STARS
Mission information
- Name
- STARS
- Alternate Names
- KUKAI-GENNAI mother and daughter
- Satellite ID
- RCSI-2248-9538-7513-4618
- NORAD ID
- 33498
Status
Operational
Satellite is in orbit and operational
Image
Description
Stars is part of a pair of satellites built by Kagawa university. The two satellites are tethered with synthetic fibre, and a camera is built into the smaller unit used to photograph the unit in space. The purpose is to demonstrate the potential for external surveying of a space station.
SatNOGS Links
CW
- Type
- Transmitter
- Downlink Mode
- CW
- Downlink Frequency
- 437273000
Suggestion - CW (JR5YBO)
- Type
- Transmitter
- Service
- Amateur
- Downlink Mode
- CW
- Downlink Frequency
- 437275000
- Downlink Drifted
- -4574
- IARU Coordination
- IARU Coordinated
Most Recent Observers (last 24h)
| Observer | Latest Data |
|---|---|
| EuroSpaceHub-UCM-IM89jn | 2025-03-09 12:59:30 UTC |
| GAO UHF-JN87hg | 2025-03-09 11:23:33 UTC |
| YO4DFT az 315 degrees -North West-KN44hd | 2025-03-09 11:22:29 UTC |
| UX5UL-KO50ei | 2025-03-09 11:22:03 UTC |
| MAUSyagi-FN32hh | 2025-03-09 05:23:17 UTC |
Data Frames Decoded - 30 Days
There is no decoded data for this satellite in the last 30
days.
No Decoders Found
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Orbital Elements
Warning: There is at least one newer non-redestributable TLE set.
Latest Two-Line Element (TLE)
- TLE Source
- Celestrak (active)
- TLE Updated
- 2025-03-09 08:02:34 UTC
- TLE Set
-
1 33498U 09002G 25067.86010166 .00007481 00000+0 77148-3 0 9995
2 33498 98.1212 354.2841 0007329 262.7009 97.3375 14.90496997869034
STARS Suggestion
- Name
- STARS
- NORAD ID
- 33498
- Alternative Names
- KUKAI: Mother (Parents) JR5YBN, Daughter (Child) JR5YBO
- Description
- STARS (= Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite) is part of a pair of satellites built by Kagawa university. The two satellites are tethered with synthetic fibre, and a camera is built into the smaller unit used to photograph the unit in space. The purpose is to demonstrate the potential for external surveying of a space station. It's only Daughter (Child) JR5YBO active.
- image
- status
- alive
- countries
- website
- http://stars.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp/stars_kukai.html
- launched
- Jan. 23, 2009, midnight
- deployed
- Jan. 23, 2009, midnight