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Explorer 50
NASA satellite of the Explorer program. Explorer 50 was launched on October 26, 1973 aboard a Delta 1604 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Oct 26, 1973).
COSPAR 1973-078ANORAD 6893United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- IMP 8
- Common name
- Explorer 50
- Payload designation
- IMP J
- Other names
- Explorer 50
- International designator
- 1973-078A
- NORAD catalog number
- 6893
- GCAT identifier
- S06893
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.286
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
- October 26, 1973 · 02:26 UTC
- Launch record
- 1973-078Success
- Rocket
- Delta 1604
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- DSO
- Perigee
- 215,092 km
- Apogee
- 215,092 km
- Inclination
- 19.70°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- October 26, 1973
- Last known active
- Oct 26, 2001
- End of operations
- Oct 26, 2001
Size
- Mass
- 273 kg
- Dry mass
- 273 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 398 kg
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 125.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00513
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- October 26, 1973
- Phase outcome
- In orbit
- Destination
- LOST
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12015954 (CC0).