Military
NORAD ID: 23814
Int'l Code: 1996-014A
Perigee: 802.9 km
Apogee: 834.4 km
Inclination: 90.1 °
Period: 101.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 7189 km
Launch date: March 9, 1996
Source: United States (US)
Comments: REX 2 (Radiation EXperiment 2) was an American military minispacecraft launched from Vandenberg AFB by a Pegasus XL rocket. The rocket was carried aloft in the belly of a L-1011 aircraft to 12 km altitude before release and ignition. It is an Air Force Rome Laboratory ionospheric research satellite which will test the effects of the atmosphere on radio transmissions, and will employ GPS for on-board navigation and attitude control.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 23814U 96014A 13168.39661023 .00000069 00000-0 25030-4 0 8816
2 23814 090.1414 297.4703 0021914 205.9963 211.1942 14.24115567897484
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for REX 2
