Payload
XM-4 (BLUES)
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 29520
XM-4 (BLUES) is a XM Satellite Radio payload satellite, launched on October 30, 2006 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- October 30, 2006 at 11:48 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Sea Launch (Odyssey, Pacific)
- Launched by
- Zenit 3SL →
- Operator
- Sea Launch
- Mission
- XM-4
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,237 km
- Periapsis
- 36,164 km
- Inclination
- 2.84°
- Orbital period
- 1457.3 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- XM Satellite Radio
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,193 kg
- Power
- 18,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 7 × 3.3 × 3.3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-049A
- NORAD catalog №
- 29520
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 16.1059 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational