The Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP-8 or Explorer 50) mission launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida to observe interplanetary and magnetotail studies of cosmic rays, energetic solar particles, plasma, and electric and magnetic fields. IMP-8 was the last mission launched to communicate on the VHF radio frequency (137 MHz); it communicated…
The Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP-8 or Explorer 50) mission launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida to observe interplanetary and magnetotail studies of cosmic rays, energetic solar particles, plasma, and electric and magnetic fields. IMP-8 was the last mission launched to communicate on the VHF radio frequency (137 MHz); it communicated with the Earth at 1600 bits per second.
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