● ORBIT ING-NOW

KEPLER-8

NORAD 47476 · COSPAR 2021-006BR · REENTRY☠️ RIP
KEPLER-8 (AMAROK) reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 2 years ago).
Orbit: #18907 @ 160 x 174 km x 97.2999 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2024-06-16 14:15 UTC · 20346.3 h old

Orbit history

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

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak
KEPLER-8 (AMAROK)
1 47476U 21006BR 24168.59412194 .10491067 25018-5 87724-3 0 9993
2 47476 97.2999 237.0527 0010965 252.3543 107.6559 16.39552349189071
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 · 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
97.2999°
Period
87.83 min
Perigee
160 km
Apogee
174 km
Eccentricity
0.0010965
RAAN
237.0527°
Arg of Perigee
252.3543°
Mean Motion
16.39552349 rev/d