26761 - XM-1 (ROLL)

XM 1, also known as Roll, is an American geosynchronous relay satellite that was launched by a Zenit rocket from a floating platform, Odyssey on the equatorial Pacific ocean at 10:10 UT on 8 May 2001. (XM 2, also known as Rock, was launched in March 2001.) It provides one hundred channels of digital music and entertainment to motorists in North America after parking over 85 degrees W.

Alternate Names

Roll
XM Roll

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-05-08
Launch Vehicle: Zenit
Launch Site: Odyssey (Sea Launch Platform)