Concept information
Preferred term
Kepler satellite
Definition(s)
- The Kepler space telescope is a disused space telescope launched by NASA in 2009 to discover Earth-sized planets orbiting other stars. Named after astronomer Johannes Kepler, the spacecraft was launched into an Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit. The principal investigator was William J. Borucki. After nine and a half years of operation, the telescope's reaction control system fuel was depleted, and NASA announced its retirement on October 30, 2018. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_space_telescope)
Broader concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- Kepler spacecraft
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-QK61H14M-9
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