March 18, 2001 at 10:33 PM UTC
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March 18, 2001 at 10:33 PM UTC
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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.
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Height
4.6 m
Diameter
0.42 m
LEO capacity
0 kg
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