KEPLER-12

NORAD 47446 · COSPAR 2021-006AK · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

KEPLER-12 (BOBA) reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 2 years ago).

Orbit: #20656 @ 151 x 164 km x 97.2833 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2024-10-10 10:51 UTC Â· 17721.3 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

KEPLER-12 (BOBA)
1 47446U 21006AK 24284.45247648 .16290543 25048-5 62844-3 0 9995
2 47446 97.2833 346.8369 0010266 263.3369 96.6764 16.43111867206560

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

January 24th 2021

Spacecraft age

5 years, 8 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Kepler Communications

Purpose

Communications

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Cape Canaveral

Launch vehicle

Falcon 9

Contractor

Kepler Aerospace

Launch mass

9 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.2833Â°

Period

87.64 min

Perigee

151 km

Apogee

164 km

Eccentricity

0.0010266

RAAN

346.8369Â°

Arg of Perigee

263.3369Â°

Mean Motion

16.43111867 rev/d