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SXM-7

NORAD 47240· COSPAR 2020-096A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
Launch
Launched on Dec 13, 2020 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-7
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 01:43 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Sirius XM
Country
United States
Manufacturer
Maxar Technologies
Launched
Dec 13, 2020
Mass
7,000 kg
Apogee
35,813 km
Perigee
35,777 km
Inclination
0.02°
Period
23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SXM-7 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
+0.1 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
35777 × 35813 km
357943581435774May 28Sep 9
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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