1.   And as the first step, the agency decided last week to fund four competitors to develop a cheap way to launch small satellites.

2.   Before returning to Earth, the astronauts planned to deploy small experimental satellites developed by Argentina and the U.S. Air Force.

3.   Competition from direct-broadcast satellite -- the new services that have caused small satellite dishes to sprout around the nation -- could also cut into the local revenues.

4.   Cutting the cost of launching small satellites could encourage more launches which could in turn bring the price down further.

5.   He thinks that porous silicon could one day provide thrust for small satellites.

6.   I also like Orbital Sciences, a manufacturer of small satellites and small rockets.

7.   It entered the video game player business in the U.S. this fall and last summer began selling a small satellite dish for receiving digital satellite television programs.

8.   New programs are getting under way that are entirely indigenous, such as a series of small satellites for solar-system exploration and Earth monitoring.

9.   North Korea maintains that the launching was intended to propel a small satellite into low earth orbit.

10.   People whose cars would be equipped with small satellite receivers are intended to be a prime audience.