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Kosmos 2450

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Soyuz-U SL-4 Rocket Body Re-entry

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Update:
Predicted Time:    4th May, 2009 @ 15:59 GMT ± 4 hours.
Period:          88.84
Inclination:    67.14°
Apogee:        279
Perigee:        155
Revolution Number:    81
Predicted Location:    16.8° S, 167.8° E

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Update:
Predicted Time:    4th May, 2009 @ 15:09 GMT ± 17 hours.
Period:          88.84
Inclination:    67.14°
Apogee:        279
Perigee:        155
Revolution Number:    79
Predicted Location:    3° S, 351.6° E

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Update;
Predicted Time:    4th May, 2009 @ 13:05 GMT ± 24 hours.
Period:          89.11
Inclination:    67.14°
Apogee:        303
Perigee:        158
Revolution Number:    80
Predicted Location:    26.5° S, 216.5° E

TLE Data:

SL-4 RB
1 34872U 09022B   09122.85473444  .03112812  59931-5  34423-3 0   192
2 34872 067.1378 088.1977 0085441 085.2683 275.8698 16.24123766   511

-- Edited by Blobrana on Sunday 3rd of May 2009 11:04:57 AM

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A Soyuz-U SL-4 rocket body that was launched from the Plesetsk space centre on the 29th April, 2009, for the Kosmos 2450 mission, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 4th May, 2009 @ 18:57 GMT ± 48 hours.

TLE Data

SL-4 R/B
1 34872U 09022B   09120.87717339  .01857822  58341-5  44323-3 0   117
2 34872 067.1404 094.9780 0117550 086.3148 275.1467 16.13469061   193
1 34872U 09022B   09120.75320006  .01829691  00000-0  48307-3 0   107
2 34872 067.1402 095.4084 0115203 085.4329 276.1517 16.13009849   177
1 34872U 09022B   09120.75318355  .01907595  58279-5  46482-3 0   109
2 34872 067.1413 095.3975 0118832 086.2419 275.2519 16.13022486   171
1 34872U 09022B   09120.69117537  .01809594  58230-5  44911-3 0    91
2 34872 067.1407 095.6102 0119430 086.5482 274.9592 16.12738646   164
1 34872U 09022B   09119.95667006 +.06510792 +58407-5 +21729-2 0 00045
2 34872 067.1443 098.1115 0118250 082.9204 338.3098 16.10216802000043

Period:          89.41
Inclination:    67.14°
Apogee:        329
Perigee:        161
Revolution Number:    82
Predicted Location:    17.9° S, 123.2° E

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Kosmos 2450

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Military satellite Kosmos-2450 has been put into the designated orbit by a Soyuz-U rocket.
The satellite reached the target orbit at 21:06 Moscow time (17:06 GMT).

"The operation proceeded as scheduled" - Space Troops spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin.

Source

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Russia successfully put a military satellite named Cosmos-2450 into orbit late Wednesday, news agencies reported, citing a Space Forces spokesman.
The satellite entered the target orbit at 21:06 Moscow time (1706 GMT). It was launched on a Soyuz-U rocket from the Plesetsk space centre in northwest Russia, said spokesman Alexei Zolotukhin.

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TLE Data

KOSMOS2450
1 34871U 09022A   09120.09265850  .00556598  57491-5  19991-3 0    41
2 34871 067.1417 097.5997 0127013 087.4462 039.7482 16.07786793    65

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RE: Kosmos 2449