Orbital Sciences CorporationMinotaur ILaunch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
NFIRE
Launched
April 24, 2007
Image: NASA
Summary
NFIRE launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur I from Launch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on April 24, 2007. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 52nd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,833rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 7th Minotaur I flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). NFIRE, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 260 × 467 km orbit inclined 48.2°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Minotaur I · Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Technology · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 7th Minotaur I flight · 1st this yearOrbital Sciences Corporation's 52nd launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,833rd orbital launch attempt16th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
NFIRE · NORAD 31140 · 2007-014 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2007-014A
- Epoch
- 2007-04-24 09:23:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.70855143 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0153625
- Inclination
- 48.2232°
- Ascending node
- 101.5782°
- Arg. of perigee
- 122.1753°
- Mean anomaly
- 239.8527°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- NFIRE · NORAD 31140 · re-entered November 4, 2015
Minotaur I (7) Stage 4 · re-entered September 26, 2007
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
American experimental satellite designed to distinguish a missile's plume and the rocket itself
Pad
Launch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
2nd launch from Launch Area 0 B, 1st this year · 50th from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
8 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
128 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did NFIRE launch?
NFIRE launched on April 24, 2007. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch NFIRE?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched NFIRE?
Minotaur I, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Minotaur I spec sheet
Where did NFIRE launch from?
Launch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.
What orbit did NFIRE reach?
NFIRE, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 260 × 467 km orbit inclined 48.2°.
How many satellites did NFIRE launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).