Live·acquiring telemetry

The Space Station is overhead right now.

You could look that up. You won't. Starman will.

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First 25, hand-built in Perth·from $449 AUD

Hardware

Precision. Silence.
Personality.

A two-axis tracker with continuous 360° rotation via slip ring, and magnetic encoders that let Starman spring back to its target even if you twist him.

Continuous rotation

A precision slip ring lets Starman spin in either direction, forever. No cable tangles, no end stops.

Magnetic encoders

Twist him mid-track, he snaps right back to target. Because hardware should feel alive, not fragile.

Whisper-quiet

Engineered to sit on your desk, not your garage floor. Smooth, silent, deliberate motion.

The sky is always doing something, and you almost never know what.

Right now the International Space Station is somewhere overhead, orbiting Earth every 93 minutes. Jupiter is rising or setting. A Starlink train is sliding overhead in formation.

All of it is happening over your roof, and none of it reaches you — because knowing means opening an app, and you never will.

Starman closes that gap. You glance at your desk, and you know.

SkyView

A living map of the night sky.

Planets, stars, constellations, and satellites, all live, all above you. Pan the sky, tap a target, and Starman smoothly follows it across the room.

Starman SkyView showing planets, stars and live satellites

Track anything

From our star to
the edge of the visible.

Planets, stars, deep-sky objects, the ISS, Starlink, the Sun, the Moon. If it's above you, Starman can point at it, even when it's below the horizon, waiting for the rise.

Sun → Sirius·live handoff
Tracking the Sun

Our star

Tracking Jupiter

Planets

Tracking Sirius

Deep sky

More than an instrument

Fun modes.
Because he's alive.

Make Starman dance. Bob his visor. Follow your phone around the room. He's a tracker when you need him, and a companion when you don't.

Fun modes selection screen
App icon selection screen

Collect the sky

Watch long enough,
unlock the set.

Track Jupiter for an hour. Catch three ISS passes. Follow a full Moon from rise to set. Each milestone unlocks a new app icon, a quiet record of the sky you've shared with Starman.

  • Lunar CompanionFull moon tracked
  • Planet Hunter5 planets caught
  • Starlink Spotter10 satellite passes
  • Deep-Sky Devotee1 hour on Sirius

Starbuddy

One tap.
Paired.

A small NFC keychain that travels with you. Tap it to any Starman and your phone pairs instantly, no menus, no Bluetooth dance. Own a fleet? Each Starbuddy is keyed to its own Starman.

Head, body, and visor, Starman comes in a range of color combinations, each with a matching Starbuddy.

Holding a Starbuddy keychain in hand
Pocketable. Wearable.
Blue Starbuddy tapping an iPhone to pair Starman
Tap to pair.
Red Starbuddy tapping an iPhone to pair Starman
One per Starman.

Axes

2

Azimuth + Elevation

Rotation

360°

Continuous via slip ring

Targets

100K+

Planets · stars · satellites

Pairing

NFC

One tap with keychain

About

Designed and engineered in Perth.

Starman is built by Brad Dixon, a design engineer whose work includes the telescope deployment mechanism for ICRAR's TeraNet — the optical ground station network that talks to spacecraft with lasers. Pointing precision instruments at things in orbit is the day job.

IEEE Telepresence Competition

Team lead, WARO32 - 2024 champions. Teleoperated PISCES's Helelani planetary rover across a Mojave Desert course from Perth, 14,800 km away.

Robopalooza 2025

Organiser of the second IEEE Telepresence Competition, held in Perth at the Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct.

Master of Engineering

The University of Western Australia - graduate of UWA's engineering program.

UWA TeraNet

Engineering work on ICRAR's three-node optical ground station network, including TN-3, the world's first fully-mobile optical ground station. Design of the TeraNet jeep mounted telescope deployment mechanism.

Milo Planetary Innovation Challenge - Ecuador

Mentor and team lead for a university student team in the Ecuador challenge delivered by Milo Space Science Institute.

- Brad Dixon, Perth

First batch

The first 25, built by hand.

Before Starman goes to a production run, I'm building 25 of them myself — assembled, calibrated and tested one at a time in Perth. Ordering isn't open yet. Join the list and you'll get first access when it is.

$449AUD

Expected price · 25 in the first batch

  • One Starman, assembled and calibrated by hand
  • One Starbuddy NFC keychain, keyed to your Starman
  • USB-C cable
Get notified when ordering opens→

Ships worldwide from Perth, Western Australia. Free shipping within Australia.

Once these 25 are gone, the next Starmen come from a proper production run. Join the list to hear about it first.

FAQ

Common questions.

How accurate is it?
Starman's practical pointing resolution is encoder-based, not stepper-based. With 12-bit encoders, resolution is better than 0.09° per count. It is built as a precise sky pointer, and real-world pointing still depends on calibration quality.
What if it's cloudy? Or daytime?
Doesn't matter, as long as the target is above your horizon, Starman knows exactly where it is. Clouds, overcast, blue daylight sky, light pollution, the roof of your house, none of it stops him. If Jupiter is up behind the clouds, Starman is pointed at Jupiter. He'll only pause when the target drops below your horizon, because he's designed to show you what you could go outside and see.
Do I need a telescope?
Nope. Starman is a companion, not a telescope. He's for people who want to feel where Jupiter and the ISS are right now, not zoom in on craters. If you already own a telescope, keep one next to the other.
How is it powered?
USB-C. Any modern power brick, laptop, or phone charger works. Starman is quiet and low-power, and he sleeps when idle.
When can I get one?
Ordering isn't open yet. I'm finishing the first hand-built batch, and the launch list hears before anyone else. Because each one is assembled and calibrated by hand in Perth rather than waiting on a production run, builds are measured in weeks — but I'm not putting a date on it until I can hold to it.
What's in the box?
One Starman, one Starbuddy NFC keychain for pairing, and a USB-C cable. Extra Starbuddies in different colours are available separately if you want a fleet.
Do I need the app?
Yes — the app is how Starman learns where he is and what to point at. It's a free download, and your Starbuddy pairs the two with a single tap. No account, no subscription.

Got a question we didn't answer? Reach out at contact@starmanofficial.com.

Launch access

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First 25, hand-built in Perth·from $449 AUD

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