Space Telescope
KEPLER-6 (ROCINANTE)
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Kepler-6 is a G-type star situated in the constellation Cygnus. The star lies within the field of view of the Kepler Mission, which discovered it as part of a NASA-led mission to discover Earth-like planets. The star, which is slightly larger, more metal-rich, slightly cooler, and more massive than the Sun, is orbited by at least one extrasolar planet, a Jupiter-sized planet named Kepler-6b that orbits closely to its star.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 22, 2021 at 06:07 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M →
- Operator
- GK Launch Services
- Mission
- CAS500-1 & rideshare
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 206 km
- Periapsis
- 193 km
- Inclination
- 97.41°
- Orbital period
- 88.49 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Kepler Communications
- Manufacturer
- Kepler Aerospace
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 15 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-022Z
- NORAD catalog №
- 47955
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- November 2, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- November 2, 2024
- Time in service
- 3.6 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed