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SpaceX launched the SiriusXM SXM-9 mission on a Falcon 9 to geosynchronous transfer orbit on Thursday, 2024-12-05 at 11:10 a.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SXM-9 is the 10th high-powered digital audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM.
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, 2024-12-05 for the launch of the SiriusXM SXM-9 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit.
SXM-9 is the 10th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM.
The SiriusXM SXM-9 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SiriusXM purchased two geostationary satellites from Maxar in 2024 to expand its radio broadcasting constellation.
Maxar Technologies has been building satellites for SiriusXM for more than two decades, including first-generation Sirius satellites launched in 2000.
SXM-11, SXM-12, SXM-9, and SXM-10 are intended to enable SiriusXM to innovate and improve service offerings and to extend continuous delivery of audio entertainment content.
Maxar Technologies will build and deliver two geostationary communications satellites, SXM-11 and SXM-12, for SiriusXM.
The delivery of SXM-11 and SXM-12 will bring the total number of Maxar-built spacecraft for SiriusXM to 13.
Maxar has built satellites for SiriusXM for more than two decades, including first-generation satellites launched in 2000, second-generation satellites launched in 2009 and 2013, and the first third-generation satellite that entered service in 2021.
SXM-11 and SXM-12 will provide more capability to SiriusXM’s fleet, including an expanded service area and higher service quality.
The delivery of SXM-11 and SXM-12 will bring the total number of Maxar-built spacecraft for SiriusXM to 13.
SiriusXM offers satellite-delivered Marine and Aviation services that provide pilots and boaters with weather data and information directly to their cockpits.
SXM-11 and SXM-12 increase the number of spacecraft in development for SiriusXM by Maxar to four, following a 2021 agreement for SXM-9 and SXM-10.
SXM-11 and SXM-12 will feature more powerful antennas to improve SiriusXM service to Alaska and Canada.
Maxar Technologies built SiriusXM’s second-generation satellites that launched in 2009 and 2013.
SiriusXM has ordered two geostationary satellites, SXM-11 and SXM-12, to be built by Maxar Technologies.
SiriusXM offers satellite-delivered Marine and Aviation services that provide pilots and boaters with weather data and information directly to their cockpits.
SXM-8, built by Maxar and launched by SpaceX in 2021, is currently SiriusXM’s only third-generation satellite providing radio services in orbit.