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{{short description|Japanese scientific micro satellite}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| name                  = Stars-AO <br/> Aoi
| names_list            =

| image                 = 
| image_caption         = 
| image_size            =

| mission_type          = Optical
| operator              = Shizuoka University
| COSPAR_ID             = 2018-084	
| SATCAT                = 
| website               = https://stars-ao.info/
| mission_duration      = 
| spacecraft_bus        = 
| manufacturer          = Shizuoka University
| launch_mass           = 
| payload_mass          = {{convert|1|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| dimensions            = 10cm x 10cm x 10cm
| power                 = <!--end-of-life power, in watts-->

| launch_date           = {{start-date|October 29, 2018 04:08:00}}&nbsp;UTC<ref name="n2yo">{{cite web|url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43679|title=STARS-AO Satellite details|publisher=N2YO.com |date=9 January 2019 |access-date=9 January 2019}}</ref>
| launch_rocket         = [[Engineering:H-IIA|H-IIA]]-202
| launch_site           = Tanegashima Yoshinobu&nbsp;1
| launch_contractor     = [[Company:Mitsubishi Heavy Industries|MHI]]
| entered_service       = <!--date on which the spacecraft entered service, if it did not do so immediately after launch-->

| disposal_type         = <!--deorbited, decommissioned, placed in a graveyard orbit, etc-->
| deactivated           = <!--when craft was decommissioned-->
| destroyed             = <!--when craft was destroyed (if other than by re-entry)-->
| last_contact          = <!--when last signal received if not decommissioned-->
| decay_date            = <!--when craft re-entered the atmosphere, not needed if it landed-->

| orbit_reference       = Geocentric
| orbit_regime          = [[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|Sun-synchronous orbit]]
| orbit_semimajor       = 
| orbit_eccentricity    = 
| orbit_periapsis       = {{convert|591.7|km|mi}}<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_apoapsis        = {{convert|606.4|km|mi}}<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_inclination     = 97.8&nbsp;degrees<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_period          = 96.5 minutes<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_RAAN            = 
| orbit_arg_periapsis   = 
| orbit_mean_anomaly    = 
| orbit_mean_motion     = 
| orbit_epoch           = 
| orbit_rev_number      = 
| apsis                 = gee
|instrument_type        = camera
| telescope_diameter    = 
| telescope_focal_length= 
| telescope_area        = <!--collecting area-->
| telescope_wavelength  = visible
| telescope_resolution  = <!--resolution of telescope-->
}}

'''Stars-AO''' <ref>{{cite web |title=Stars-AO|url=https://stars-ao.info/ |access-date=9 January 2019}}</ref> also known as Aoi is an experimental cubesat with a small camera packaged. It uses amateur radio frequencies to communicate with the ground.

== Overview ==


== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{Space observatories}}

[[Category:Space telescopes]]



{{Sourceattribution|Stars-AO}}