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KEPLER-2
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· COSPAR
2020-061AZ
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REENTRY
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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
·
16158.4 h old
🌍 Orbit view · current predicted position
🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
Latitude
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Altitude
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Velocity
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Heading
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Orbit #
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Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
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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
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TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
September 2nd 2020
Spacecraft age
6 years, 1 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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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
â
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