XM and Sirius
NORAD ID: 37185
Int'l Code: 2010-053A
Perigee: 35,784.3 km
Apogee: 35,803.9 km
Inclination: 0.0 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42165 km
Launch date: October 14, 2010
Source: United States (US)
Comments: The satellite will be an orbital spare for the XM 3 and XM 4 satellites currently transmitting operational radio signals. Sirius XM 5 will join a fleet of spacecraft already beaming radio signals to receivers in cars, trucks, boats, aircraft, homes and mobile devices of more than 19.8 million subscribers. Two 29.5-foot-diameter (9-m-diameter) unfurlable mesh antennas will broadcast Sirius XM Radio's 135 audio channels. The antennas will be connected to an S-band downlink and X-band uplink communications payload. The satellite is designed to last for at least 15 years in space. Based on Loral's 1300 spacecraft bus, Sirius XM 5 will produce nearly 20 kilowatts of power at the end of its mission.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 37185U 10053A 14201.23271782 -.00000224 00000-0 10000-3 0 9558
2 37185 000.0378 264.8365 0002323 106.5632 285.0766 01.00270538 13836
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for XM-5
