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YAM-8
Payload hosting satellite by Loft Orbital. YAM-8 was launched on March 15, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2025-052AWNORAD 63254United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- YAM-8
- International designator
- 2025-052AW
- NORAD catalog number
- 63254
- GCAT identifier
- S63254
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1290
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- LOFT
- Owner
- Loft Orbital
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Airbus Defense and Space (F) Toulouse
- Platform (bus)
- ARROW
Launch
- Date
- March 15, 2025 · 06:43 UTC
- Launch record
- 2025-052Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 586 km
- Apogee
- 591 km
- Inclination
- 97.74°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Mar 15, 2025
Size
- Mass
- 150 kg
- Dry mass
- 140 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q136913045 (CC0).