CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0366
KEPLER-1 (CASE)
KEPLER-1 (CASE) (NORAD 43729) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 February 2023, after 4 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43729
International designator
2018-096L
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Canada
Launched
29 Nov 2018Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Feb 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 2 months1,547 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
3 kg
Operator
Kepler Comms
Built by
AAC ClydeSpace
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Kepler
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 2 monthsKEPLER-1 (CASE)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Feb 2023
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-096
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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