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KEPLER-4 (ANTILLES), 46499 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

KEPLER-4 (ANTILLES), 46499 was a payload satellite owned by Kepler Comms (CA) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 28 Sep 2020 UTC via a SOYUZ-2-1B launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

46499, 2020-068P

Orbit

Decayed

Country

Related business

Kepler Communications Inc. (CA)

Manufacturer

KEPLER/UTIAS

Mission

Decayed Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

15 kg wet, 15 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-09-28 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-2-1B

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 1.0 m

Radar Cross Section

0.109 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 11 months ago

TLE from 11 months ago

0 KEPLER-4 (ANTILLES)
1 46499U 20068P   25162.88496032  .00854553  38780-3  11603-2 0  9996
2 46499  97.7601 165.5028 0009242 149.7305 210.4511 16.06347646260529

Epoch: 2025-06-11T21:14Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-11T21:14:20.571Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-53.54396°

Altitude

265.366 km

Speed

7.745 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 02m 00s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

13:09:39

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

259.879 km

Perigee altitude

247.62 km

Semi-major axis

6,631.886 km

Eccentricity

0.00092

Inclination

97.7601°

RAAN

165.5028°

Arg. of periapsis

149.7305°

True anomaly

210.39748°

Mean anomaly

210.4511°

Eccentric anomaly

210.42428°

Mean motion

4.01872 °/min

Orbital period

89.58 mins

BSTAR

0.0011603

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Other satellites on launch #68 in the year 2020 (2020-09-28 UTC)

LEMUR-2-NICHOL, 46503 (Decayed)

SALSAT, 46495

NETSAT-3, 46505

LEMUR-2-SLICERS, 46500 (Decayed)

LEMUR-2-SUSURRUS, 46502 (Decayed)

YARILO-2, 46491 (Decayed)

YARILO-1, 46490 (Decayed)

NETSAT-4, 46504

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KEPLER-4 (ANTILLES) Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
4 mins	2026-05-06 03:51:43.802Z	193.938° SSW	2026-05-06 03:53:43.802Z	3.273° NNE	43.927°	2026-05-06 03:55:43.802Z	12.004° NNE
4 mins	2026-05-06 04:15:43.802Z	201.323° SSW	2026-05-06 04:17:43.802Z	313.87° NW	44.731°	2026-05-06 04:19:43.802Z	11.896° NNE
4 mins	2026-05-06 04:29:43.802Z	208.707° SW	2026-05-06 04:31:43.802Z	330.002° NNW	44.304°	2026-05-06 04:33:43.802Z	12.585° NNE
5 mins	2026-05-06 04:44:43.802Z	212.873° SW	2026-05-06 04:46:43.802Z	289.981° WNW	44.346°	2026-05-06 04:49:43.802Z	15.705° NNE
6 mins	2026-05-06 05:01:43.802Z	216.463° SW	2026-05-06 05:04:43.802Z	319.99° NNW	43.727°	2026-05-06 05:07:43.802Z	16.77° NNE

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KEPLER-4 (ANTILLES), 46499 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 11 months ago

TLE from 11 months ago

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-11T21:14:20.571Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #68 in the year 2020 (2020-09-28 UTC)

KEPLER-4 (ANTILLES) Visibility forecast

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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