Key statistics
Satellite STARS (KUKAI) at a glance.
Uptime
6113
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for STARS (KUKAI).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: STARS (KUKAI)
International designator: 2009-002G
Object number (NORAD): 33498
Object ID (CCSDS): 33498
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.443 minutes
Inclination: 98.1287 deg
SMA: 6966.404 km
Apoapsis: 593.226 km
Periapsis: 583.312 km
RAAN: 225.0828 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00071157
Argument of periapsis: 243.5375 deg
Mean anomaly: 116.5114 deg
Mean motion: 14.93102958 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008548 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00082510836 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 7:17 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 STARS (KUKAI)
TLE line 1: 1 33498U 09002G 25291.80347307 .00008548 00000-0 82511-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 33498 98.1287 225.0828 0007116 243.5375 116.5114 14.93102958902423
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite STARS (KUKAI).
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Japanese Earth observation satellite. Launched with 7 secondary payloads.
STARS (KUKAI) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘H-IIA 202 | GOSAT’, on board a H-IIA space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 23, 2009, 3:54 a.m. from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1.
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H-IIA 202 | GOSAT
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 23, 2009, 3:54 a.m. UTC
Rocket: H-IIA
Launch pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Location: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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