LaunchesSirius SXM-9
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Sirius SXM-9
Falcon 9 · Communications
Dec 5, 2024 · 16:10 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Mission
SXM-9 is the 10th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM. The SXM-9 satellite will be based on Maxar’s proven 1300-class platform and built at the company’s manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. It is expected that SXM-9 will launch in 2024. SXM-9 has a large, mesh, unfurlable reflector almost 10 meters in diameter that allows SiriusXM programming to reach its radios, including those in moving vehicles.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Orbit
- GTO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- NET precision
- Hour
- Data source
- LL2