- Name
- KEPLER-2
- Alternate Names
- TARS
- Satellite ID
- VWHA-9593-2240-5566-2526
- NORAD ID
- 46319
- Country of Origin
-
Canada
Satellite is in orbit and operational
- Launch Date
- 2020-09-03T00:00:00+00:00
Kepler Communications, a small satellite startup, is designing a constellation of CubeSats for Internet of Things (IoT), machine-to-machine (M2M) and inter-satellite communications services. After the first initial prototypes, KIPP and CASE, Kepler added a third improved demonstration satelite called TARS (in honor of a fictional robot from the movie 'Interstellar'), which will be built by ÅAC Microtec. Besides the store and forward payload, TARS will also include a narrowband communications payload to carry small amounts of data from numerous Internet of Things devices. Additionally, the TARS satellite provides also space for Catapult's IOD-5 in-orbit demonstration mission.
- Type
- Transmitter
- Downlink Mode
- FM
- Downlink Frequency
- 400800000
- Baud
- 9600
No observations recorded for KEPLER-2 in the last 24h
- TLE Source
- Space-Track.org
- TLE Updated
- 2024-05-16 23:40:41 UTC
- TLE Set
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1 46319U 20061AZ 24137.66640513 .00065109 00000-0 17220-2 0 9995
2 46319 97.3539 207.8904 0002031 189.6174 170.5033 15.38166830204919