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XM-8, 48838

Orbit data source: Space-Track

XM-8, 48838 is a payload satellite owned by Sirius XM (US) in GEO that was launched on Sun, 06 Jun 2021 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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

48838, 2021-049A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

18 hours ago

Origin

Sirius XM Radio Inc (US)

Manufacturer

Maxar Space Sol

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

LS-1300, R-4D

Mass

~7,000 kg wet, ~2,884 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2021-06-06 (4 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 30 m

Radar Cross Section

81.349 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 18 hours ago

0 XM-8
1 48838U 21049A   25128.58100144 -.00000201  00000-0  00000+0 0  9991
2 48838   0.0285  74.1953 0003346 346.8410 289.5930  1.00272883 14562

Epoch: 2025-05-08T13:56Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T13:56:38.524Z)

Latitude

0.00648°

Longitude

-85.21883°

Altitude

35,780.993 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 22m 21s

True Declination

0° 00' 23"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-0.00133°

Longitude

-177.92423°

Altitude

35,799.372 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

17h 21m 43s

Apparent Declination

-6° 10' 45"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:51:50

Azimuth

150.518° SSE

Elevation

39.463°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,801.466 km

Perigee altitude

35,773.249 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.495 km

Eccentricity

0.0003346

Inclination

0.0285°

RAAN

74.1953°

Arg. of periapsis

346.841°

True anomaly

289.55687°

Mean anomaly

289.593°

Eccentric anomaly

289.57494°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.13 mins

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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2021 (2021-06-06 UTC)

FALCON 9 R/B, 48839

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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	2025-05-09 07:42:47.973Z	150.528° SSE	2025-05-09 13:48:47.973Z	150.557° SSE	32.441°	2025-05-10 07:42:47.973Z	150.529° SSE

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