1.   DirecTV satellites currently carry one Showtime and two HBO channels that beam movies in HDTV format.

2.   Each satellite carries its own cesium atomic clock.

3.   Noreen also noted low-orbiting satellites do not carry a frequency band compatible with the global positioning system.

4.   Satellites are already carrying all kinds of information to Latin Americans.

5.   Satellites are already carrying all kinds of infmrmation to Latin Americans.

6.   Satellites have carried telephone traffic for decades.

7.   The satellite carried TV signals for customers such as national TV networks, TV program syndicators and state educational TV networks.

8.   The satellites carried instruments that measure the intensity of microwave radiation emitted by oxygen.

9.   When Sen. John McCain answered a question, it was impossible to tell that he was actually in New Hampshire, his image carried by satellite.

10.   Only some calls are now carried by satellite, Chen said.