Earth orbit
WIRE
IR survey, failed.
Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
IR survey, failed. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1999-011; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 5 March 1999, 02:56 UTC
- Launch location
- Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Pegasus XL
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (Sun-synchronous)
Flight data
Launch intelligence
An Orbital ATK Pegasus rocket launched the WIRE mission on Friday, March 5, 1999 at 2:56 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Orbital ATK
- Vehicle
- Pegasus
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1999-011
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Mar 5, 1999, 02:56 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Mar 05 1999
- Pad and location
- Stargazer L-1011, Vandenberg SFB
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · March 2008?
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
WIRE
IR survey, failed.
- GCAT ID
- S25646
- Manufacturer
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Launch mass
- 182 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.7 m long · 0.6 m diameter · 1.8 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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