● ORBIT ING-NOW

KEPLER-5

NORAD 46498 · COSPAR 2020-068N · REENTRY☠️ RIP
KEPLER-5 (AMIDALA) reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 1 year ago).
Orbit: #22885 @ 187 x 197 km x 97.7773 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2024-11-18 16:04 UTC · 16570 h old

Orbit history

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

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak
KEPLER-5 (AMIDALA)
1 46498U 20068N 24323.66996777 .08031346 27792-5 18164-2 0 9997
2 46498 97.7773 304.2525 0007586 165.3960 194.7554 16.30122735228850
TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
September 28th 2020
Spacecraft age
6 years
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
Operator
Kepler Communications
Purpose
Communications
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Launch vehicle
Soyuz-2.1b
Contractor
Kepler Aerospace
Launch mass
9 kg
Power
—

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements
Inclination
97.7773°
Period
88.34 min
Perigee
187 km
Apogee
197 km
Eccentricity
0.0007586
RAAN
304.2525°
Arg of Perigee
165.396°
Mean Motion
16.30122735 rev/d