There is a real satellite in the space called "XCOM"

Hello, Commander. We have received reports that the US Naval Research Laboratory has launched two new satellites in orbit around the Earth. One of them is called: XCOM.

Since it studies X-ray communications, the name "XCOM" is written by itself! But the team behind her also knew exactly what she was doing when she named him, because check out the satellite logo (Jake Solomon, senior designer at XCOM and XCOM 2):

If this does not sound familiar to you, here is XCOM game logo:

Pleasant.

You can read about satellite work here; I recommend it because the memoir contains the following phrase: "X-rays can pierce the hot plasma sheath that forms as spacecraft pass through the Earth's atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.