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
- 437275000
- Downlink Drifted
- -4574
- IARU Coordination
- IARU Coordinated
Most Recent Observers (last 24h)
| Observer | Latest Data |
|---|---|
| M0GLU-IO91vc | 2026-07-26 13:28:28 UTC |
| Sofia SAT Club - Bay Ivan-KN22lx | 2026-07-26 11:48:59 UTC |
| W6MSU UHF-CM98hb | 2026-07-26 10:39:12 UTC |
| KC1OCA quadrifilar (UHF) & Airspy Mini-FN32uc | 2026-07-26 07:26:16 UTC |
| EuroSpaceHub-UCM-IM89jn | 2026-07-26 04:15:09 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
- 2026-07-26 19:35:12 UTC
- TLE Set
-
1 33498U 09002G 26207.35056867 .00004666 00000-0 42117-3 0 9995
2 33498 98.1563 156.2675 0009893 49.6864 310.5219 14.95999940944332