RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
KEPLER-21
KEPLER-21 (NORAD 56218) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 July 2026, after 3 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56218
International designator
2023-054AS
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Canada
Launched
15 Apr 2023Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Jul 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 2 months1,182 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, 2 monthsKEPLER-21’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Jul 2026
3 entriesFrom the same launch
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