Earth orbit
Kepler
Exoplanet survey.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Exoplanet survey. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2009-011; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 7 March 2009, 03:49:57 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Delta 7925-10L
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket launched the Kepler mission on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 3:49 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- United Launch Alliance (ULA)
- Vehicle
- Delta II
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2009-011
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Mar 7, 2009, 03:49 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Mar 07 2009
- Pad and location
- SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 30 October 2018
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Kepler
Exoplanet survey.
- GCAT ID
- S34380
- Manufacturer
- Ball Aerospace
- Launch mass
- 1,052 kg
- Dimensions
- 4.7 m long · 2.7 m diameter · 4.7 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
8 images from Kepler.
Verification
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