Sea Launch Zenit 3SL XM-1
Zenit 3SL
Status
Success
Date
8 MAY 2001
22:10
Mission Overview
Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., now Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc., and XM Satellite Radio Inc. (XMTM) signed a contract 23 March 1998, for two BSS-702 model satellites, named XM 1 and XM 2 (nicknamed "Rock" and "Roll"). These satellites are designed to provide state-of-the-art digital audio radio programming directly to cars, homes and portable radios coast to coast.
Rocket
Zenit 3SL
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Stages
1
Livestream
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