It's Official: XM-5 to be built by SS-Loral

Tuesday, June 7, 2005 at 12:21 PM
Tags: 2, XM

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Well, the rumors were true, not that we doubted it of course, but the official word from XM has come down that the next XM-5 Satellite will be built by Space Systems/Loral.

XM-5 will be finishing construction in 2007 and is intended as a ground spare for XM's in-orbit fleet because the current spare, XM-4, is scheduled to launch in 2006.

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