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Index/Operators/Institut fur Raumfahrtsysteme, Universitat Stuttgart/42831

SSOOperationalPayload

FLYING LAPTOP

NORAD 42831COSPAR 2017-042GEpoch Oct 21, 2026

FLYING LAPTOP is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by Institut fur Raumfahrtsysteme, Universitat Stuttgart, launched 2017.

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Operator

Institut fur Raumfahrtsysteme, Universitat StuttgartProbable

via GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog

Country

GermanyProbable

via GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog

Launch date

2017-07-14Probable

via GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog

Object class

PAYLOADProbable

via GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog

Operational status

OPERATIONALProbable

via CelesTrak SATCAT

Launch mass (kg)

120Probable

via GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog

Orbital regime

LLEO/SProbable

via GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog

Launch site

Not availableUnknown

source unknown

Launch vehicle

Not availableUnknown

source unknown

Not available in the current data

· Alternate names
· Constellation membership

Data quality

Quality95 / 100

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[1]CelesTrak (opens in new tab)orbital elements
[2]GCAT / J. McDowell (opens in new tab)launch catalog
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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Oct 22, 2026.

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