CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0574
KEPLER-13 (LUCKY)
KEPLER-13 (LUCKY) (NORAD 47454) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 April 2024, after 3 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47454
International designator
2021-006AT
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Canada
Launched
24 Jan 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 3 months1,190 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
15 kg
Operator
Kepler Comms
Built by
Kepler Comms / UTIAS-SFL
Bus
Cubesat 6U
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
3 years, 3 monthsKEPLER-13 (LUCKY)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Apr 2024
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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