Latitude
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FLYING
NORAD 42831 · COSPAR 2017-042G · ACTIVE
Orbit: #50501 @ 549 x 575 km x 97.5035 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-18 21:01 UTC · 12.1 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
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FLYING LAPTOP
1 42831U 17042G 26291.87604977 .00002622 00000-0 20537-3 0 09992
2 42831 97.5035 83.0644 0018815 63.6996 296.6159 15.01718411505014
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 42831U 17042G 26291.87604977 .00002622 00000-0 20537-3 0 09992
2 42831 97.5035 83.0644 0018815 63.6996 296.6159 15.01718411505014
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
July 14th 2017
Spacecraft age
9 years, 3 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
University of Stuttgart
Purpose
Earth Observation/Space Science
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Launch vehicle
Soyuz-2.1a
Contractor
University of Stuttgart
Launch mass
120 kg
Power
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.5035°
Period
95.89 min
Perigee
549 km
Apogee
575 km
Eccentricity
0.0018815
RAAN
83.0644°
Arg of Perigee
63.6996°
Mean Motion
15.01718411 rev/d