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SXM-8
Satellite radio communications satellite operated by SiriusXM. SXM-8 was launched on June 6, 2021 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2021-049ANORAD 48838United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SXM-8
- International designator
- 2021-049A
- NORAD catalog number
- 48838
- GCAT identifier
- S48838
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1024
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Sirius XM
- Owner
- Sirius XM
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Maxar Space Solutions Group
- Platform (bus)
- LS-1300
Launch
- Date
- June 6, 2021 · 04:26 UTC
- Launch record
- 2021-049Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,664 km
- Apogee
- 35,670 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Mar 3, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 7,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,884 kg
- Length
- 5.2 m
- Diameter
- 5.60 m
- Span
- 30.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q107629312 (CC0).