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Update:
Predicted Time: 7th September 2008 @ 21:01 GMT ± 4 hours
Predicted Location: 29.3° S, 358.5° E
Inclination: 33.1°
Revolution Number: 2685

Update:
Predicted Time: 7th September 2008 @ 21:23 GMT ± 7 hours
Predicted Location: 13.2° N, 73.3° E
Inclination: 33.1°
Revolution Number: 2688

A ULA Delta II Stage 2 Rocket Body that was launched from Cape Canaveral  on the 15th March, 2008, for the military NAVSTAR GPS 2R-19 (M6)  Global Positioning System Block 2R navigation satellite mission, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 7th September, 2008  @ 14:25 GMT ±  13 hours.

TLE Data

DELTA 2 R/B(1)
1 32713U 08012C   08249.43560367  .02805773 -11922-5  51328-3 0  2655
2 32713 033.1361 017.7414 0091694 242.8758 119.4659 16.20080851 26468
1 32713U 08012C   08248.69481597  .02442387  00000-0  65953-3 0  2644
2 32713 033.1375 023.2653 0093931 232.5168 126.6503 16.16104105 26346
1 32713U 08012C   08248.69483857  .01787507 -11642-5  42430-3 0  2634
2 32713 033.1439 023.2418 0103234 233.5775 125.5211 16.15555974 26346
1 32713U 08012C   08248.63304189  .02079491  00000-0  52385-3 0  2624
2 32713 033.1365 023.7124 0099733 229.5617 129.6132 16.15661652 26338
1 32713U 08012C   08248.63305140  .01656301  00000-0  34546-3 0  2610
2 32713 033.1396 023.6743 0111272 231.8493 127.2064 16.15085992 26334

Predicted Decay Location     28.1° N, 284.7° E
Inclination    33.1°
Revolution Number    2681

A Delta 2 rocket carrying a GPS satellite for the US Air Force was successfully launched at 06:10GMT (2.10am EDT) this morning.


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TLE Data

GPS 2R-19
1 32711U 08012A   08075.30004803 -.00000095  18570-6  00000+0 0    18
2 32711 040.0099 054.0521 6052615 015.6182 356.8675 04.04630370    00