{"id":4828,"date":"2025-08-21T14:27:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/siriusxms-sxm-10-satellite-becomes-fully-operational-after-successful-launch-and-testing\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:27:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:27:55","slug":"siriusxms-sxm-10-satellite-becomes-fully-operational-after-successful-launch-and-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/siriusxms-sxm-10-satellite-becomes-fully-operational-after-successful-launch-and-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"SiriusXM\u2019s SXM-10 Satellite Becomes Fully Operational After Successful Launch and Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover2184_638913552024113050.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"SiriusXM\u2019s SXM-10 Satellite Becomes Fully Operational After Successful Launch and Testing\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover2184_638913552024113050.png\" style=\"opacity: 0;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover2184_638913552024113050.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>SiriusXM and Maxar Space Systems announced that the SXM-10 satellite has completed in-orbit testing and is now fully operational by SiriusXM following its successful launch by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on June 7, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe SXM-10 satellite strengthens the health of our fleet and the infrastructure that provides a critical foundation for our audio entertainment and information services enjoyed by tens of millions of people across North America,\u201d <strong><\/strong>said <strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Bridget Neville<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>, SiriusXM\u2019s Senior Vice President &amp; GM of Signal Distribution Engineering.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe successful launch and handover of SXM-10 marks another milestone in our long-standing partnership with SiriusXM,\u201d <strong><\/strong>said<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Chris Johnson<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>, CEO of Maxar Space Systems<\/strong>. \u201cThis satellite reflects our shared commitment to innovation and reliability, and we are proud to be able to leverage our proven&nbsp;<\/em><em>Maxar 1300 platform<\/em><em>&nbsp;to help&nbsp;<\/em><em>SiriusXM<\/em><em>&nbsp;deliver advanced audio entertainment services to millions of listeners.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: What are the the Different Types of Launch Vehicles used in Space?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>SXM-10 will help provide continuous, reliable delivery of SiriusXM\u2019s audio entertainment and information services to consumers. SXM-10 is the 11th high-powered, digital audio radio satellite built by Maxar Space Systems for SiriusXM and is built on the Maxar 1300 platform. SXM-10 is more than 27 feet tall and over 100 feet long with its solar arrays deployed, and it weighed almost 6,600 kg at launch. SXM-10 features a large unfurlable S-band reflector antenna supplied by L3Harris that enables SiriusXM programming to reach approximately 175 million SiriusXM-equipped vehicles on the road today.<\/p>\n<p>SXM-10 is the second new satellite to commence service for SiriusXM in 2025, after SXM-9 began service in January. SiriusXM and Maxar Space Systems previously announced that Maxar Space has also been commissioned to build the SXM-11 and SXM-12 satellites for SiriusXM, and those programs are ongoing with launches expected in 2026 and 2027, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SiriusXM and Maxar Space Systems announced that the SXM-10 satellite has completed in-orbit testing and is now fully operational by SiriusXM following its successful launch by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on June 7, 2025. \u201cThe SXM-10 satellite strengthens the health of our fleet and the infrastructure that provides a critical foundation for our audio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25,20],"class_list":["post-4828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}