• The satellite is shaped like a long rectangle, about three times as tall as an adult man and covered in glass tiles
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    This 16-foot-tall Sirius FM-4 broadcasting satellite was built as a flight-ready back-up for a constellation of three satellites developed by SiriusXM.  

  • The satellite is shaped like a long rectangle, about three times as tall as an adult man and covered in glass tiles

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Dane Penland

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