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YAM-2, 48911

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAM-2, 48911 is a payload satellite owned by Loft Orbital (US) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 30 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

48911, 2021-059AJ

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

Loft Orbital Solutions Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

Blue Canyon

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

YAM, Unknown motor

Mass

~80 kg wet, ~80 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2021-06-30 (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, 1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.446 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 YAM-2
1 48911U 21059AJ  25123.99524528  .00103331  00000-0  83851-3 0  9996
2 48911  97.6696 295.7150 0001936 323.1549  36.9579 15.70416098214662

Epoch: 2025-05-03T23:53Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T23:53:09.192Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

75.2972°

Altitude

359.815 km

Speed

7.694 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 42m 51s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

78.33151°

Longitude

35.30924°

Altitude

371.337 km

Speed

7.693 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 18m 11s

Apparent Declination

35° 28' 52"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:13:55

Azimuth

359.102° N

Elevation

-14.596°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

355.921 km

Perigee altitude

353.314 km

Semi-major axis

6,732.755 km

Eccentricity

0.0001936

Inclination

97.6696°

RAAN

295.715°

Arg. of periapsis

323.1549°

True anomaly

36.97124°

Mean anomaly

36.9579°

Eccentric anomaly

36.96457°

Mean motion

3.92875 °/min

BSTAR

0.00083851

Orbital period

91.63 mins

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Other satellites on launch #59 in the year 2021 (2021-06-30 UTC)

STARLINK-3003, 48879 (Decayed)

LINCS2, 48903

SPACEBEE-111, 48904 (Decayed)

NUSAT-19 (ROSALIND), 48905 (Decayed)

UMBRA-2001, 48906 (Decayed)

MANDRAKE 2 ABLE, 48907

MANDRAKE 2 BAKER, 48908

PACE-1, 48909

GNOMES-2, 48910 (Decayed)

ION SCV-003, 48912 (Decayed)

CAPELLA-5 (WHITNEY), 48913 (Decayed)

ICEYE-X12, 48914 (Decayed)

YAM-3, 48915

ICEYE-X13, 48916

YAM-2 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.
4 mins	2025-05-05 00:54:18.875Z	337.896° N	2025-05-05 00:56:18.875Z	286.365° WNW	20.702°	2025-05-05 00:58:18.875Z	237.246° WSW

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