Home›Explorers Program›Wide Field Infrared Explorer🌐Bahasa IndonesiaEnglishBahasa IndonesiaDeutschEspañolFrançaisItalianoNederlandsPortuguêsРусский中文日本語EntityQ1891259· pop 16· linked from 407 articlesWide Field Infrared ExplorerAlso known as WIRE, Explorer 75, SMEX-5former NASA space observatoryWikidata factsMass258.7Official websitewww.ipac.caltech.edu/wireImageWide Field Infrared Explorer module.jpgShow 7 more factsUTC date of spacecraft launch1999-03-05apoapsis539periapsis588orbital inclination97.53time of object orbit decay2011-05-10capital cost79000000Commons categoryWIRESources (8)Available in 15 languagesEspañolFrançaisDeutsch中文日本語РусскийPortuguêsItalianoBahasa IndonesiaCatalanConnectionsOrbiting Solar ObservatoryEntityExplorers ProgramEntityCategoriesExplorers ProgramInfrared technologyJet Propulsion Laboratory satellitesSource attributionSpace accidents and incidents in the United StatesSpacecraft launched by Pegasus rocketsSpacecraft launched in 1999Spacecraft which reentered in 2011