11.   U.S. satellites can detect missile launchings anywhere on the globe, but the United States has no means of shooting down long-range missiles in flight.

12.   U.S. spy satellites have detected North Koreans preparing to launch another missile and Tokyo has been warned, a Japanese newspaper reported Wednesday.

13.   A US reconnaissance satellite detected the North Korean move and the US government passed on the information to the Japanese government, the newspaper said.

14.   The system also allows a satellite to detect the exact location of the car through the Global Positioning System technology used by boats and planes.

15.   Satellites have detected other gold deposits.

16.   The Defense Department said its satellites had detected irregular movements in Iraqi bases but later admitted that it could not say with certainty that an invasion was being planned.