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ATLAS 5 CENTAUR Rocket Body Re-entry
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An ATLAS 5 Centaur Rocket Body that was launched on April 14th 2008 from Cape Canaveral, for the ICO G1 mission, was predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on 3rd February 2009 @ 05:02 GMT  ± 2 minutes.

TLE Data
ATLAS 5 CENTAUR RB 
1 32764U 08016B   09033.83811478  .57931880 -14995-4  10165-2 0  3287
2 32764 021.9697 074.2946 0408155 272.9039 273.5162 15.61120892 10838
1 32764U 08016B   09033.83811478  .57787779 -14989-4  10281-2 0  3274
2 32764 021.9753 074.2888 0407848 272.8801 273.5424 15.61087475 10830
1 32764U 08016B   09033.80204861  .58767291 -14895-4  11054-2 0  3265
2 32764 021.9773 074.5503 0423435 272.2420 071.2771 15.57023202 10820
1 32764U 08016B   09033.76381738  .59720485 -14792-4  11468-2 0  3258
2 32764 021.9740 074.8753 0441045 271.8691 217.1365 15.52745867 10829
1 32764U 08016B   09033.62744346  .48877072 -14557-4  99855-3 0  3249
2 32764 021.9953 075.8254 0505679 269.5640 179.4123 15.37133862 10803


Inclination:    22°
Revolution Number:    1089
Predicted  Location:    10° N, 17.4° E

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An ATLAS 5 Centaur Rocket Body that was launched on April 14th 2008 from Cape Canaveral, for the ICO G1 mission, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on 2nd February 2009 @ 23:01 GMT  ± 48  hours.

TLE Data
ATLAS 5 CENTAUR RB
1 32764U 08016B   09030.84675952  .23072634 -46162-4  85944-3 0  3140
2 32764 022.0097 093.6294 1176937 237.0301 111.1952 13.76435043 10408

Period: 110.51        
Apogee: 2386       
Perigee: 114
Inclination    22.01°
Revolution Number    1084
Predicted Decay Location    21.6° S, 237.7° E

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RE: ICO's satellite launch
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrier rocket launched this evening from LC-41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, USA, with the ICO G1 communications satellite for ICO Satellite Management. Lift-off occurred at 20:12:00 UTC. It is the first commercial launch of an Atlas rocket since responsibility for the launches was transferred from International Launch Services to United Launch Alliance, through Lockheed Martin. Launch was completely successful, with the spacecraft separating from its carrier rocket about half an hour after launch.

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The ICO G1 communications satellite was successfully placed into its initial geosynchronous transfer orbit at 20:56 pm.


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Satellite separation confirmed.
All systems nominal.

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All systems nominal

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The Atlas rocket and ICO G-1 satellite has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral.

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Weather is good

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View the Launch:  100k, 300k

Launch window: 20:12 - 21:12 GMT (16:12 - 17:12 EDT)



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