Space Telescope
KEPLER-18 (BLIP-A)
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Kepler-18 is a star with a system of three exoplanets, positioned in the northern Constellation of Cygnus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 14.0, requiring a telescope to view. Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of approximately 1,430 light-years (440 pc). It is drifting closer with a line of sight velocity component of −18.4 km/s.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 13, 2022 at 03:25 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Transporter 3 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 149 km
- Periapsis
- 134 km
- Inclination
- 97.37°
- Orbital period
- 87.31 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Kepler Communications
- Manufacturer
- Kepler Aerospace
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 15 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2022-002U
- NORAD catalog №
- 51002
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- August 26, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- August 26, 2024
- Time in service
- 2.6 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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