 However, telescopic photography of the satellite from the ground showed the satellite as a single point, rather than two objects.The experimenters suggest that this may have been due to the tether extending, but being tangled by rebound.A follow-on to the STARS and STARS-II satellites, STARS-C (Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite-Cube) has been announced as a satellite to be launched from the Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station.