1.   Orders with facsimile illustrations are then sent by satellite to suppliers around the world.

2.   Images of the planet are sent by satellite.

3.   The information is compiled at the Weather Department headquarters in English and sent by satellite to be translated and processed elsewhere.

4.   A GPS satellite sends two signals mixed together, Richton said, one a high-frequency signal and the other a slower stream of data.

5.   In an arrangement with PBS, the data is sent by satellite to PBS member stations and incorporated into the local broadcast signals.

6.   Satellites sent back images of a brown haze steadily moving northward along the western edge of the Gulf of Mexico into Texas and Oklahoma.

7.   The CIA and several Pentagon offices scan the digital photographs the satellites send back.

8.   The same weather reports sent by satellite to race competitors are shared by at-home sailors.

9.   The satellite sends the request back to Earth, where it is directed to the Internet.

10.   The satellites send out radio signals to receivers that pinpoint their position by computing how long it took the signal to reach them.