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Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite - Cube

Japanese tethered nano-satellite which reentered in 2018. Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite - Cube was launched on December 9, 2016 aboard a H-IIB from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 2, 2018).

COSPAR 1998-067KRNORAD 41895Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT
Hagoromo
Common name
Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite - Cube
Payload designation
STARS-C Oyaki
Other names
STARS-C Parent
International designator
1998-067KR
NORAD catalog number
41895
GCAT identifier
S41895
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/846

Mission

Mission type
Technology
Use
Amateur / academic
Program
STARS
Owner
Shizuoka U
Country
Japan
Builder
Shizuoka University
Platform (bus)
Cubesat 1U

Launch

Date
December 9, 2016 · 13:26 UTC
Launch record
2016-076Success
Rocket
H-IIB
Spaceport
Tanegashima · pad Y2

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
400 km
Apogee
406 km
Inclination
51.64°
Status
Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date
March 2, 2018
Last known active
Mar 1, 2018
End of operations
Mar 1, 2018

Size

Mass
2 kg
Dry mass
2 kg
Total mass with attached objects
3 kg
Length
0.1 m
Diameter
0.10 m
Span
0.1 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111471329 (CC0).