Sirius Radio Announces Launch Time For Sirius-2

    NEW YORK, Aug. 28 Sirius Satellite Radio ,
the satellite radio broadcaster, today announced that Sirius-2 is scheduled to
launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:44 a.m. EDT on
September 5.  Sirius-1, the first of the company's three satellite
constellation, was successfully launched into orbit on June 30.  Sirius-3, the
company's third satellite, is scheduled for launch in October.  Sirius-4, the
company's ground spare satellite previously scheduled for delivery to ground
storage in December, was damaged during assembly and will be delayed.  A
revised delivery date for Sirius-4 is expected in approximately 30 days.
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    From its three orbiting satellites, Sirius (http://www.siriusradio.com)
will directly broadcast up to 100 channels of digital-quality programming to
motorists throughout the continental United States for a monthly subscription
fee of $9.95. Sirius will deliver 50 channels of commercial-free music in
virtually every genre, and up to 50 channels of news, sports and entertainment
such as CNBC, NPR, SCI FI Channel, Classic Radio and the BBC. Sirius' broad
and deep range of almost every music format as well as its news, sports and
entertainment programming is not available on conventional radio in any market
in the United States.
    Sirius has alliances to install three-band (AM/FM/SAT) radios in Ford,
Chrysler, BMW, Mercedes, Mazda, Jaguar and Volvo vehicles. In addition, Sirius
has alliances with numerous electronics manufacturers to furnish radios to
automakers, as well as adapters to electronics retailers that will allow
radios in existing vehicles to receive Sirius broadcasts.