Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Sea Launch
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
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Date
Tue, 08 May 2001 22:10:29 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4470 ever
Mission
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.