SIRIUS 2

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SIRIUS 2 is classified as:

XM and Sirius

NORAD ID: 26483

Int'l Code: 2000-051A

Perigee: 23,282.4 km

Apogee: 24,482.9 km

Inclination: 66.6 °

Period: 872.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 30253 km

RCS: 18.4732 m² (large)

Launch date: September 5, 2000
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

SIRIUS 2, also known as SD-RADIO 2 is an American geosynchronous communications spacecraft that was launched by a Proton-K rocket from Baikonur at 09:44 UT. It will enable S-band digital radio broadcasts (music, news, and entertainment) directly or through urban relay stations to motorists in North America. The Sirius constellation will be completed with the launch of a third spacecraft later this year.

1 26483U 00051A   24325.75308641 -.00000063  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 26483  66.6408  53.6699 0198404 248.4847 117.1610  1.64981630 58970

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC