1.   The American space agency, NASA, already allows access to data from climate research satellites and makes only a minimal charge.

2.   Bacon said there were legitimate disputes over whether caches of research money should be segregated from money for the research satellite.

3.   During the mission, the astronauts deployed two research satellites and made a record four rendezvous with the crafts.

4.   On the second day of the flight, a research satellite was released and used as a platform for the inflation of a huge antenna.

5.   The Air Force craft is the third in a series of research satellites meant to improve the tracking of missiles from space.

6.   The purpose was to place the spherical research satellite, five feet in diameter, high above the shuttle.

7.   A joint Japanese-German research satellite was launched in southwestern Japan Sunday night.

8.   A German research satellite is to be launched into orbit next week aboard a ballistic missile fired from a Russian nuclear submarine, a news agency said Monday.

9.   A Russian rocket carrying Ukrainian and Chilean research satellites blasted into orbit today following technical difficulties the day before, an official said.

10.   A Mexican research satellite was launched into space Thursday aboard a Russian rocket, the Interfax news agency reported.