This comment examines the proposed merger agreement between Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (Sirius) and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XM). It begins by examining the origin of satellite radio and the current state of Sirius and XM. It proceeds by taking an in-depth look at the Federal...

We propose an auction-based mechanism to improve the efficiency of low earth orbit satellite communication systems. The mechanism allows the ground stations to bid for downlink resources such as spectrum, satellite links, or radios, without the need to send channel status back to satellites....