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Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite I
Japanese tethered nano-satellite. Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite I was launched on January 23, 2009 aboard a H-IIA 202 from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2009-002GNORAD 33498Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kukai
- Common name
- Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite I
- Payload designation
- STARS-1 Mother
- Other names
- STARS-1
- International designator
- 2009-002G
- NORAD catalog number
- 33498
- GCAT identifier
- S33498
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/574
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- STARS
- Owner
- Kagawa U
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- Kagawa Daigaku (Kagawa U.)
- Platform (bus)
- STARS-1
Launch
- Date
- January 23, 2009 · 03:54 UTC
- Launch record
- 2009-002Success
- Rocket
- H-IIA 202
- Spaceport
- Tanegashima · pad Y
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 647 km
- Apogee
- 666 km
- Inclination
- 98.03°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
- End of operations
- 2012
Size
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 7 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.16 m
- Span
- 1.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11244502 (CC0).