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 and operational
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
- 437.275 MHz
- Downlink Drifted
- 437.273 MHz
- IARU Coordination
- IARU Coordinated
Most Recent Observers (last 24h)
Observer | Latest Data |
---|---|
UX5UL-KO50ei | 2025-07-22 22:32:01 UTC |
EuroSpaceHub-UCM-IM89jn | 2025-07-22 13:56:51 UTC |
GS ChNord UHF-JO10kq | 2025-07-22 12:27:07 UTC |
M0GLU-IO91vc | 2025-07-22 12:27:07 UTC |
GAO UHF-JN87hg | 2025-07-22 10:54:35 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 (active)
- TLE Updated
- 2025-07-22 18:57:32 UTC
- TLE Set
-
1 33498U 09002G 25203.37520374 .00002892 00000+0 29043-3 0 9992
2 33498 98.1236 133.8477 0009127 167.7190 192.4252 14.92094180889234