FM-6
Launch
Launched on Oct 25, 2013 from 200/39 (200L), Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-M Briz-M.
Proton-M Briz-M | Sirius FM-6 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 12:07 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Sirius XM
Country
United States
Manufacturer
Lanteris Space Systems
Launched
Oct 25, 2013
Mass
6,003 kg
Apogee
35,796 km
Perigee
35,795 km
Inclination
0.02°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for FM-6 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.3 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
35795 × 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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