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Zenit | XM-2

Sea LaunchLaunch Platform Odyssey — Sea Launch

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
XM-2
Type
Communications
Target orbit
Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

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.

schedule

NET (no earlier than)
Window opens
Window closes
Last updated

vehicle & provider

Rocket
Zenit 3SL
Family
Zenith
Variant
3SL
Provider
Sea Launch
Type
Commercial
Country
RUS

launch site

Pad
Launch Platform Odyssey
Location
Sea Launch
Country
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