Space Telescope
KEPLER-16 (ASTRAEUS)
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Kepler-16 is an eclipsing binary star system in the constellation of Cygnus that was targeted by the Kepler spacecraft. Both stars are smaller than the Sun; the primary, Kepler-16A, is a K-type main-sequence star and the secondary, Kepler-16B, is an M-type red dwarf. They are separated by 0.23 AU, and complete an orbit around a common center of mass every 41 days. The system is host to one known extrasolar planet in circumbinary orbit: the Saturn-sized Kepler-16b.
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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
- 197 km
- Periapsis
- 181 km
- Inclination
- 97.29°
- Orbital period
- 88.27 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Kepler Communications
- Manufacturer
- Kepler Aerospace
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 9 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2022-002CB
- NORAD catalog №
- 51057
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- September 23, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- September 23, 2025
- Time in service
- 3.7 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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