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 |
---|---|
EuroSpaceHub-UCM-IM89jn | 2025-05-17 14:03:58 UTC |
GAO UHF-JN87hg | 2025-05-17 10:58:50 UTC |
YO4DFT az 315 degrees -North West-KN44hd | 2025-05-17 10:56:42 UTC |
VU2JEK_Nitin-MK83sd | 2025-05-17 07:34:03 UTC |
MAUSyagi-FN32hh | 2025-05-17 06:31:31 UTC |
Data Frames Decoded - 30 Days
There is no decoded data for this satellite in the last 30
days.
No Decoders Found
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Orbital Elements
Latest Two-Line Element (TLE)
- TLE Source
- Space-Track.org
- TLE Updated
- 2025-05-17 04:35:45 UTC
- TLE Set
-
1 33498U 09002G 25136.77476165 .00003379 00000-0 34193-3 0 9993
2 33498 98.1245 65.2082 0010319 43.9264 316.2772 14.91655076879302
No Satellite Suggestions Found