CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1805
KEPLER-6 (ROCINANTE)
KEPLER-6 (ROCINANTE) (NORAD 47955) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 November 2024, after 3 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47955
International designator
2021-022Z
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Canada
Launched
22 Mar 2021Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Nov 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 7 months1,325 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 7 monthsKEPLER-6 (ROCINANTE)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Nov 2024
13 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-022
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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