FLYING LAPTOP
Mission information
- Name
- FLYING LAPTOP
- Satellite ID
- QPRY-7597-6127-8837-9927
- NORAD ID
- 42831
Status
Operational
Satellite is in orbit and operational
Image

Description
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 down link for near real time observations
SatNOGS Links
Telemetry
- Type
- Transmitter
- Downlink Mode
- BPSK
- Downlink Frequency
- 2263.500 MHz
- Baud
- 128000
Data Downlink System (DDS)
- Type
- Transmitter
- Service
- Amateur
- Downlink Mode
- QPSK
- Downlink Frequency
- 2408.000 MHz
- Baud
- 5000000
Most Recent Observers (last 24h)
No observations recorded for FLYING LAPTOP in the last 24h
Data Frames Decoded - 30 Days
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Orbital Elements
Warning: There is at least one newer non-redestributable TLE set.
Latest Two-Line Element (TLE)
- TLE Source
- Celestrak (active)
- TLE Updated
- 2025-07-13 05:02:46 UTC
- TLE Set
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1 42831U 17042G 25193.90036201 .00000711 00000+0 63468-4 0 9992
2 42831 97.4099 359.8304 0010899 191.8369 168.2600 14.98850504435597