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ANDE FCAL Re-entry
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An Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment (ANDE) micro-satellite, Fence Calibration (FCAL) sphere that was launched on the 10th December, 2006, from the STS-116 Space Shuttle Discovery Cargo Bay, re-entered the Earths atmosphere on the 25th May, 2008 @ 11:19 GMT ± 2 Minutes.
The 19 inches in diameter sphere was used to gather information on atmospheric drag in low-Earth orbit.

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TLE Data
ANDE FCAL SPHERE 2
1 29667U 06055J   08146.34060426  .11864717  12752-4  73624-4 0  9790
2 29667 051.6107 065.3702 0009039 260.8350 099.5042 16.53464210 82911
1 29667U 06055J   08146.21958471  .08039028  12751-4  80676-4 0  9780
2 29667 051.6215 066.0511 0006426 302.6286 057.3877 16.50543029 82895
1 29667U 06055J   08146.15908905  .07584101  12677-4  89131-4 0  9777
2 29667 051.6155 066.4129 0007722 275.9164 084.5114 16.49498817 82881
1 29667U 06055J   08145.97733083  .04092401  12578-4  78611-4 0  9763
2 29667 051.6088 067.4544 0006897 262.7459 098.4170 16.46888520 82855
1 29667U 06055J   08145.49114424  .02592920  12477-4  11906-3 0  9751
2 29667 051.6193 070.2275 0005715 268.8196 091.2090 16.43031018 82770


Predicted Location 39.4° N, 52.4° E
Inclination 51.6°
Revolution Number 8293


The Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment (ANDE) is an experiment using two spherical satellites to measure the affects of atmospheric drag on spacecraft. ANDE is part of the Space Test Program of the United States Department of Defence, and was deployed in September 2006 from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
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