Kepler Space Telescope

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:aperture 0.95 m
gptkbp:archiveType gptkb:Mikulski_Archive_for_Space_Telescopes
gptkbp:catalogue gptkb:Kepler_Object_of_Interest_(KOI)
gptkbp:cause reaction wheel failure
gptkbp:cost $600 million (approximate)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:detects CCD array
gptkbp:diameter 2.7 m
gptkbp:discoveredBy thousands of exoplanets
gptkbp:discoveryMethod transit photometry
gptkbp:duration 9 years, 7 months, 23 days
gptkbp:endDate 2018-10-30
gptkbp:extendedMission gptkb:K2_Mission
gptkbp:fieldOfScience gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:fieldOfView 115 square degrees
gptkbp:height 1.4 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kepler Space Telescope
gptkbp:initialMission 2009-2013
gptkbp:instrument photometer
gptkbp:K2MissionEnd 2018
gptkbp:K2MissionObjective exoplanet and astrophysics observations
gptkbp:K2MissionStart 2014
gptkbp:launchDate 2009-03-07
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_SLC-17B
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Delta_II_7925-10L
gptkbp:length 4.7 m
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Ball_Aerospace_&_Technologies
gptkbp:mass 1,039 kg
gptkbp:missionType exoplanet detection
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Johannes_Kepler
gptkbp:notableFinds gptkb:Kepler-186f
gptkb:Kepler-22b
gptkb:Kepler-452b
gptkbp:notableTeam gptkb:Natalie_Batalha
gptkb:Geoffrey_W._Marcy
gptkb:William_J._Borucki
gptkbp:observedRegion gptkb:Cygnus-Lyra_region
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitType heliocentric
372.5 days
gptkbp:powers 1,100 watts
gptkbp:program gptkb:Discovery_Program
gptkbp:publishedIn thousands of scientific papers
gptkbp:releaseDate gptkb:Kepler_Data_Release_25
gptkbp:status retired
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Transiting_Exoplanet_Survey_Satellite
gptkbp:telescopeType gptkb:Schmidt_telescope
gptkbp:website https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NASA_Ames_Research_Center
gptkb:Delta_II_rocket
gptkb:TESS
gptkb:Delta_rocket_family
gptkb:NASA_space_science_missions
gptkb:Delta_II
gptkb:Mikulski_Archive_for_Space_Telescopes_(MAST)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5