XM-5
Launch
Launched on Oct 14, 2010 from 81/24 (81P), Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-M Briz-M.
Proton-M Briz-M | Sirius XM-5 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 21:31 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Sirius XM
Country
United States
Manufacturer
Lanteris Space Systems
Launched
Oct 14, 2010
Mass
—
Apogee
35,796 km
Perigee
35,793 km
Inclination
0.06°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for XM-5 across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.6 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
35793 × 35796 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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