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SIRIUS FM-5, 35493

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SIRIUS FM-5, 35493 is a payload satellite owned by Sirius XM (US) in GEO that was launched on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 UTC via a PROTON-M/BRIZ-M launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

35493, 2009-034A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Sirius XM Radio Inc (US)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

FS-1300, R-4D-11-164

Mass

5,820 kg wet, 2,900 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2009-06-30 (16 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PROTON-M/BRIZ-M

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 24.8 m

Radar Cross Section

73.566 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 SIRIUS FM-5
1 35493U 09034A   25124.86676248 -.00000209  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 35493   0.0174 276.6401 0000553 348.3316 183.8988  1.00263830 42548

Epoch: 2025-05-04T20:48Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-04T20:48:08.278Z)

Latitude

0.00172°

Longitude

-86.1457°

Altitude

35,790.642 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 55m 30s

True Declination

0° 00' 06"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-0.0331°

Longitude

17.50385°

Altitude

35,787.625 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 59m 49s

Apparent Declination

-6° 13' 17"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:34:16

Azimuth

151.835° SSE

Elevation

39.824°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,792.227 km

Perigee altitude

35,787.564 km

Semi-major axis

42,168.033 km

Eccentricity

0.0000553

Inclination

0.0174°

RAAN

276.6401°

Arg. of periapsis

348.3316°

True anomaly

183.89837°

Mean anomaly

183.8988°

Eccentric anomaly

183.89858°

Mean motion

0.25065 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.26 mins

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SIRIUS FM-5 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
1440 mins	2025-05-05 03:41:39.601Z	151.845° SSE	2025-05-05 15:11:39.601Z	151.814° SSE	32.667°	2025-05-06 03:41:39.601Z	151.885° SSE

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