NORAD 26483
SIRIUS 2
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Position
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Speed
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From your location
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 26483
- International designator
- 2000-051A
- Launch date
- Sep 5, 2000
- Launch site
- TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
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- Beacon
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- Mode
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for Doppler-
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-11-04 18:24:59 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 14.5 hours, on an orbit tilted 67.2° from the equator, between 23,238 and 24,527 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About SIRIUS 2
SIRIUS 2 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Sep 5, 2000 from Tyuratam Missile and Space Complex.
It circles Earth every 873 minutes (1.6 times a day), between 23,224 and 24,527 km up, on an orbit tilted 67.2° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 67° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
Sirius FM-2 · decommissioned communications satellite operated by SiriusXM
- Operated by
- Sirius Satellite Radio, Sirius XM Rad
- Built by
- Lanteris Space Systems
- Mass
- 3,800 kg
Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 26 days its lowest point went from 23,231 km to 23,224 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.