Why should this be intuitive to me.. It violates the common principle of the Molniya Orbit. Look the Molniya HEO Orbit is decades old.
I don't need a history of the HEO satellites. What I've said, and I'm absolutely correct in saying, is that the satellite infrastructure for Sirius is not doing as good a job as XM's. That's it. That's all I've said. You can BS about it all day long, but it is a known fact. Blame the orbits. Blame the satellites. I don't care. It simply isn't doing the job, as is evidenced by the fact that Sirius is having to lanuch a fourth satellite, this time a GEO, to get the job done. They should have gone with GEO in the first place and they wouldn't have the problem.
It was developed to provide coverage to the Higher Latitudes. Like I said before. If someone is having a problem with reception indoors or in areas of high shading. Then you need to look at the Terrestrial Network.
The repeater network was designed as an adjunct to the satellites. Both companies claim the repeater network is there to "fill in" weak signal areas. Not to provide coverage for wide areas where there is no service due to insufficient satellite infrastructure.
LOL. All 133 repeaters.
XM has spent over 230 MILLION Dollars in the development and deployment of their Terrestrial Network
And Sirius has spent 73 Million and will increase it to well beyond $100M before finished -- leaving them at almost 50% of XM's cost. In addition, they have to rent space on a Ku to feed their repeaters.
In effect, when you boil it down, you are arguing that two additional satellites (including launch/insurance costs) and the cost of the Ku rental amount to less than $130 million. Obviously, you're not even being rational about it.
But, you need to take your arguement to the Federal Communications Commission and Space Systems Loral.
Whatever. I can tell you what the end result has been -- which is a chronic problem with an inability to deliver a consistent signal to some fixed points on earth that should be adequately serviced by the space segment.
But, you told us that they already had double the 130 number??
Okay, they have 130. It doesn't matter. They will have more before they're done plus two more satellites than XM has to use.
I'm tired of arguing this with you. You are so obviously wrong about practically everything in your post that it is just disingenous and baiting.
If you come up with a substantive argument for a position, fine. There is no reason for me to argue with someone who, once proven wrong, won't simply say, "Uh, yes, you got me on that one." It is never ending. |
