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WIRE

retired
Science ExplorationLEOCOSPAR 1999-011ALaunched 3/5/1999
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
WIRE Mission
Launch Vehicle
Pegasus XL
Launch Date
3/5/1999
Last Contact
3/22/2008
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
565.5 km
Inclination
97.53 deg
Dry Mass
182 kg
Total Mass
187 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Science Exploration
Payload Category
AST
Payload Class
C
Organizations
Operator
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Manufacturer
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Registry
COSPAR ID
1999-011A
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/360
Track
Mentions
17
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The ERNEST prototype uses custom-engineered wire mesh wheels to maintain traction over loose materials.

CapabilityValue 3.5Jun 28, 2026NASA Concludes Desert Field Testing for Autonomous Lunar Rover Prototype

Free-space optical communication can operate through air, outer space, a vacuum, or similar media instead of optical fibre, cable, or wire.

Capability
Value 1.8
Mar 5, 2026
France, Greece and Cyprus sign cooperation agreement on optical telecommunications

Fluid Wire Robotics was selected for the EIC Accelerator and designs robotic manipulators for extreme environments including nuclear, space, and underwater applications.

CapabilityFinancialValue 3.6Feb 20, 2026EIC Accelerator seleziona tre startup italiane supportate da ASI

The Advanced Technology Center possesses five-axis machining machines, wire cutters, metal 3D printers, and high-precision measurement and testing facilities for components.

CapabilityValue 4.0Oct 17, 2025天文学研究の技術・ノウハウを宇宙ビジネスに 国立天文台スペースイノベーションセンター構想

GM developed a series of interwoven doughnut-shaped wire basket tires for the lunar rover.

CapabilityValue 4.0Feb 3, 2025Of Firebirds and lunar rovers

The new tower at SLC-40 is nearly functionally identical to Launch Complex 39A, has an upgraded elevator compared to LC-39A, and uses emergency chutes rather than the slide wire baskets at LC-39A.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 21, 2024Cargo Dragon launches to space station hours after Soyuz scrub

EACON has developed the EACON 136 hybrid electric and drive-by-wire platform.

CapabilityValue 4.0Nov 22, 2023EACON Mining Secures $55.22M Funding for Autonomous Solutions

NASA and Boeing delayed the CFT mission to no earlier than March 2024 to remove flammable tape in wire harnesses and to redesign soft links in the spacecraft parachutes.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.5Nov 21, 2023Starliner “on track” for April crewed test flight

The expansion includes two advanced printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) lines, a testing facility equipped with a large shaker table and a thermal vacuum (TVAC) chamber, a wire harness facility, and new automated module testing facilities.

CapabilityGrowthValue 4.0Sep 11, 2023Terran Orbital Opens 60,000 SF Factory Addition in Irvine, CA

Wisk Aero achieved the world’s first piloted flight of a fly-by-wire, all-electric, human-rated aircraft with its 2nd Generation air taxi in 2015.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jul 31, 2023Wisk Aero Completes Public Demo of Fully Autonomous eVTOL Taxi

Blue Origin of Kent, Washington received $34,700,000 from NASA for In-Situ Resource Utilization-based power on the Moon that could extract elements from lunar regolith to produce solar cells and wire.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityGeneralValue 4.8Jul 30, 2023NASA reaches its Tipping Point for Key Moon + Exploration Tech

The ViaSat-3 Americas reflector uses a wire mesh that is highly reflective at Ka-band frequencies and is supported by a structure of carbon fibers and graphite.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jul 19, 2023Insurers brace for ViaSat-3 claim

HARD-LINE’s technologies utilize electronic and hydraulic by-wire systems to improve remote-controlled mining operations.

CapabilityValue 2.5Jul 12, 2023Hexagon Acquires Canadian Mining Automation Company

The ANELLO GNSS INS provides automotive 2-Wire Ethernet (100Base-T1).

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5May 23, 2023ANELLO Photonics Announces Smallest Inertial Navigation System

NISAR features a 12-meter-long, drum-shaped, wire-mesh reflector radar antenna that extends from a 30-foot boom.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 10, 2023ISRO receives Indo-US jointly developed NISAR satellite

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies designs and manufactures high-performance wire and cable, including optical fiber.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Jun 9, 2022ThinKom + Carlisle IT combine tech to offer a new phased-array satellite antenna for regional jet IFC

Engineers installed hardware filters to suppress interference from the new flight control computer and improved shielding on wire harnesses, reducing EMI in lab tests by more than 90%.

CapabilityValue 4.0May 20, 2021Virgin Galactic schedules next SpaceShipTwo test flight for May 22