STARS
Mission information
Name
STARS
Alternate Names
KUKAI: Mother (Parents) JR5YBN, Daughter (Child) JR5YBO
Satellite ID
RCSI-2248-9538-7513-4618
NORAD ID
33498
Website
http://stars.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp/stars_kukai.html
Country of Origin

Japan

Status
Satellite alive
Operational

Satellite is in orbit and operational

Image
STARS
Mission timeline
Launch Date
2009-01-23T00:00:00+00:00
Deploy Date
2009-01-23T00:00:00+00:00
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 alive.

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
PU4ELT-GH70qd 2025-10-07 16:12:24 UTC
EuroSpaceHub-UCM-IM89jn 2025-10-07 14:51:39 UTC
VU2JEK_Nitin-MK83sd 2025-10-07 08:16:57 UTC
Data Frames Decoded - 30 Days
There is no decoded data for this satellite in the last 30 days.
Decoder: STARS Telemetry
Script Name
stars
Decoder Fields
Click here
Orbital Elements
Latest Two-Line Element (TLE)
TLE Source
Celestrak (SatNOGS)
TLE Updated
2025-10-07 18:48:19 UTC
TLE Set
1 33498U 09002G   25280.34319734  .00006151  00000+0  59791-3 0  9995
2 33498 98.1273 213.2439 0007175 289.5065 70.5378 14.92945231900715
Satellite Suggestion History

Transmitter Suggestion History