Kepler space telescope

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NASA space observatory space telescope spacecraft

The Kepler space telescope was a NASA space observatory designed to discover Earth-size exoplanets by continuously monitoring the brightness of over 150,000 stars.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA space observatory → space telescope → spacecraft →
aperture	0.95 metres →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
dataReleasePolicy	public archive →
dataUsedFor	asteroseismology → exoplanet statistics → stellar astrophysics →
deactivationDate	2018-10-30 →
discoveries	many exoplanet candidates → thousands of confirmed exoplanets →
extendedMission	K2 mission →
fieldLocation	constellations Cygnus and Lyra →
fieldOfView	115 square degrees →
focalPlane	42 CCDs →
fundingProgram	NASA Discovery-class mission →
K2MissionStart	2014-05 →
launchDate	2009-03-07 →
launchedBy	United Launch Alliance →
launchSite	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B →
launchVehicle	Delta II 7925-10L →
mass	1052.4 kilograms →
missionEnd	2018-10-30 →
missionStart	2009-05-12 →
missionType	exoplanet survey → space observatory →
monitoredNumberOfStars	over 150000 →
namedAfter	Johannes Kepler →
notableDiscovery	Kepler-186f → Kepler-22b → Kepler-452b →
operatedBy	NASA Ames Research Center →
operator	NASA →
orbitPeriod	372.5 days →
orbitType	Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit →
power	1100 watts →
primaryMethod	transit photometry →
primaryMissionEnd	2013-05 →
primaryObjective	discover Earth-size exoplanets in or near the habitable zone of Sun-like stars →
program	NASA Discovery Program →
projectScientist	William J. Borucki →
reactionWheelFailure	2012 → 2013 →
scienceOperationsStart	2009-05-12 →
spaceAgency	NASA →
status	retired →
telescopeType	Schmidt telescope →
wavelengthRange	visible light →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes ("Kepler Space Telescope") → NASA Exoplanet Archive ("Kepler mission") →	dataSource
Johannes Kepler →	hasSpacecraftNamedAfter
NASA spacecraft →	includes
Kepler (Martian crater) ("Kepler (exoplanet mission)") →	isDifferentFrom
NASA Astrophysics Division ("Kepler Space Telescope") →	overseesMission
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite →	predecessor