Space Telescope
KEPLER-9 (ARTEMIS)
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Kepler-9 is a sunlike star in the constellation Lyra. Its planetary system, discovered by the Kepler Mission in 2010 was the first detected with the transit method found to contain multiple planets.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 24, 2021 at 03:00 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Transporter 1 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 194 km
- Periapsis
- 179 km
- Inclination
- 97.31°
- Orbital period
- 88.22 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Kepler Communications
- Manufacturer
- Kepler Aerospace
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 15 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-006DX
- NORAD catalog №
- 47531
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- June 14, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- June 14, 2024
- Time in service
- 3.4 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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