Payload
XM-3 (RHYTHM)
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
XM-3 (RHYTHM) is a XM Satellite Radio payload satellite, launched on March 1, 2005 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 1, 2005 at 03:50 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Sea Launch (Odyssey, Pacific)
- Launched by
- Zenit 3SL →
- Operator
- Sea Launch
- Mission
- XM-3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,188 km
- Periapsis
- 36,130 km
- Inclination
- 0.65°
- Orbital period
- 1455.16 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- XM Satellite Radio
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,682 kg
- Power
- 18,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2005-008A
- NORAD catalog №
- 28626
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 14.4177 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational