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Most of the Maxar-built satellites for SiriusXM were originally ordered from Space Systems Loral, which in 2012 became part of a company that later became Maxar.
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.
Construction of SiriusXM’s SXM-8 satellite is underway and SXM-8 is expected to be launched into geostationary orbit later in 2021.
SXM-7 will deploy a large antenna to broadcast programming for SiriusXM subscribers in North America and the Caribbean.
Garmin is the first company to offer SiriusXM’s new Fish Mapping service with its GXM 54 antenna.