SiriusXM, co-founded by Rob Briskman ’54, gives Smithsonian pioneering satellite

One of the first satel­lites designed to pro­vide space-based dig­i­tal radio ser­vice to con­sumers in North Amer­ica was recently donated  to the Smith­son­ian. The Sir­ius FM-4 broad­cast­ing satel­lite was built as a flight-ready back-up for a con­stel­la­tion of three satel­lites man­u­fac­tured by Space Systems/Loral. The FM-4 satel­lite will be on dis­play in the James S. McDon­nell Space Hangar of the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

“We are hon­ored that our FM-4 satel­lite will help the National Air and Space Museum tell the story of mod­ern satel­lite com­mu­ni­ca­tions and its pow­er­ful impact on every­day life,” said Prince­ton engi­neer­ing alum­nus Robert Briskman, a co-founder of Sir­iusXM. “Satel­lite radio now takes its place as one of the great inno­va­tions of our time to inspire the next gen­er­a­tion of broadcasters.”

Briskman grad­u­ated from Prince­ton in 1954 with a degree in elec­tri­cal engi­neer­ing.

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