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REX 2 is classified as:


NORAD ID: 23814
Int'l Code: 1996-014A
Perigee: 798.2 km
Apogee: 831.5 km
Inclination: 90.0 °
Period: 101.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 7185 km
RCS: 0.6208 m2 (medium)
Launch date: March 9, 1996
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

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.
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Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 23814U 96014A   25199.64195982  .00000145  00000-0  56476-4 0  9990
2 23814  90.0203 340.6525 0023133 150.2514 210.0000 14.25237253525682
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC