CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0140
WIRE
WIRE (NORAD 25646) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 May 2011, after 12 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25646
International designator
1999-011A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
5 Mar 1999Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
10 May 2011UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 2 months4,449 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
182 kg
Operator
GSFC
Built by
GSFC
Bus
SMEX
Programme
SMEX
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 2 monthsWIRE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 May 2011
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1999-011
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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