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Kepler space telescope
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NASA space telescope for exoplanetology (2009โ€“2018)
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The Kepler space telescope is an inactive 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...

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Instance of
Space telescope
derelict satellite
Part of
Discovery Program
Follows
Dawn (spacecraft)
Followed by
GRAIL
Manufacturer
Ball Aerospace & Technologies
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Country of origin
United States
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