Flying laptop
| Flying laptop | |
|---|---|
| Country: |
 Germany
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| Operator: | IRS , University of Stuttgart |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2017-042G |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | approx. 120 kg |
| Size: | 60 cm × 70 cm × 90 cm |
| Begin: | July 14, 2017, 06:36 UTC |
| Starting place: | Baikonur 31/6 |
| Launcher: | Soyuz 2-1a / Fregat -M |
| Status: | in operation |
| Orbit data | |
| Rotation time : | 96.6 min |
| Orbit inclination : | 97.6 ° |
| Apogee height : | 613 km |
| Perigee height : | 593 km |
Flying Laptop is a small satellite and amateur radio satellite that was developed at the Institute for Space Systems at the University of Stuttgart from 2004 and launched on July 14, 2017.
mission
Flying Laptop has four mission objectives: training, technology testing, earth observation and building infrastructure.
Flying Laptop was developed and manufactured by doctoral students at the University of Stuttgart. Students were involved in the project through courses, internships and theses. Essential elements of the satellite bus are new developments within the framework of industrial cooperations that are to be tested in space as part of the Flying Laptop Mission. Large parts of the payload were developed at the Institute for Space Systems and are also to be tested. Flying Laptop has two camera systems in different spectral ranges for earth observation and vegetation analysis. In addition to a control center and a ground station with an S-band antenna system, a clean room was built at the Institute for Space Systems in which the satellite was integrated.
system
Flying Laptop is a three-axis stabilized satellite with a mass of approx. 120 kg and a volume of 60 × 70 × 85 cm. Three solar panels, two of which can be unfolded, are installed to generate energy. Communication takes place in the commercial S-band , payload data is transmitted in the non-commercial amateur radio range of the 13-centimeter band . In addition to optical payloads, a receiver for the Automatic Identification System (AIS) and a laser downlink experiment are installed.
Ground stations
In the first phase of the flight, three ground stations of the German Aerospace Center are in contact with the satellite: Weilheim in Bavaria , Inuvik in Canada and GARS-O'Higgins in Antarctica . Later on, the IRS ground station in Stuttgart was mainly in contact with the satellite. In addition, a ground station at the Geo Research Center Potsdam in Ny-Ålesund on Spitsbergen is used to receive additional satellite data.
Mission history
The launch took place on July 14, 2017 from Baikonur in Kazakhstan . The first telemetry data was received in Germany that same evening. After successful commissioning in orbit, the first image recorded by the satellite was received on the ground five days after the launch. The data collected by the Flying Laptop are now being recorded and evaluated in routine operation. All satellite systems are working stably and a large number of mission objectives could be achieved in the first year of operation.
Web links
- Official Homepage (English)
- ESA: Flying Laptop (English)
- Report to start: Launch Success - Russia's Soyuz Delivers 73 Satellites in Orbit Complex Multi-Mission (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Orbit data according to FLYING LAPTOP. N2YO, September 25, 2017, accessed September 26, 2017 .
- ↑ ESA: Flying Laptop. In: eoPortal. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
- ^ University of Stuttgart: ground station. February 28, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
- ^ University of Stuttgart: Ground station network. September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
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↑ MINT22com: MINT22com. July 14, 2017, accessed on July 15, 2017 : "
- Telemetry data @Flying_Laptop # Satellite project received in Germany! "
- ↑ FOCUS Online: Stuttgart: Satellite Flying Laptop of the University of Stuttgart Student project one year successful in orbit . In: FOCUS Online . ( focus.de [accessed on November 5, 2018]).
- ↑ K.-S. Klemich, J. Keim, N. Bucher, J. Burgdorf, M. Böttcher: The Flying Laptop University Satellite Mission: Ground Infrastructure and Operations after one Year in Orbit. November 9, 2018, accessed November 12, 2018 .