 was on July 19, 1967 a Delta-E - carrier rocket from the Cape Canaveral launch. In contrast to the earlier launched sister probe Explorer 33 , which was stranded in an earth orbit, Explorer 35 reached an elliptical orbit around the moon and was taken out of service on June 24, 1973.

Web links

• Explorer: IMP D, E (LAIMP 1, 2) at Gunter′s Space Page (English)