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YAM-3, 48915

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAM-3, 48915 is a payload satellite owned by Loft Orbital (US) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 30 Jun 2021 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

48915, 2021-059AN

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

Loft Orbital Solutions Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

Blue Canyon

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

YAM, Unknown motor

Mass

~80 kg wet, ~80 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2021-06-30 (4 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.446 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 YAM-3
1 48915U 21059AN  25112.17441934  .00018793  00000-0  52250-3 0  9993
2 48915  97.6783 271.0076 0007625  74.9530 285.2556 15.36880284212092

Epoch: 2025-04-22T04:11Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-22T04:11:09.83Z)

Latitude

-0.00014°

Longitude

-2.26168°

Altitude

457.079 km

Speed

7.639 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 04m 01s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-54.88334°

Longitude

167.13175°

Altitude

481.591 km

Speed

7.62 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 51m 53s

Apparent Declination

-49° 17' 44"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:04:04

Azimuth

132.256° SE

Elevation

-74.158°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

457.505 km

Perigee altitude

447.088 km

Semi-major axis

6,830.434 km

Eccentricity

0.0007625

Inclination

97.6783°

RAAN

271.0076°

Arg. of periapsis

74.953°

True anomaly

285.17128°

Mean anomaly

285.2556°

Eccentric anomaly

285.21344°

Mean motion

3.84477 °/min

BSTAR

0.0005225

Orbital period

93.63 mins

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Other satellites on launch #59 in the year 2021 (2021-06-30 UTC)

STARLINK-3003, 48879 (Decayed)

LINCS2, 48903

SPACEBEE-111, 48904 (Decayed)

NUSAT-19 (ROSALIND), 48905 (Decayed)

UMBRA-2001, 48906 (Decayed)

MANDRAKE 2 ABLE, 48907

MANDRAKE 2 BAKER, 48908

PACE-1, 48909

GNOMES-2, 48910 (Decayed)

YAM-2, 48911

ION SCV-003, 48912 (Decayed)

CAPELLA-5 (WHITNEY), 48913 (Decayed)

ICEYE-X12, 48914 (Decayed)

ICEYE-X13, 48916

YAM-3 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
6 mins	2025-04-22 23:29:11.055Z	9.647° NNE	2025-04-22 23:32:11.055Z	341.224° N	43.243°	2025-04-22 23:35:11.055Z	197.767° SSW
4 mins	2025-04-23 10:02:11.055Z	109.323° ESE	2025-04-23 10:03:11.055Z	80.326° E	25.459°	2025-04-23 10:06:11.055Z	12.232° NNE

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