Also Called:
Interplanetary Monitoring Platform H
(IMP-H)
Date of launch (range):
Sept. 22, 1972 (ETR)
Launch vehicle:
Delta E
Shape:
16 sided (drum-shaped)
Weight (kg):
375.9
Dimensions (m):
1.36, diameter
1.58, height
Power source:
solar panels plus AgCd battery
Prime contractor:
in-house
Date of reentry:
N/A
Responsible NASA center:
GSFC
Project manager:
Butler
Project scientist:
N. F. Ness
Objectives:
To obtain particle and field data to
allow continuation and extension of studies of the cislunar
environment during a period of decreasing solar
activity.
Experiments (responsible
organization):
.
Magnetic fields (GSFC)
Plasma wave (TRW)
Cosmic ray, 2 (GSFC; Univ. of
Chicago)
Energetic particles (National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration)
Charged particles (Applied Physics
Laboratory, Johns Hopkins)
Electrons and isotopes (California
Institute of Technology)
Ions and electrons (Univ. of
Maryland)
Solar electrons (GSFC)
Ion composition (GSFQ
Low-energy particles (Univ. of
Iowa)
Plasma (Los Alamos Scientific
Laboratory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Results:
Successful.
Reference: MOR S-861-72-09, Aug. 31, 1972.