Geostationary
SXM-8
Satellite Radio Broadcasting · SiriusXM
Right now
LiveIt moves every second. See exactly where it is — worked out from its orbit, on your own device — on the live 3D globe.
- Over
- —
- Altitude
- —
- Speed
- —
SiriusXM's companion next-generation satellite, completing the pair that ensures uninterrupted satellite radio service across North America. SXM-8 provides the geographic diversity that protects SiriusXM from service outages — with two satellites in slightly different geostationary positions, subscribers are always in range of at least one even in parking garages, urban canyons, and hilly terrain where one satellite's signal might be blocked.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,226–22,257 mi (35,770–35,819 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 48838
- Int’l designator
- 2021-049A
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
More geostationary
- SXM-9Satellite Radio Broadcasting
- SYRACUSE 3AMilitary Communications
- SYRACUSE 4AMilitary Communications
- SYRACUSE 4BMilitary Communications
- TDRS 11Data Relay
- TDRS 12Data Relay