FLYING LAPTOP is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by Institut fur Raumfahrtsysteme, Universitat Stuttgart, launched 2017.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 97.4782° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0019945 |
| Period | 95.9 min |
| Apogee | 577 km |
| Perigee | 549 km |
| Mean motion | 15.01275179 rev/day |
| RAAN | 342.9572° |
| Arg of perigee | 57.8207° |
| Mean anomaly | 302.4948° |
| B* | 1.3928e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 48,945 |
1 42831U 17042G 26188.18197083 .00001740 00000-0 13928-3 0 99922 42831 97.4782 342.9572 0019945 57.8207 302.4948 15.01275179489454{
"OBJECT_NAME": "FLYING LAPTOP",
"OBJECT_ID": "2017-042G",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-07T04:22:02.28+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 15.01275179,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0019945,
"INCLINATION": 97.4782,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 342.9572,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 57.8207,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 302.4948,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 42831,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 48945,
"BSTAR": 0.00013928,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.0000174,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.
| Name | FLYING LAPTOP |
| Operator | Institut fur Raumfahrtsysteme, Universitat StuttgartHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog |
| Country | Germany |
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| Mission purpose | — |
//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
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