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YAM-8, 63254

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAM-8, 63254 is a payload satellite owned by Loft Orbital (US) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 15 Mar 2025 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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

63254, 2025-052AW

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

Loft Orbital Solutions Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

Airbus/Toulouse

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

ARROW, Unknown motor

Mass

~150 kg wet, ~140 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-03-15 (1 year ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Trap Box + 2 Pan, 2.3 m

Radar Cross Section

2.032 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 5 hours ago

TLE from 5 hours ago

0 YAM-8
1 63254U 25052AW  26193.18783205  .00002722  00000-0  16436-3 0  9995
2 63254  97.6922  94.8376 0003558 110.6134 249.5478 15.11577933 73046

Epoch: 2026-07-12T04:30Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-07-12T04:30:28.689Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

97.12777°

Altitude

535.318 km

Speed

7.594 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 19m 21s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

22:02:06

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

530.834 km

Perigee altitude

525.919 km

Semi-major axis

6,906.514 km

Eccentricity

0.00036

Inclination

97.6922°

RAAN

94.8376°

Arg. of periapsis

110.6134°

True anomaly

249.5096°

Mean anomaly

249.5478°

Eccentric anomaly

249.5287°

Mean motion

3.78142 °/min

Orbital period

95.2 mins

BSTAR

0.00016436

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Other satellites on launch #52 in the year 2025 (2025-03-15 UTC)

M-SEL, 63231

HYDRA-W, 63490 (Decayed)

OBJECT AH, 63241

LEMUR 2 THEFALCONER, 63264

IOD1_STARTICAL, 63212

OBJECT BC, 63260

HERMES-5, 63834

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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.
7 mins	2026-07-12 17:20:21.805Z	157.308° SSE	2026-07-12 17:23:21.805Z	120.437° SE	40.634°	2026-07-12 17:27:21.805Z	353.842° N
5 mins	2026-07-13 06:30:21.805Z	4.482° NNE	2026-07-13 06:32:21.805Z	307.569° NW	43.498°	2026-07-13 06:35:21.805Z	201.34° SSW

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YAM-8, 63254

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 5 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-07-12T04:30:28.689Z)

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Other satellites on launch #52 in the year 2025 (2025-03-15 UTC)

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