Sirius FM-5

Proton-M/Briz-M launched the Sirius FM-5 satellite, a spare/replacement spacecraft for Sirius XM's satellite radio broadcasting fleet, into geostationary transfer orbit from Baikonur.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

6.8 T

Flight

6th

of 33 Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced flights

Date and time

30 June 2009, 19:10 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Communications

International designator

2009-034

Launches in 2009

36th of 78

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