STARS-AO

NORAD 43679· COSPAR 2018-084J· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Oct 29, 2018 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Japan aboard a H-IIA 202.

H-IIA 202 | KhalifaSat & GOSAT-2 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:08 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

JAXA

Country

Japan

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Oct 29, 2018

Mass

—

Apogee

517 km

Perigee

516 km

Inclination

98.04°

Period

1.58 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for STARS-AO across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.4 km

Rate

-0.03 km/day

Now

516 × 517 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

6 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2018-084 (H-IIA 202 | KhalifaSat & GOSAT-2).

GOSAT 2 (IBUKI 1) · 43672
KHALIFASAT · 43676
TEN-KOH · 43677
DIWATA-2B · 43678
AUTCUBE 2 · 43681
H-2A R/B · 43682

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