1.   As a back up, Beal has been negotiating with Guyana on the South American coast for the launch facility.

2.   A panel of nonproliferation experts released a study this week opposing the idea of providing satellite launch facilities for North Korea.

3.   Five years ago, the Arizona Space Commission began floating the idea of turning the base into a commercial launch facility.

4.   For canoe and cartop boats, this is a good-size lake with a limited launch facility.

5.   No missiles will be launched from the test site, Lehner said, adding that an existing launch facility several hundred miles away on Kodiak Island would be used.

6.   There was enough high-powered gear to outfit a NASA launch facility at the Comdex computer trade show this week.

7.   An accident Wednesday during construction of a rocket launch facility killed one worker and injured another at a space center in southern Japan, officials said.

8.   Baikonur was the main launch facility of the former Soviet Union and now leased by Russia from its southern neighbor.

9.   Baikonur was the main launch facility of the former Soviet Union and is now leased by Russia from its southern neighbor.

10.   But the site also could serve as an emergency launch facility in the event of a threatened missile attack, officials said.