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XM-4
Satellite radio communications satellite operated by SiriusXM. XM-4 was launched on October 30, 2006 aboard a Zenit-3SL from Kiritimati (Sea Launch). Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2006-049ANORAD 29520United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- XM-4
- Payload designation
- XM Radio-4
- Other names
- XM-Blues
- International designator
- 2006-049A
- NORAD catalog number
- 29520
- GCAT identifier
- S29520
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/506
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- XM Radio
- Owner
- XM Radio
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- BSS-702HP
Launch
- Date
- October 30, 2006 · 23:48 UTC
- Launch record
- 2006-049Success
- Rocket
- Zenit-3SL
- Spaceport
- Kiritimati (Sea Launch)
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,784 km
- Apogee
- 35,788 km
- Inclination
- 0.04°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Oct 18, 2023
- End of operations
- Oct 18, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 5,193 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,700 kg
- Length
- 7.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.30 m
- Span
- 40.4 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18327683 (CC0).