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Explorer 34
NASA satellite of the Explorer program. Explorer 34 was launched on May 24, 1967 aboard a Thor Delta E1 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (May 25, 1967).
COSPAR 1967-051ANORAD 2817United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- IMP 4
- Common name
- Explorer 34
- Payload designation
- IMP F
- Other names
- Explorer 34
- International designator
- 1967-051A
- NORAD catalog number
- 2817
- GCAT identifier
- S02817
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.175
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- IMP
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Platform (bus)
- IMP
Launch
- Date
- May 24, 1967 · 14:05 UTC
- Launch record
- 1967-051Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E1
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC2E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- DSO
- Perigee
- 242 km
- Apogee
- 214,382 km
- Inclination
- 67.17°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- May 25, 1967
- Last known active
- Apr 28, 1969
- End of operations
- Apr 28, 1969
Size
- Mass
- 74 kg
- Dry mass
- 74 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.70 m
- Span
- 4.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00156
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- May 25, 1967
- Phase outcome
- Reentered (orbital decay) · May 4, 1969
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11943800 (CC0).