On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:30:56 -0500, dxAce
wrote:

BTW: When the XM satellites were built, the contractor was General
Motors.

Oh really? It wasn't Boeing Satellite Systems?

Better get that hammer out!

dxAce
Michigan
USA
BTW: When the XM satellites were built, the contractor was General
Motors.

National, April 17, 2000 -- Alcatel Space, Europe's leading satellite
exporter, today announced the completion and delivery to Hughes Space
& Communications Company of the first of two state-of-the-art
communications payloads for XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:XMSR). The
second payload is scheduled for delivery in May 2000.
The XM payload was manufactured and integrated onto its module at
Alcatel Space's Toulouse, France, facility. On Friday, April 14, 2000,
it was shipped to Hughes' spacecraft factory in El Segundo, CA, where
the 3,500-pound payload module will be integrated into Hughes' 702
spacecraft bus. Hughes Space & Communications (HSC), the world's
leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites, will
conduct functional, antenna range and environmental testing on the
spacecraft in preparation for launch later this year.

"David" wrote in message
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On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:30:56 -0500, dxAce

wrote:

BTW: When the XM satellites were built, the contractor was
General
Motors.

Oh really? It wasn't Boeing Satellite Systems?

Better get that hammer out!

dxAce
Michigan
USA
BTW: When the XM satellites were built, the contractor was
General
Motors.

National, April 17, 2000 -- Alcatel Space, Europe's leading
satellite
exporter, today announced the completion and delivery to Hughes
Space
& Communications Company of the first of two state-of-the-art
communications payloads for XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:XMSR). The
second payload is scheduled for delivery in May 2000.
The XM payload was manufactured and integrated onto its module at
Alcatel Space's Toulouse, France, facility. On Friday, April 14,
2000,
it was shipped to Hughes' spacecraft factory in El Segundo, CA,
where
the 3,500-pound payload module will be integrated into Hughes' 702
spacecraft bus. Hughes Space & Communications (HSC), the world's
leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites, will
conduct functional, antenna range and environmental testing on the
spacecraft in preparation for launch later this year.

Big deal. GM makes the Humvee and provided parts (including
allison transmissions) for the Abrams M-1A1. And there's their
GM Defense division, as well.

--Mike L.

David wrote:

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:30:56 -0500, dxAce
wrote:

BTW: When the XM satellites were built, the contractor was General
Motors.

Oh really? It wasn't Boeing Satellite Systems?

Better get that hammer out!

dxAce
Michigan
USA
BTW: When the XM satellites were built, the contractor was General
Motors.

National, April 17, 2000 -- Alcatel Space, Europe's leading satellite
exporter, today announced the completion and delivery to Hughes Space
& Communications Company of the first of two state-of-the-art
communications payloads for XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:XMSR). The
second payload is scheduled for delivery in May 2000.
The XM payload was manufactured and integrated onto its module at
Alcatel Space's Toulouse, France, facility. On Friday, April 14, 2000,
it was shipped to Hughes' spacecraft factory in El Segundo, CA, where
the 3,500-pound payload module will be integrated into Hughes' 702
spacecraft bus. Hughes Space & Communications (HSC), the world's
leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites, will
conduct functional, antenna range and environmental testing on the
spacecraft in preparation for launch later this year.

Read it again 'tard!!!!! It's a Hughes 702 satellite in that article... Boeing
acquired Hughes in 2000... subsequent XM satellites are BOEING 702's....

Damn, can't you read you stupid piece of **** 'tard?

Repeating, can't you read you stupid piece of **** 'tard?

Do some more research you stupid piece of ****, then go tote it!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:30:08 -0500, dxAce
wrote:



David wrote:

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:30:56 -0500, dxAce
wrote:

BTW: When the XM satellites were built, the contractor was General
Motors.

Oh really? It wasn't Boeing Satellite Systems?

Better get that hammer out!

dxAce
Michigan
USA
BTW: When the XM satellites were built, the contractor was General
Motors.

National, April 17, 2000 -- Alcatel Space, Europe's leading satellite
exporter, today announced the completion and delivery to Hughes Space
& Communications Company of the first of two state-of-the-art
communications payloads for XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:XMSR). The
second payload is scheduled for delivery in May 2000.
The XM payload was manufactured and integrated onto its module at
Alcatel Space's Toulouse, France, facility. On Friday, April 14, 2000,
it was shipped to Hughes' spacecraft factory in El Segundo, CA, where
the 3,500-pound payload module will be integrated into Hughes' 702
spacecraft bus. Hughes Space & Communications (HSC), the world's
leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites, will
conduct functional, antenna range and environmental testing on the
spacecraft in preparation for launch later this year.

Read it again 'tard!!!!! It's a Hughes 702 satellite in that article... Boeing
acquired Hughes in 2000... subsequent XM satellites are BOEING 702's....

Damn, can't you read you stupid piece of **** 'tard?

Repeating, can't you read you stupid piece of **** 'tard?

Do some more research you stupid piece of ****, then go tote it!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

DX ......... I've given him a quick history, just posted a few moments
ago. As mentioned, I'm a 25 year veteran of Hughes Aircraft/General
Motors Hughes Electronics/Boeing Satellite Systems. And guess what -
we've just changed our name again! We are now SDC - Satellite Design
Center of Space and Information Systems, Integrated Defense Systems,
Boeing. I'm sure you understand, just a division buried in a larger
company - not sure if some other(s) will catch on though.