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Technology Stocks : XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XMSR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kensusman who wrote (45)	4/26/2001 11:28:46 AM
From: kensusman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3386

news about "roll" satellite progress: KS XM Radio's Second Satellite Sails for Equator With XM's 'Rock' in Orbit, 'Roll' Scheduled for May 7 Launch WASHINGTON, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- XM Satellite Radio's (Nasdaq: XMSR) "XM Roll" satellite is aboard the Sea Launch platform on its way from California to the equatorial Pacific Ocean, where it is scheduled to launch into orbit May 7. (Photo: newscom.com ) The Odyssey Launch Platform, carrying XM Roll, to be joined by the Assembly and Command Ship, Sea Launch Commander, are sailing approximately 3,000 miles from Long Beach, Calif., to the launch site on the Equator at 154 degrees West Longitude, in open waters of the Pacific Ocean. A 200-foot Zenit- 3SL rocket will lift the 10,289 lb. (4,672 kg) digital audio radio satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit. Its final position will be at 85 degrees West Longitude.