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Satellite · NORAD 47240 · COSPAR 2020-096A

SXM-7

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

35,790.2km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

0.02°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,768km

Apogee

35,805km

orbit agingOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 03:17 UTC (18.2 h old)· Metadata updated 9 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of SXM-7SXM-7
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Latitude
0.044° N
Longitude
85.135° W
Altitude
35790.2 km
Velocity
3.074 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 03:17 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Partially operational [P]
Radar cross-section
Constellation membership derived
SiriusXM via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • SXM-7Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
Sirius XM
SATCAT owner code
US · United States

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
13 Dec 2020
COSPAR launch id
2020-096

Objects from the same launch · 1

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Owner CodeUSCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassGEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources
  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 7 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 9 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 20:57 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Timeline

Events

All events

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
47240
COSPAR / international designator
2020-096A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SX2MW147E7D5J081A9K
Canonical slug
sxm-7-47240

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Communications) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.