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Launch Date
1/1/2021
Launch Site
CC LC40
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Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT5 (Falcon 9 Family)
The Falcon 9 upper stage deployed the SXM-8 satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit 32 minutes after liftoff.
Maxar and SiriusXM employees posed for a photo with the Maxar-built SXM-8 ahead of encapsulation in the fairing of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
SXM-8 is built on Maxar’s 1300-class satellite platform.
SXM-8 is roughly 8.2 m tall (8.23 m), has a mass of about 7,000 kg (7,000 kg), launched in June 2021, and completed on-orbit testing in July 2021.
Maxar is building the SiriusXM satellite SXM-8, which is scheduled for launch in 2021.
Construction of SiriusXM’s SXM-8 satellite is underway and SXM-8 is expected to be launched into geostationary orbit later in 2021.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SXM-8 satellite on 2021-06-06 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
SpaceX launched SXM-8 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 2021-06-06.
Maxar made contact with the SXM-8 spacecraft several hours after deployment and confirmed the satellite deployed its solar arrays and began firing thrusters to move into geostationary orbit.
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 Falcon 9 first stage used for CRS-23 previously supported SpaceX Crew-1, Crew-2, and the SXM-8 launches.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster used on Transporter-4 previously supported the Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, and one Starlink mission.
SXM-8, built by Maxar and launched by SpaceX in 2021, is currently SiriusXM’s only third-generation satellite providing radio services in orbit.
The 2022-12-29 Falcon 9 booster previously supported Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar FM15, and two Starlink missions.
SXM-8 launched on 2021-06-06 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 with a launch mass of approximately 7,000 kg.