Payload (satellite)
FLYING LAPTOP
OperationalLEO
Germany
GermanyFLYING LAPTOP is a satellite launched 2017-07-14 by Germany.
About
The Flying Laptop is a German satellite, launched on 14 July 2017 on a Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and hosting the OSIRISv1 laser communications experiment. The satellite has a total mass of 110 kg. It operates at a 600 kilometres (370 mi) Sun-synchronous orbit with an inclination of 97.6 degrees.
Right now
Dotted: where it has been. Solid: the next orbit and a half. Orbit data from CelesTrak, map from NASA Blue Marble. All credits
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Facts
NORAD ID42831
International designator2017-042G
TypePayload (satellite)
StatusOperational
OwnerGermany
Launch date2017-07-14
Launch siteBaikonur, Kazakhstan
Orbital period95.9 min
Inclination97.5°
Apogee575 km
Perigee549 km