Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-8
Podsumowanie
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-8 — 6 czerwca 2021, 04:26 UTC. Status: start udany. Rakieta: Falcon 9 Block 5. Pad: Space Launch Complex 40 (Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA).
Parametry
- start udany
- 6 czerwca 2021, 04:26 UTC
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- nie
- SXM-8
Transmisje
- [Falcon 9 SXM-8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wYmB8pHx8s)
- [SXM-8 Mission](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgtDRR2F2wA)
Opis misji (angielski, Launch Library 2)
SXM-8 is a large high power broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM's digital audio radio service (DARS). Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) got in July 2016 the contract to build the two satellites based on their SSL-1300 bus - SXM-7 and SXM-8. Satellite design operates in the S-band spectrum. Each satellite will generate more than 20-kW of power and will have a large unfurlable antenna reflector, which enables broadcast to radios without the need for large dish-type antennas on the ground. SXM-8 is meant to replace the XM-4 satellite. SXM-7 was meant to replace the XM-3, but suffered a failure in orbit 6 weeks after its launch.