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WILDFIRE 7
Military Missile Tracking (SDA Tranche 0 Tracking Layer) · US Space Development Agency (SDA)
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Part of the SDA Tranche 0 Tracking Layer constellation's eight-satellite deployment, contributing infrared missile detection coverage as part of the Pentagon's broader pivot toward proliferated, resilient space architectures. The Tranche 0 tracking satellites tested the fire-control quality tracking data generation that will eventually support the Golden Dome missile defense concept under study by the Space Force.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 588–593 mi (946–955 km)
- Inclination
- 81.0°
- One orbit
- 103.9 minutes13.9 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 57761
- Int’l designator
- 2023-133E
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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