NASA Kepler Space Telescope

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/NASA_Kepler_Space_Telescope
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:aperture 0.95 meters
gptkbp:archiveType gptkb:Mikulski_Archive_for_Space_Telescopes_(MAST)
gptkbp:cost $600 million
gptkbp:dataRate X-band radio
gptkbp:diameter 2.7 m
gptkbp:discoveredBy over 2,600 exoplanets
gptkbp:discoveredExoplanets gptkb:Kepler-10b
gptkb:Kepler-11_system
gptkb:Kepler-186f
gptkb:Kepler-20e
gptkb:Kepler-22b
gptkb:Kepler-37b
gptkb:Kepler-444_system
gptkb:Kepler-452b
gptkb:Kepler-90i
gptkbp:duration 9 years, 7 months, 23 days
gptkbp:endDate 2018-10-30
gptkbp:fieldOfView 115 square degrees
gptkbp:fieldOfViewShape rectangular
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NASA Kepler Space Telescope
gptkbp:initialFieldOfView gptkb:Cygnus-Lyra_region
gptkbp:instrument photometer
gptkbp:K2MissionObjective study supernovae, star clusters, and exoplanets
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:mass 1,039 kg
gptkbp:missionType exoplanet detection
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Johannes_Kepler
gptkbp:notableFinds gptkb:Kepler-16b
gptkb:Kepler-186f
gptkb:Kepler-22b
gptkb:Kepler-452b
gptkb:Kepler-62f
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:Ball_Aerospace_&_Technologies
gptkbp:numberOfSatellites 42 CCDs
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Ames_Research_Center
gptkbp:orbitType heliocentric
gptkbp:period gptkb:K2_mission_(2014–2018)
gptkbp:powerSource solar panels
gptkbp:scientificGoals find Earth-size planets in habitable zones
gptkbp:sensorType CCD array
gptkbp:status retired
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Transiting_Exoplanet_Survey_Satellite_(TESS)
gptkbp:wavelengthRange visible light
gptkbp:website https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kepler-90i
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6