IMP-6 Explorer 43 Interplanetary Monitoring Platform spacecraft
NASA's IMP-6 (Explorer 43) was launched on 14 March 1971 into an elliptical orbit to monitor cosmic rays, solar wind, radio waves, and magnetic fields in space. Its gamma-ray monitor recorded spectra from six gamma-ray bursts, helping confirm their hard X-ray and gamma-ray nature, before the spacecraft re-entered on 2 October 1974.
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Identity
- Aliases
- IMP-6IMP 6IMP-IExplorer 43Interplanetary Monitoring Platform-6
- Family Name
- IMP-6
- Full Name
- IMP-6 Explorer 43 Interplanetary Monitoring Platform spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterinterplanetary_probeobservatoryresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
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- Description
- NASA's IMP-6 (Explorer 43) was launched on 14 March 1971 into an elliptical orbit to monitor cosmic rays, solar wind, radio waves, and magnetic fields in space. Its gamma-ray monitor recorded spectra from six gamma-ray bursts, helping confirm their hard X-ray and gamma-ray nature, before the spacecraft re-entered on 2 October 1974.
- First Flight Year
- 1,971
- Last Flight Year
- 1,974
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 13:27:59 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 13:27:59 UTC