Space Telescope
KEPLER-4 (ANTILLES)
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Kepler-4 is a sunlike star located about 1626 light-years away in the constellation Draco. It is in the field of view of the Kepler Mission, a NASA operation purposed with finding Earth-like planets. Kepler-4b, a Neptune-sized planet that orbits extremely close to its star, was discovered in its orbit and made public by the Kepler team on January 4, 2010. Kepler-4b was the first discovery by the Kepler satellite, and its confirmation helped to demonstrate the spacecraft's effectiveness.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 28, 2020 at 11:20 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- Gonets-M27, Gonets-M28, Gonets-M29 & others
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 263 km
- Periapsis
- 251 km
- Inclination
- 97.76°
- Orbital period
- 89.64 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Kepler Communications
- Manufacturer
- Kepler Aerospace
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 15 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2020-068P
- NORAD catalog №
- 46499
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- June 18, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- June 18, 2025
- Time in service
- 4.7 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed