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YAM-3, 48915

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAM-3, 48915 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

48915, 2021-059AN

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

12 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 12 hours ago

0 YAM-3
1 48915U 21059AN  25123.89243597  .00013965  00000-0  38418-3 0  9995
2 48915  97.6800 283.2464 0006983  37.5080 322.6650 15.37282553213895

Epoch: 2025-05-03T21:25Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T21:25:06.467Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

99.94128°

Altitude

453.462 km

Speed

7.642 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 52m 59s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-37.24175°

Longitude

-85.39275°

Altitude

473.119 km

Speed

7.625 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 51m 49s

Apparent Declination

-38° 49' 26"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:07:22

Azimuth

273.692° WNW

Elevation

-81.346°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

455.873 km

Perigee altitude

446.335 km

Semi-major axis

6,829.241 km

Eccentricity

0.0006983

Inclination

97.68°

RAAN

283.2464°

Arg. of periapsis

37.508°

True anomaly

322.61644°

Mean anomaly

322.665°

Eccentric anomaly

322.64072°

Mean motion

3.84578 °/min

BSTAR

0.00038418

Orbital period

93.61 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)

YAM-2, 48911

ION SCV-003, 48912 (Decayed)

CAPELLA-5 (WHITNEY), 48913 (Decayed)

ICEYE-X12, 48914 (Decayed)

ICEYE-X13, 48916

YAM-3 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.
5 mins	2025-05-04 10:03:46.684Z	123.941° SE	2025-05-04 10:05:46.684Z	75.022° E	25.521°	2025-05-04 10:08:46.684Z	10.998° NNE
4 mins	2025-05-04 22:59:46.684Z	50.497° ENE	2025-05-04 23:01:46.684Z	113.365° SE	27.088°	2025-05-04 23:03:46.684Z	157.059° SSE

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