Space Telescope
KEPLER-17 (KARINA)
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Kepler-17 is a main-sequence yellow dwarf star that is much more active than the Sun with starspots covering roughly 6% of its surface. Starspots are long-lived, with at least one persisting for 1400 days.
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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
- 160 km
- Periapsis
- 147 km
- Inclination
- 97.35°
- Orbital period
- 87.56 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Kepler Communications
- Manufacturer
- Kepler Aerospace
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 9 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2022-002CD
- NORAD catalog №
- 51059
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- September 15, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- September 15, 2024
- Time in service
- 2.7 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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