Category:WIRE

**Wide-Field Infrared Explorer**
	former NASA space observatory
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Instance of	space telescope; former entity;
Part of	Explorers Program (75); Small Explorer program (5);
Location	United States of America;
Country of origin	United States of America;
Operator	Goddard Space Flight Center (1999–1999); Bowie State University (2004–2006);
Start point	Stargazer (Vandenberg Space Force Base);
Manufacturer	Goddard Space Flight Center (spacecraft); Space Dynamics Laboratory (space instrument); Boeing (staring array); Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (cryostat);
Space launch vehicle	Pegasus (F26/M22);
UTC date of spacecraft launch	5 March 1999 (02:56);
Type of orbit	Sun-synchronous orbit;
Significant event	construction contract (1995); rocket launch (Vandenberg Space Force Base, 1999); service entry (1999); service retirement (2000); service entry (2004–); loss of contact (2006); atmospheric entry (2011);
Powered by	spacecraft solar array (132 watt, 2); nickel–cadmium battery (9 ampere hour);
Mass	258.7 kg (launch weight);
Follows	Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (Explorers Program, 74); Transition Region And Coronal Explorer (Small Explorer program, 4);
Followed by	TERRIERS (Explorers Program, 76); Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (Small Explorer program, 6);
Capital cost	79,000,000 United States dollar (spacecraft, rocket launch, spacecraft operation, data analysis, 1999);
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