1.   The Americans have denied using spy satellites to spy on China.

2.   The army uses satellites to help soldiers navigate unfamiliar terrain.

3.   Using satellites, television pictures can be seen on the other side of the globe almost instantly.

4.   The satellite will be used mainly to relay television programmes.

5.   American Mobile has been planning to use two satellites, Levin said, yet may need only one depending on limitations on its ground-based signal transmitters.

6.   As was done in Desert Storm, satellites would be used to locate airstrips.

7.   At a Naval Research Laboratory in Mississippi, oceanographer Sonia Gallegos has been using weather satellites to track red tide worldwide.

8.   Because it is not perfectly stationary in the sky, the satellite cannot be used for certain jobs, such as directly broadcasting television signals to small home dishes.

9.   A joint state-federal project is using a satellite to assess the health of forests and other vegetation.

10.   All these companies use geostationary satellites.