▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	SSO
Inclination	98.1558°
Eccentricity	0.0010274
Period	96.3 min
Apogee	587 km
Perigee	572 km
Mean motion	14.95897066 rev/day
RAAN	136.2095°
Arg of perigee	101.5291°
Mean anomaly	258.7083°
B*	2.5830e-4
Rev at epoch	94,145

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 7, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 33498U 09002G 26188.08660279 .00002829 00000-0 25830-3 0 9993

2 33498 98.1558 136.2095 0010274 101.5291 258.7083 14.95897066941455

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "STARS (KUKAI)",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2009-002G",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T02:04:42.481+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.95897066,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0010274,
  "INCLINATION": 98.1558,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 136.2095,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 101.5291,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 258.7083,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 33498,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 94145,
  "BSTAR": 0.0002583,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00002829,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	STARS (KUKAI)
Operator	Kagawa Daigaku (Kagawa U.)HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree Kagawa UniversityMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	JapanMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Launch date	Jan 23, 2009HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	4HIGH

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims10

Sources2

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org
WikidataCC0 1.0query.wikidata.org

▸Actions

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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.