On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:10:27 -0400, "Lucky"
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Wait til them satellites get totally fried in a BIG solar storm.. and
are useless for years until replaed at great expense

The Ionosphere, meanwhile, will absorb the shock like a rock in a pond,
settling down in a few days


The sats are not even insured at least
in Sirius's case. They state that in their S.E.C files. Perhaps they can't
get them insured or the rate is just too high?

Lucky


Not really worth the payments. There is a cash reserve just in case
and a spare satellite in an hangar (on a hanger?).

The plan is to either put the spare in the same orbit as the other 3
or use it on the Equator and use 2 of the others as rotating (pun
intended) spares.

If they do the former, XM's fixed-install advantage will vanish.

Stay tuned.