SiriusXM is a leading audio entertainment company in North America that utilizes satellite technology to deliver its services. As a satellite radio provider, SiriusXM relies on a constellation of high-powered satellites to broadcast music, sports, talk, news, comedy, and entertainment to subscribers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The company partners with manufacturers like Maxar Space Systems to build and maintain its satellite fleet, ensuring continuous and reliable delivery of its audio content to millions of listeners.
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SpaceX placed a Maxar-built satellite for SiriusXM into orbit on 2021-06-06.
SiriusXM holds insurance on SXM-7 valued at $225,000,000.
Falcon 9 launched the SiriusXM SXM-8 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SiriusXM took a $220,000,000 charge to its net income because of the failure of SXM-7.
The Falcon 9 first stage tested at Space Launch Complex 40 is scheduled to launch the SXM-8 satellite for SiriusXM Satellite Radio on 2021-06-06.
The tenth-flight booster later launched the Radarsat Constellation Mission, the SXM-7 satellite for SiriusXM, and six Starlink missions prior to the 2021-05-09 launch, most recently on 2021-03-14.
Sirius XM recorded a $220,000,000 noncash impairment charge related to the Sirius XM-7 failure in its 2021-04-28 financial results.
The same booster later launched the Radarsat Constellation Mission and the SXM-7 satellite for SiriusXM.
Sirius XM Holdings filed a report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 2021-01-27 about a failure of its Sirius XM-7 satellite, and Maxar provided information on that failure.
Construction of SiriusXM’s SXM-8 satellite is underway and SXM-8 is expected to be launched into geostationary orbit later in 2021.
Maxar is building the SiriusXM satellite SXM-8, which is scheduled for launch in 2021.
SiriusXM operates the XM-5 satellite as an in-orbit spare designed to supplement its existing fleet.
SXM-7 is one of two digital audio radio service satellites that SiriusXM ordered from Space Systems Loral (now Maxar Technologies) in 2016.
SXM-7 will deploy a large antenna to broadcast programming for SiriusXM subscribers in North America and the Caribbean.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the SXM-7 spacecraft for SiriusXM on 2020-12-13 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Garmin is the first company to offer SiriusXM’s new Fish Mapping service with its GXM 54 antenna.
SiriusXM’s Fish Mapping service was announced on 2019-09-09 and is available on Garmin International’s GXM 54 satellite weather receiver.