Kepler space telescope

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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.

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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
linked to: Delta rocket
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

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Johannes Kepler hasSpacecraftNamedAfter Kepler space telescope
NASA Astrophysics Division overseesMission Kepler Space Telescope
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Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes dataSource Kepler Space Telescope
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Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite predecessor Kepler space telescope
Kepler (Martian crater) isDifferentFrom Kepler (exoplanet mission)
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NASA Exoplanet Archive dataSource Kepler mission
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NASA spacecraft includes Kepler space telescope
Delta II notablePayload Kepler Space Telescope
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K2 mission usesSpacecraft Kepler space telescope
K2 mission usesInstrument Kepler photometer
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Kepler-452b discoveredBy Kepler space telescope
Kepler-22b discoveredBy Kepler space telescope
Kepler-22b discoveredBy NASA Kepler mission
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William J. Borucki notableWork Kepler space telescope
Kepler-186f discoveredBy Kepler space telescope
Kepler-186f discoveredBy NASA Kepler mission
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Kepler-186f transitObservedBy Kepler photometer
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Kepler-186f discoveryFacility Kepler Space Observatory
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Kepler Objects of Interest partOf NASA Kepler mission
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Kepler Objects of Interest identifiedBy Kepler space telescope
NASA astrophysics observatories includes Kepler Space Telescope
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