CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1932
KEPLER-5 (AMIDALA)
KEPLER-5 (AMIDALA) (NORAD 46498) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 November 2024, after 4 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46498
International designator
2020-068N
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Canada
Launched
28 Sep 2020Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Nov 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 1 month1,516 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.2°N to 82.2°SFinal inclination 97.8°
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 97.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.2°N and 82.2°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 1 monthKEPLER-5 (AMIDALA)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Nov 2024
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-0682024-1618LEMUR-2-SLICERS2024-1619LEMUR-2-SUSURRUS2024-2098LEMUR-2-DAYWZAGOODDAY2025-0280LACUNASAT-32025-0316LEMUR-2-NICHOL2025-0342YARILO-22025-0548YARILO-12025-0930MEZNSAT2025-1186KEPLER-4 (ANTILLES)In orbitGonets-M No. 27LIn orbitGonets-M No. 28LIn orbitGonets-M No. 29LIn orbitDekartIn orbitNorbyIn orbitSALSAT
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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