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Flying Laptop
Artificial satellite. Flying Laptop was launched on July 14, 2017 aboard a Soyuz-2-1A from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2017-042GNORAD 42831Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- FLP
- Common name
- Flying Laptop
- Payload designation
- Flying Laptop
- International designator
- 2017-042G
- NORAD catalog number
- 42831
- GCAT identifier
- S42831
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/835
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- FLP
- Owner
- IRS Stuttgart
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- Institut fur Raumfahrtsysteme, Universitat Stuttgart
- Platform (bus)
- FLP
Launch
- Date
- July 14, 2017 · 06:36 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-042Partial · 0.89
- Rocket
- Soyuz-2-1A
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC31
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 586 km
- Apogee
- 606 km
- Inclination
- 97.61°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 120 kg
- Dry mass
- 120 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.60 m
- Span
- 2.1 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1434606 (CC0).