CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1502
KEPLER-20
KEPLER-20 (NORAD 56217) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 September 2025, after 2 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56217
International designator
2023-054AR
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Canada
Launched
15 Apr 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Sep 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 5 months888 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
2 years, 5 monthsKEPLER-20’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Sep 2025
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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