Polyhedron of 16 faces: 157.4 cm (62.0 in) height 135.6 cm (53.4 in) diameter
Power
150 watts
Start of mission
Launch date
26 October 1973, 02:26:03 UTC[2]
Rocket
Thor-Delta 1604 (Thor 582 / Delta 097)
Launch site
Cape Canaveral, LC-17B
Contractor
Douglas Aircraft Company
Entered service
26 October 1972
End of mission
Deactivated
October 2001
Last contact
7 October 2006
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric orbit[3]
Regime
High Earth orbit
Perigee altitude
22.11 RE
Apogee altitude
45.26 RE
Inclination
28.64°
Period
11.99 days
Instruments
Charged Particle Measurements Experiment (CPME) Cosmic Ray Nuclear Composition Electrons, Hydrogen and Helium Isotopes Electrostatic Fields Electrostatic Waves and Radio Noise Energetic Electrons and Protons Magnetic Field Experiment Measurement of Low-Energy Protons and Electrons Solar and Cosmic-Ray Particles Solar Plasma Electrostatic Analyzer Solar Plasma Faraday Cup
Explorer program
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Explorer 50, also known as IMP-J or IMP-8, was a NASA satellite launched to study the magnetosphere. It was the eighth and last in a series of the Interplanetary Monitoring Platform.[4]
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^"Trajectory: Explorer 50 (IMP-J) 1973-078A". NASA. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^"IMP H, I, J (Explorer 43, 47, 50)". Gunter's Space Page. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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