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[Phys-L] satellite Sun outages



I've heard of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) disrupting
satellites, but I've ever heard of this (which a friend just sent me):

http://www.optimum.com/sun-outage.jsp

Why does this happen only twice a year? Why not every day when the
satellite (geosynchronous?) is aligned with the Sun?