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.
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.
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.
It should be noted that a satellite designated Kosmos 2449 along with two similar satellite was launched from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan, on the 25th December 2008.