SXM-8
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
04:26:00
Sunday June 6, 2021
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SXM-8
SXM-8 is the ninth high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM. Built on Maxar’s 1300-class platform and designed to provide more than 15 years of service, SXM-8 is more than 8 meters tall and weighed nearly 7,000 kg at launch. SXM-8 has a large, mesh, unfurlable reflector almost 10 meters in diameter that allows SiriusXM programming to reach its radios, including those in moving vehicles.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
7,000 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$74.00 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 70m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 22,000 kg
GTO: 8,300 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
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Stats
Falcon 9
122nd
Mission
18th
Mission of 2021
SpaceX
130th
Mission
18th
Mission of 2021
2021
51st
Orbital launch attempt