[Swprograms] CBC on XM Satellite Radio

[Joe Buch <joseph.buch@xxxxxxx>]

The following New York Times article says that in addition to Sirius, XM is working on getting its signals into Canada and providing Canadian content to the USA.  

The low angle of elevation of the equatorial orbital plane XM satellites will prove useless at far northern latitudes.  The satellites will be below the horizon more than 81 degrees north latitude and too low to use at much lower latitudes.  The author of the NYT article was apparently unaware of that physical constraint because he did not ask how XM planned to overcome that problem.  In Canada Sirius will have a definite advantage because of its elliptical Molinya orbit plan.

<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/technology/circuits/09cana.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5035&en=b6c6558a4ec062b4&ex=1188968400&partner=MARKETWATCH>


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