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 |
|---|---|
| Pelt-UHF-Fixed-Yagi-DO21wb | 2026-08-15 21:27:07 UTC |
| dm43-DM43bl | 2026-08-15 21:22:10 UTC |
| EuroSpaceHub-UCM-IM89jn | 2026-08-15 15:01:55 UTC |
| M0EYT / 2E0NOG-IO80xs | 2026-08-15 13:25:47 UTC |
| M0GLU-IO91vc | 2026-08-15 13:24:37 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
- 2026-08-16 05:36:52 UTC
- TLE Set
-
1 33498U 09002G 26227.81679561 .00002521 00000-0 22962-3 0 9994
2 33498 98.1584 177.5850 0007850 346.4712 13.6297 14.96112442947398