CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0502
KEPLER-0 (KIPP)
KEPLER-0 (KIPP) (NORAD 43157) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 April 2024, after 6 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43157
International designator
2018-008C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Canada
Launched
19 Jan 2018Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 2 months2,280 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 2 monthsKEPLER-0 (KIPP)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Apr 2024
9 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-008
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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