Satellites

Payload

NFIRE

DecayedPayloadLEO

NFIRE is a United States payload satellite, launched on April 24, 2007 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
April 24, 2007 at 06:48 AM UTC
Launch site
Wallops Island, USA
Launched by
Minotaur I
Operator
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Mission
NFIRE

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
142 km
Periapsis
137 km
Inclination
48.39°
Orbital period
87.27 min

Spacecraft

Operator
United States
Launch mass
494 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2007-014A
NORAD catalog №
31140
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
1.079 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
November 4, 2015

End of mission

Last active / ended
November 4, 2015
Time in service
8.5 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed