CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1518
KEPLER-16 (ASTRAEUS)
KEPLER-16 (ASTRAEUS) (NORAD 51057) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 September 2025, after 3 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
51057
International designator
2022-002CB
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Canada
Launched
13 Jan 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Sep 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 8 months1,349 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, 8 monthsKEPLER-16 (ASTRAEUS)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Sep 2025
8 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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