KEPLER-1

NORAD 43729 · COSPAR 2018-096L · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

KEPLER-1 (CASE) reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 3 years ago).

Orbit: #23698 @ 171 x 188 km x 97.2842 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2023-02-23 01:31 UTC Â· 32168 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Current TLE

// celestrak

KEPLER-1 (CASE)
1 43729U 18096L 23054.06344635 .11049092 24369-5 15385-2 0 9993
2 43729 97.2842 147.3157 0012518 285.9163 74.0755 16.34875159236983

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

November 29th 2018

Spacecraft age

7 years, 10 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Kepler Communications

Purpose

Communications

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Launch vehicle

PSLV

Contractor

Clyde Space

Launch mass

4 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.2842Â°

Period

88.08 min

Perigee

171 km

Apogee

188 km

Eccentricity

0.0012518

RAAN

147.3157Â°

Arg of Perigee

285.9163Â°

Mean Motion

16.34875159 rev/d