- 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
Observer | Latest Data |
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N6RFM-5-EM12jw | 2023-01-07 17:15:31 UTC |
SP7THR-UHF-KO10an | 2022-02-09 19:04:34 UTC |
- TLE Source
- Celestrak (active)
- TLE Updated
- 2023-04-02 00:50:25 UTC
- TLE Set
-
1 46319U 20061AZ 23091.74066720 .00019916 00000+0 94504-3 0 9999
2 46319 97.4099 161.3926 0002014 198.1160 162.0003 15.19295193142211