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Updated re-entry time 25th February 2006 @ 03:19 UTC ± 4 hours

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A Floating Potential Probe that was launched on 1st December 2000, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-39 on the Floating Potential Probe Experiment mission, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 25th February 2006 @ @ 04:44 UTC ± 10 hours



The Floating Potential Probe (FPP) is designed specifically to monitor the international space station structure's electrical potential with respect to its local plasma environment and assess the `grounding` effectiveness of the stations Plasma Contactor Unit (PCU) in the low-Earth orbit (LEO) environment.
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TLE Data

FLOATING POTENTIAL PROBE
1 28896U 00078B 06055.40146537 .04378944 12193-4 69225-3 0 2252
2 28896 051.6232 034.2466 0001570 125.1563 234.9618 16.33043958 17288
1 28896U 00078B 06055.21781243 .03768523 12130-4 71116-3 0 2247
2 28896 051.6282 035.2880 0004317 158.8196 201.3164 16.31239923 17259
1 28896U 00078B 06054.97264866 .03033569 12094-4 68347-3 0 2231
2 28896 051.6246 036.6490 0003352 145.0221 215.1023 16.29403126 17214
1 28896U 00078B 06054.97264870 +.03714970 +12088-4 +83197-3 0 02264
2 28896 051.6244 036.6505 0002703 145.7161 214.4038 16.29471694017211
1 28896U 00078B 06054.84999058 .03387642 12070-4 82404-3 0 2222
2 28896 051.6275 037.3346 0002697 140.3178 219.9545 16.28583083 17192

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