▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0141°
Eccentricity	0.0005399
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,809 km
Perigee	35,764 km
Mean motion	1.00272793 rev/day
RAAN	29.2514°
Arg of perigee	2.8341°
Mean anomaly	188.2994°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	1,878

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 7, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 48838U 21049A 26188.05693579 -.00000190 00000-0 00000-0 0 9997

2 48838 0.0141 29.2514 0005399 2.8341 188.2994 1.00272793 18782

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "SXM-8",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2021-049A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T01:21:59.252+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00272793,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0005399,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0141,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 29.2514,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 2.8341,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 188.2994,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 48838,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 1878,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.0000019,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	SXM-8
Operator	Sirius XM Radio IncHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree Sirius XMMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	United States
Launch date	Jun 6, 2021HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	7000HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims9

Sources2

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org
WikidataCC0 1.0query.wikidata.org

▸Actions

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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.