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YAM-3
Compiled from public sources on 2026-05-24. Not independently verified by Loft Orbital.
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YAM-3 (Yet Another Mission 3) is a smallsat operated by Loft Orbital, launched 30 June 2021 on a Falcon 9 Transporter-2 rideshare from Cape Canaveral.[1] The satellite carries NORAD catalogue number 48915 and orbits in a sun-synchronous orbit at approximately 430 km altitude with 97.7 degree inclination and a 93.0-minute period.[2]
YAM-3 has an 83 kg bus mass. Loft Orbital's own announcement of YAM-8 identifies YAM-8 as the first mission on the Longbow bus,[3] while a LeoStella delivery notice covers YAM-3 as a LeoStella-built ESPA-class spacecraft.[4] The specific LeoStella bus variant (LS-100 or LS-200) has not been specified in publicly available documentation as of May 2026.
The satellite carries three hosted payloads. First, a Eutelsat ELO IoT radio-frequency receiver for narrowband Internet-of-Things connectivity (which of the two ELO instruments, ELO-1 or ELO-2, is hosted on this spacecraft has not been confirmed in public sources as of May 2026). Second, a POET (Pit Boss and Overhead Experiment Technology) demonstration suite comprising a Sagittarius-A* Innoflight processor, a DARPA Blackjack Pit Boss battle management computer, and an SSCI sensor package, sponsored by the Space Development Agency.[5] Third, an RGB imaging sensor.[1] YAM-3 remained operational as of May 2026.[6]
All fields
| current status | Operational |
| operator | Loft Orbital |
| platform | Longbow Satellite Platform |
| launch vehicle | SpaceX Transporter Smallsat Rideshare Programme |
| Launched | 2021-06-30 |
| orbit type | LEO, Falcon 9 Transporter-2 rideshare |
| tasking supported | No |
| Last updated | 2026-05-24 |
| claim status | Unclaimed |
Supply chain position
- [1]YAM-3, YAM-5, YAM-6 -- Gunter's Space Pagecommunity2026-05-24
- [2]LeoStella delivers YAM-3 to Loft Orbital -- SatNewsoperator press2026-05-24
- [3]Loft Orbital rideshare sats -- SSCI (POET payload operator)operator engineering2026-05-24
- [4]YAM-3 orbital elements -- In-the-Sky.org (NORAD 48915)community2026-05-24
- [5]YAM-8: Entering the Longbow Era -- Loft Orbital blogoperator marketing2026-05-24
- [6]Anywaves collaboration with Loft Orbital YAM missionsoperator press2026-05-24
How to cite this page
Plain text
YAM-3. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V., last reviewed 2026-05-24. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/yam-3 (CC BY 4.0)
BibTeX
@misc{eoatlas:missions:yam-3,
title = {YAM-3},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
year = {2026},
note = {Last reviewed 2026-05-24. CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/yam-3}
}