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: 2026-09-27T08:28:36.645024Z
- Period
- 95.90 min
- Inclination
- 97.5018°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0018172
- Mean motion
- 15.01638386 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 549.2 km
- Apogee alt
- 574.5 km
- Semi-major
- 6,940.0 km
- B*
- 1.8237e-4
- RAAN
- 62.2557°
- Arg perigee
- 130.4311°
- Mean anomaly
- 229.8502°
- Rev number
- 50,178
§ Raw data
FLYING LAPTOP1 42831U 17042G 26270.35320191 .00002317 00000+0 18237-3 0 99992 42831 97.5018 62.2557 0018172 130.4311 229.8502 15.01638386501789
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