Explorer 28 (IMP 3) was a solar-cell and chemical-battery powered spacecraft instrumented for interplanetary and distant magnetospheric studies of energetic particles, cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and plasmas. Initial spacecraft parameters included a local time of apogee of 2020 h, a spin rate of 23.7 rpm, and a spin direction of 64.9-deg right ascension and -10.9-deg declination. Each normal telemetry sequence was 81.9 s in duration and consisted of 795 data bits. After every third normal telemetry sequence there was an 81.9-s interval of rubidium vapor magnetometer analog data transmission. Performance was essentially normal until late April 1967, then intermittent until May 12, 1967, after which no further data were acquired.