FLYING LAPTOP
NORAD 42831 · 2017-042G
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- GER
- Launch date
- 2017-07-14
- Launch site
- TYMSC
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- —
Purposes: science, tech_demo
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-05-25T04:29:47.732064Z
- Period
- 95.94 min
- Inclination
- 97.4591°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0018245
- Mean motion
- 15.00971061 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 551.2 km
- Apogee alt
- 576.6 km
- Semi-major
- 6,942.0 km
- B*
- 2.3088e-4
- RAAN
- 301.6224°
- Arg perigee
- 198.6078°
- Mean anomaly
- 161.4482°
- Rev number
- 48,300
§ Raw data
FLYING LAPTOP1 42831U 17042G 26145.18735801 .00002897 00000+0 23088-3 0 99922 42831 97.4591 301.6224 0018245 198.6078 161.4482 15.00971061483003
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/42831 · /tle
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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB
| Mode | Description | Downlink | Uplink |
|---|---|---|---|
| QPSK | Data Downlink System (DDS) | 2.408 GHz | — |
| BPSK | Telemetry | 2.264 GHz | — |
2 transmitters · refreshed weekly from db.satnogs.org