LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sun Mar 18 2001
Sea Launch
XM-2
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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Launch Window End
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Zenit 3SLDescription:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Sea Launch
Pad
Launch Platform Odyssey