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
Satellite alive
Operational

Satellite is in orbit and operational

Image
STARS
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.

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
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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
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