ADVISORY/Second Boeing-built XM Satellite at Sea, Ready for Launch.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday (May 1) NOTE TO EDITORS: Multimedia Assets Available With This Story Include Logos, Photos, Text News Releases --(BUSINESS WIRE) An official launch date and time have been set for XM "Roll," the second of two powerful Boeing 702-model spacecraft built for XM Satellite Radio Inc., by Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS See 802.11. BSS - Block Started by Symbol ), a unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BA). With the Sea Launch ocean platform well on its way to its launch site on the equator, XM "Roll" is officially scheduled to launch on May 8, with the 45-minute launch window opening at 3:10 p.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT (6:10 p.m. EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT and 10:10 p.m. GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) See UTC. GMT - Universal Time 1 ). The Sea Launch platform left its Long Beach home port on April 25. [pilcrow (paragraph sign)] You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?2806 This multimedia news story is for free and unrestricted use on your news information site (and for print or broadcast too). Visit http://www.newstream.com to download video, audio, text, graphics and photos. If you have any questions about the story, or about Newstream.com, please write to us at info@newstream.com. |
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