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Flying Laptop
Flying Laptop [University of Stuttgart]
Flying Laptop is a German minisatellite of the IRS (Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme) at the University of Stuttgart, Germany with a primary mission objective to demonstrate and qualify new small-satellite technologies for follow-up missions.
Flying Laptop will demonstrate a number of innovative technologies including infra-red high speed optical links. It also carries three cameras with 25 meter resolution and an S-Band downlink for near real time observations.
| Nation: | Germany |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | IRS |
| Contractors: | IRS |
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| Power: | 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 2 years |
| Mass: | 120 kg |
| Orbit: | 586 km × 606 km, 97.61° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flying Laptop (FLP) | 2017-042G | 14.07.2017 | Ba LC-31/6 | Soyuz-2-1a Fregat | with Kanopus-V-IK 1, WNISAT 1R, NORSAT 1, NORSAT 2, TechnoSat, CICERO 1, 2, 3, Landmapper-BC 1, 2, MKA-N 1, 2, Flock-2k 1, ..., 48, Lemur-2 42, ..., 49, NanoACE, Mayak, Iskra-MAI-85, UTE-UESOR |
References:
- eoPortal Directory: Flying Laptop
