MISSION NAME
XM-2 2
Status
Success
DATE
18 MAR 2001
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Sea Launch
Launch Pad
Launch Platform Odyssey
Description
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.
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