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Sirius says its satellites won’t last as long as first thoughtLou Josephs reports: US satellite radio firm Sirius says its satellites won’t last as long as first thought. The birds were supposed to work for 15 years — but Sirius says they’ll likely make it to only 13 years. That’s partly because of the way they plan to change their in-orbit configuration. Sirius says “our satellites have experienced circuit failures on their solar arrays, but so far they’re all still operational". Loral put these 3 birds in highly elipictical orbits, not geostationary
- which is why they have 3 satellites instead of two. You can thank the
sunspot cycle for the failures on the solar arrays Source: Media Network
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