The Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) is a
satellite launched in 1999 by a
Pegasus rocket into a
polar orbit between 409 km and 426 km above the Earth's surface. WIRE was intended to be a four-month infrared survey of the entire sky, specifically focusing on
starburst galaxies and luminous
protogalaxies. The science team was based at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center in Pasadena, California. Flight operations, integration, and testing were from Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. The telescope and cro-assembly were by Space Dynamics Laboratories in Utah.
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