1.   As the old theatrical saying goes, careers are often launched atop the misfortunes of others, and so it was here.

2.   Loral and another aerospace company, Hughes Electronics Corp., exported commercial satellites to China to be launched atop Chinese missiles.

3.   Loral subsequently sold satellites to be launched atop Chinese rockets.

4.   The previous ones were launched atop U.S. rockets.

5.   The solar sail could be conducting its first tests in outer space by the end of next year and will be launched atop a converted Russian missile.

6.   They are launched atop Japanese solid fuel rockets.