Maxar Awarded Contract to Build New Satellite for SiriusXM Maxar Technologies today announced the company will manufacture a new geostationary communications satellite for longtime customer SiriusXM. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: This rendering shows what the Maxar-built SXM-9 will look like once on orbit. Image credit: Maxar. The SXM-9 satellite will be based on Maxar’s proven 1300-class platform and built at the company’s … Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) today announced the company will manufacture a new geostationary communications satellite for longtime customer SiriusXM. This rendering shows what the Maxar-built SXM-9 will look like once on orbit. Image credit: Maxar.