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Zenit | XM-2

Sea Launch · Zenit 3SL · Launch Platform Odyssey, Sea Launch

Sea Launch's 6th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 4,464th orbital launch attempt

March 18, 2001Add to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Mar 18, 22:33Mar 18, 22:33 UTC

Flight preview

XM-2

Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., now Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc., and XM Satellite Radio Inc. (XMTM) signed a contract 23 March 1998, for two BSS-702 model satellites, named XM 1 and XM 2 (nicknamed "Rock" and "Roll"). These satellites are designed to provide state-of-the-art digital audio radio programming directly to cars, homes and portable radios coast to coast.

Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

Booster

No booster details available.

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Pad — Launch Platform Odyssey

36 launches from this pad · 40 from Sea Launch

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