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
Operational
Satellite is in orbit
Reception
Image
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.
SatNOGS Links
CW (JR5YBO)
- Type
- Transmitter
- Service
- Amateur
- Downlink Mode
- CW
- Downlink Frequency
- 437275000.0
- Downlink Drift
- 437.273 MHz (-2000 Hz or -4574 ppb)
- IARU Coordination
- IARU Coordinated
Most Recent Observers (last 24h)
| Observer | Latest Data |
|---|---|
| PE0SAT-21-JO21mr | 2026-10-01 13:44:49 UTC |
| berlin_ma_sat-FN42ej | 2026-10-01 07:45:23 UTC |
| Groundstation OM4ATC-JN99be | 2026-10-01 01:16:44 UTC |
| SP912069-KN09ip | 2026-10-01 01:16:26 UTC |
| KC7RW-EM73ts | 2026-09-30 20:01:55 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
- Space-Track.org
- TLE Updated
- 2026-10-01 11:23:31 UTC
- TLE Set
-
1 33498U 09002G 26273.82686152 .00002486 00000-0 22505-3 0 9993
2 33498 98.1665 225.5466 0008326 168.1698 191.9719 14.96370720954275