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SuccessXM-2 · Sea Launch
Launch time (NET)
Sunday, Mar 18, 2001, 22:33 UTC
Launch window
Sunday, Mar 18, 2001, 22:33 UTC – Sunday, Mar 18, 2001, 22:33 UTC
Provider
Sea Launch
Rocket
Launch pad
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Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
XM-2
Type
Communications
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.
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