Latitude
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FLYING
NORAD 42831 · COSPAR 2017-042G · ACTIVE
Orbit: #50802 @ 550 x 573 km x 97.4994 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-07 22:22 UTC · 14 h old
Orbit history
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Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
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FLYING LAPTOP
1 42831U 17042G 26311.93194913 .00003600 00000-0 28007-3 0 09993
2 42831 97.4994 102.4553 0016498 354.9530 5.1526 15.01771334508025
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 42831U 17042G 26311.93194913 .00003600 00000-0 28007-3 0 09993
2 42831 97.4994 102.4553 0016498 354.9530 5.1526 15.01771334508025
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
97.4994°
Period
95.89 min
Perigee
550 km
Apogee
573 km
Eccentricity
0.0016498
RAAN
102.4553°
Arg of Perigee
354.953°
Mean Motion
15.01771334 rev/d