Space Telescope
KEPLER
NonoperationalSpace TelescopeHeliocentric
Johannes Kepler was a German polymath who was an astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and music theorist. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae. The variety and impact of his work made Kepler one of the founders and fathers of modern astronomy, the scientific method, natural science, and modern science. He has been described as the "father of science fiction" for his novel Somnium.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 7, 2009 at 03:49 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7925-10L →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- Kepler
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,052 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2009-011A
- NORAD catalog №
- 34380
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational