1.   But it was not clear Monday whether the CIA would continue to have some role in running the organization, which operates spy satellites.

2.   Greenwich-based PanAmSat operates satellites used to broadcast television and telecommunications signals while Greenwich-based Genesee operates railroads.

3.   It designs, builds, and operates spy satellites that photograph and overhear what other countries are up to.

4.   Most of the technicians involved in operating the satellite came from Chinese government agencies, including Costind.

5.   Other agencies operate spy satellites and process what they photograph and overhear.

6.   TCI Satellite is entertaining proposals from another Canadian company about forming a joint venture to operate the satellite, he said.

7.   The company markets and distributes Primestar equipment and programming, and also operates its satellites.

8.   The company already operates four satellites that broadcast video and audio service in much of the world except the U.S.

9.   Only the United States and Canada operate more satellites than Indonesia, which uses them as an alternative to connecting its vast network of islands with telephone cable.

10.   The company also will manage and operate the satellite.