1.   As recently as five years ago, only the intelligence community could build reconnaissance satellites able to produce intelligence-quality imagery.

2.   Both Hughes and Loral build satellites for various commercial and military operations.

3.   Boeing expects to finish designing the network and begin building the satellites next year, Suffia said.

4.   Building a satellite is not required to graduate from ASU, but about half the students working on the project are getting some sort of credit.

5.   Each winner, under terms of the auction, must within one year of receiving the license begin building a satellite.

6.   Each winner, under terms of the FCC auction, must within one year of receiving the license begin building a satellite.

7.   Hughes will build the satellite.

8.   Lockheed Martin built a satellite for EchoStar Communications Corp. that was successfully launched this week from China.

9.   National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials hope the program will demonstrate that a satellite can be built at much lower cost this way than through the usual procurement process.

10.   Motorola also engineered a way to build the satellites horizontally, rather than vertically, as is customary, making it easier for workers to assemble them.