1.   That will certainly be the case if the United States places the satellites of other nations at risk by building anti-satellite space weapons.

2.   The telecommunication business has exploded in the last couple of years and companies are scrambling to find launch vehicles to place their satellites into orbit.

3.   This would place the satellites in competition with cable modems and digital subscriber telephone lines, which are now starting to offer high-speed Internet access.

4.   A Russian military satellite was placed in orbit late Monday in a launch delayed for several hours by unexplained technical problems, Russian news agencies reported.

5.   About an hour later the satellites were placed into their final orbiting position, Xinhua said.

6.   Among the launches are several to place foreign satellites into orbit.

7.   China does have a commercial space industry that has placed satellites in orbit for international clients.

8.   Space industry officials in both Russia and Ukraine have ambitious plans for the Zenit, using it to place foreign satellites into orbit.

9.   The Guyana government is ready to allow a Texas company to set up a rocket-launching facility to place satellites in orbit, President Samuel Hinds said Sunday.

10.   The satellite was placed over the west Atlantic ocean and completes a satellite network supporting mobile telephone services worldwide.