SpaceX Launches SXM-7 for SiriusXM; SXM-8 to Follow in 2021

SiriusXM's SXM-7 satellite, launched Sunday by SpaceX, will bolster the continuity and reliability of its U.S. coverage and let the service expand its coverage area in Canada and the Caribbean, SiriusXM said. Another Maxar-built satellite, SXM-8, is to be launched in 2021, and SXM-7 and SXM-8 together will replace XM-3 and XM-4, it said.