CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2053
KEPLER-2 (TARS)
KEPLER-2 (TARS) (NORAD 46319) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 December 2024, after 4 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46319
International designator
2020-061AZ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Canada
Launched
3 Sep 2020Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Dec 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 3 months1,559 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
AAC ClydeSpace
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
4 years, 3 monthsKEPLER-2 (TARS)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Dec 2024
19 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-061
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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