Maxar Technologies and SiriusXM announced today that the SXM-8 satellite has completed in-orbit testing and has been handed over to SiriusXM. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the satellite into space on June 6, 2021, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: Maxar and SiriusXM employees pose for a photo with Maxar-built SXM-8 ahead of encapsulation in the … Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) and SiriusXM announced today that the SXM-8 satellite has completed in-orbit testing and has been handed over to SiriusXM. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the satellite into space on June 6, 2021, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.