1.   A half-dozen giants are bidding for the right to launch satellites that can pump streams of data directly into homes.

2.   They did a full survey to begin with, launching several satellites to encircle the planet, collecting atmospheric and geographic data.

3.   A test satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral.

4.   ...launching satellites into space.

5.   The two countries signed an agreement to jointly launch satellites.

6.   NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays.

7.   Its goal was to develop a compact, lightweight nuclear engine for defense applications, such as launching heavy satellites into high-Earth orbit.

8.   At first it would be used to launched satellites at a tenth the cost of the shuttle.

9.   An important bottleneck facing the companies is a shortage of rocket systems available to launch satellites.