FLP (Flying Laptop)

Launch data: Designation  42831 / 17042G Launch date  14 Jul 2017 - 06:37 UT Launch site  Baik, LC31/6 Launch vehicle  Soyuz-2-1a Fregat-M Mission  Technology Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  586 x 604 km Eccentricity   Inclination   97.6° Period   min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• FLP, the Flying Laptop, is a German minisatellite of the IRS (Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme) at the University of Stuttgart, with a primary mission objective to demonstrate and qualify new small-satellite technologies for follow-up missions.
• It will also 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. The 120 kg satellite has a Ka-band propagation study experiment and a multispectral camera.

External links:

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