Third Stage
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Channel: NASA Video · 2013 · Science & Technology
Once the third stage finishes its work, Kepler will have sufficient energy to leave the gravitational pull of Earth and go into orbit around the Sun, trailing behind Earth and slowly drifting away from the Earth. Kepler and the Earth will pass each other every 61 years.
