Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
16:15:00
Saturday March 13, 1971
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IMP-I continued the study, begun by earlier IMPs, of the interplanetary and outer magnetospheric regions by measuring energetic particles, plasma, and electric and magnetic fields. A radio astronomy experiment was also included in the spacecraft payload.
Highly Elliptical Orbit
1 Payload
13th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1971
22nd
Orbital launch attempt