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XM-1

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Computing position…
Blue circle: where it is above the horizon now

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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.2 hours, on an orbit tilted 9.2° from the equator, between 36,135 and 36,168 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About XM-1

XM-1 is a satellite from the United States, launched on May 8, 2001 from Sea Launch.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 177°W, turning with Earth so it stays over the same spot.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

XM-1 · decommissioned satellite radio communications satellite operated by SiriusXM

Operated by
Sirius XM Rad
Built by
Boeing Satellite Development Center
Mass
4,682 kg

Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 25 days its lowest point went from 36,140 km to 36,127 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
36,13036,14036,15036,160Nov 26

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.