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censored account · « **Reply #160 on:** 10/31/2006 02:43 am »

Orbit Injection

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #161 on:** 10/31/2006 02:44 am »

GREAT photos! Much better than the rubbish screenshot we got from the webcast. Credit Sea Launch? I'd like to use it in the modified article I'm writing on the launch

censored account · « **Reply #162 on:** 10/31/2006 02:46 am »

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Chris Bergin - 30/10/2006 7:27 PM

GREAT photos! Much better than the rubbish screenshot we got from the webcast. Credit Sea Launch? I'd like to use it in the modified article I'm writing on the launch

Yes, please credit Sea Launch for the photos.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #163 on:** 10/31/2006 03:13 am »

Done and done. Article on the news site. Thanks.

Will upload the post flight conference and place it on the launch video link.

Thomas ESA · « **Reply #164 on:** 10/31/2006 05:01 am »

Good work Sea Launch!

jacqmans · « **Reply #165 on:** 10/31/2006 07:58 am »

Sea Launch Successfully Delivers the XM-4 Satellite to Orbit
Long Beach, Calif., October 30, 2006 –Sea Launch Company today successfully delivered the XM-4 broadcast satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). Early data indicate the spacecraft is accurately positioned and in excellent condition.

A Zenit-3SL vehicle lifted off at 3:49 pm Pacific Standard Time (23:49 GMT) from the Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned at 154 degrees West Longitude in the equatorial Pacific. All systems performed nominally throughout the flight. The Block DM upper stage inserted the 5,193 kg (11,448 lbs.) spacecraft into geosynchronous transfer orbit, on its way to final orbital position of 115 degrees West Longitude. A ground station at Hartebeesthoek, near Pretoria, South Africa, acquired the first signal from the satellite in orbit.

Built by the Boeing Satellite Development Center, the Boeing 702 spacecraft carries a high-power S-band Digital Audio Radio Service (DARS) payload provided by Alcatel Alenia Space. Like the three XM satellites currently in orbit, XM-4 will support XM Radio’s direct broadcast of digital radio programming to cars, homes and portable radios throughout the continental United States and Canada.

Following the completion of the XM-4 mission, Rob Peckham, president and general manager of Sea Launch, congratulated XM Satellite Radio. "Successfully launching this fourth satellite for XM Radio is extremely satisfying for Sea Launch. The success of the XM-4 mission reconfirms a strong and valuable relationship between two goal-oriented companies. We are proud to be XM Satellite Radio’s launch service provider of choice."

"I also want to take this opportunity to congratulate the Sea Launch team for another outstanding mission. Without the team’s expertise and dedication to excellence, we could not have realized today’s significant accomplishment."

The XM-4 satellite will have 18 kilowatts of total power at the beginning of life on orbit. Specified for a 15-year lifespan, Sea Launch’s direct insertion into equatorial orbit is designed to yield additional years of service life. This is Sea Launch’s fourth successful launch for XM Satellite Radio, completing previous missions in March 2001, May 2001 and February 2005.

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Contact: Paula Korn, 562.499.4729 or 562.254.5684 (mobile), [email protected]

Satori · « **Reply #166 on:** 10/31/2006 09:51 am »

Any idea if this was the last mission of Sea Launch for 2006 or is another flight scheduled (NSS-8) for this year?

Terry Rocket · « **Reply #167 on:** 10/31/2006 12:25 pm »

They seem to be a bit like Ariane 5 (but single payload). Anyone else in this business of Geostationary on the cheap?

censored account · « **Reply #168 on:** 10/31/2006 05:58 pm »

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Satori - 31/10/2006 2:34 AM

Any idea if this was the last mission of Sea Launch for 2006 or is another flight scheduled (NSS-8) for this year?

XM was the last mission of the year, our next launch will be sometime in early January 07.

Bob

Satori · « **Reply #169 on:** 11/01/2006 04:34 am »

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bobrogg - 31/10/2006 12:41 PM

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Satori - 31/10/2006 2:34 AM

Any idea if this was the last mission of Sea Launch for 2006 or is another flight scheduled (NSS-8) for this year?

XM was the last mission of the year, our next launch will be sometime in early January 07.

Bob

oK! Thank you very much and congratulations for a very successful year!