● ORBIT ING-NOW

KEPLER-2

NORAD 46319 · COSPAR 2020-061AZ · REENTRY☠️ RIP
KEPLER-2 (TARS) reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 1 year ago).
Orbit: #23655 @ 140 x 153 km x 97.3037 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2024-12-06 02:10 UTC · 16466.3 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
Trend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak
KEPLER-2 (TARS)
1 46319U 20061AZ 24341.09071415 .17894076 24192-5 31080-3 0 9993
2 46319 97.3037 57.0475 0009694 310.7941 49.2520 16.47359499236555
TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
September 2nd 2020
Spacecraft age
6 years, 1 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
Operator
Kepler Communications
Purpose
Communications
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Guiana Space Center
Launch vehicle
Vega
Contractor
Clyde Space
Launch mass
9 kg
Power
—

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements
Inclination
97.3037°
Period
87.41 min
Perigee
140 km
Apogee
153 km
Eccentricity
0.0009694
RAAN
57.0475°
Arg of Perigee
310.7941°
Mean Motion
16.47359499 rev/d