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This page contains philatelic information on the STARSHINE (Student Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite for Heuristic International Networking Equipment) series satellites. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| STARSHINE | STARSHINE | STARSHINE |
| STARSHINE (on other than STARSHINE launch covers) |
Below is a list of STARSHINE series satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| STARSHINE (Student Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite for Heuristic International Networking Equipment) | ||||
| Germany | None | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also detail with arrow to Shuttle | 1999 | "STARSHINE[-1] overpass" mission patch |
| Mali | Unknown a (Mi none) | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] | 2018 | STARSHINE-1 (implied for "STS-96 / May 1999" launch) |
| Mali | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS4 on FDC Imperforate MS4 on FDC | ||
Below is a list of STARSHINE series satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content | |
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| STARSHINE (Student Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite for Heuristic International Networking Equipment) | |||||
| 1999-05-27: STARSHINE-1 (deployed by STS-96) | |||||
| United States | 1999-05-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-96 launch | |
| United States | 1999-05-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano silk) cachet (and medallion) on cover | STS-96 launch | |
| United States | 1999-05-27 | Orlando FL | (Checklist and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-96 launch | |
| Russia | 1999-05-29 | Korolev-9, Moscow Oblast | (Blue printed) cachet on cover | STS-96 docking with the ISS | |
| United States | 1999-05-29 | GSFC, Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Shuttle Tracking Team blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-96 docking with the ISS | |
| United States | 1999-06-04 | Nassau Bay Branch, Houston TX | (NASA photo) cachet on cover | STS-96 un-docking from the ISS (the cachet features an unrelated SPAS-1 photo of STS-7/Challenger with Earth in the background) | |
| United States | 1999-06-05 | Houston TX | (ISS pictorial) cancel and (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STARSHINE deployment | |
| United States | 1999-06-06 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (NASA photo) cachet on cover | STS-96 landing | |
| United States | 1999-06-06 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-96 landing | |
| 2001-12-05: STARSHINE-2 (deployed by STS-108) | |||||
| United States | 2001-12-05 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Mission patch) cachet on cover, also insert | STS-108 launch | |
| United States | 2001-12-16 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STARSHINE-2 deployed | |
| 2001-09-29: STARSHINE-3 / OSCAR-43 (and OSCAR-44 / PCSat-1 and OSCAR-45 / SAPPHIRE and PICOSat) | |||||
| United States | 2001-09-29 | Kodiak AK | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | STARSHINE-3 launch | |
| STARSHINE (on other than STARSHINE launch covers) | |||||
| United States | 1999-07-27 | Houston TX | (Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on STS-93 landing cover | "STARSHINE[-1] overpass" mission patch | |
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