[BC] Failing XM Radio

[RokprtMike at aol.com]

Well I am not sure that would help out too much. XM uses GEO sats (the size of a three story building? and Sirius uses LEO sats that are much mush smaller and much cheaper to store in the garage. Like the Amateur OSCAR system.
 
The plan was to launch all GEOS when replacement was necessary when the merger took place.
 
Mike
 
In a message dated 4/22/2010 12:20:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:
>>>>I don't know what XM has ready, but I do know that Sirius has or had a
>4th satellite built and "ready to go" if needed. It would be launched
>from Russia, and may be in storage over there. Sirius has 3 birds in an
>figure 8 orbit over North & South America. If one of those three failed
>  service would most likely be a bit more prone to dropouts, but they
>would not be "Off the Air".<<<<