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Sirius Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio providers in the United States and Canada . After the merger with competitor XM Satellite Radio , approved in 2008, it belongs to Sirius XM Holding. Sirius currently has around 7 million subscribers ( pay radio ), and together with XM Radio, the company has around 18.5 million subscribers.

program

The company's headquarters are in New York City . Additional Sirius Studios are located in Los Angeles , Houston , Memphis , New Orleans , Nashville and Daytona .

Sirius broadcasts on 140 channels, including 71 ad-free music channels ( Pop , Rock , Elec / Dance , Hip-Hop / R&B , Country , Christian , Jazz / Blues , Standards , Classical and Latin / Int'l ). The station uses exclusive contracts with the NFL , NBA , NASCAR , Chelsea London , Wimbledon , CFL and around 150 college sports partners. The News and Talk genre is featured with contributions from ABC News & Talk , CNN , FOX News , E! , CNN Headline News , FOX News Talk , BBC World Service , BBC Radio 1 , npr now , npr talk , CNBC and Bloomberg Radio . In addition, it produces the Polittalk channels Sirius Patriot and Sirius Left itself. In the entertainment area, Sirius offers six comedy channels (including The Foxxhole by US star Jamie Foxx ), Maxim Radio , Playboy Radio , Cosmo Radio , the two Howard Stern channels Howard 100 and Howard 101, Martha Stewart Living Radio , Sirius Stars , RadioClassics and Radio Disney .

Employee

The biggest and most famous personalities who have contracts with Sirius include: US radio star Howard Stern, NASCAR champion Tony Stewart , household magnate Martha Stewart, rapper 50 Cent , Buddhist wellness center founder Deepak Chopra , rapper Eminem , sports expert Scott Ferrall, OSCAR winner Jamie Foxx , DJ Grandmaster Flash , pro skater Tony Hawk , MTV Jackass member Bam Margera , ex-Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya , DJ Premier , Marky Ramone , fitness expert Richard Simmons and the official G- Unit DJ DJ Whoo Kid .

At the end of 2005, Sirius was also in the focus of German media when US radio star Howard Stern signed a five-year contract with Sirius for 500 million US dollars .

Satellites

Sirius Satellite Radio currently operates an active fleet of several satellites: Sirius FM-1 , Sirius FM-2 , Sirius FM-3 and the newer series Sirius FM-5 . The launch of Sirius FM-6 took place on October 25, 2013. Sirius FM-1 to Sirius FM-3 were stationed in highly elliptical geosynchronous orbits with a 63.4 ° orbit inclination between 23,975 km and 46,983 km altitude. Sirius FM-5 was deployed in geostationary orbit. Sirius FM-6 has also been positioned in geostationary orbit and has roughly the same number of transponders as Sirius-FM1 and Sirius-FM-2 combined.

All satellites have been or are of Space Systems / Loral , based on the LS-1300 - satellite bus built. The satellites launched with Proton missiles from Baikonur , the first three with Proton-K / Blok-DM3, the other two with Proton-M / Bris-M.

The Sirius FM-4 satellite was kept on the ground as a replacement and was handed over to the National Air and Space Museum in October 2012, which is on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington-Dulles-International Airport .

distribution

The majority of the listeners are reached via classic satellite systems and Internet streaming . Sirius is also heavily involved in the marketing of satellite-compatible car radios . Due to the extensive expansion of the USA, there are large gaps in terrestrial radio coverage , which Sirius closes via SDARS . Through appropriate cooperation with the manufacturers, many US vehicles have already installed compatible car radios that only need to be activated for subscription.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mission Status Center. In: Spaceflight Now. October 25, 2013, accessed October 25, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Gunter's Space Page: Sirius FM-1 to FM-4 (English)
3. ↑ Gunter's Space Page: Sirius FM-5 (English)
4. ↑ Gunter's Space Page: Sirius FM-6 (English)
5. ^ Sirius FM-4 Broadcasting Satellite Donated to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. (No longer available online.) National Air and Space Museum, October 18, 2012, archived from the original on February 11, 2013 ; accessed on October 20, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Sirius FM-4 Broadcasting Satellite. National Air and Space Museum, accessed December 16, 2014 .