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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

2 days 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 2 days ago

0 YAM-2
1 48911U 21059AJ  25172.46394549  .00108509  00000-0  56700-3 0  9995
2 48911  97.6669 349.2359 0004582 177.7270 182.4018 15.80538059222298

Epoch: 2025-06-21T11:08Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-21T11:08:04.89Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

-87.68702°

Altitude

335.153 km

Speed

7.706 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 16m 56s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

38.35618°

Longitude

100.67626°

Altitude

330.428 km

Speed

7.716 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 39m 38s

Apparent Declination

0° 23' 57"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:28:04

Azimuth

355.535° N

Elevation

-49.598°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

328.887 km

Perigee altitude

322.744 km

Semi-major axis

6,703.952 km

Eccentricity

0.00046

Inclination

97.6669°

RAAN

349.2359°

Arg. of periapsis

177.727°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

182.4018°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.95409 °/min

Orbital period

91.04 mins

BSTAR

0.000567

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

STARLINK-3003, 48879 (Decayed)

LINCS2, 48903 (Decayed)

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	2025-06-24 00:27:50.683Z	31.319° NE	2025-06-24 00:29:50.683Z	112.225° ESE	34.073°	2025-06-24 00:31:50.683Z	172.171° S

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