The most common practice is simply to stay out of view of Soviet satellites.

I don't think we can tolerate a Soviet satellite.

Sputnik 3 was the only Soviet satellite launched in 1958.

Over time, the Soviet satellites became more sophisticated and longer-lived.

The small, landlocked country had been a Soviet satellite for decades.

And the hope of the former Soviet satellites is at risk, too.

Hall effect thrusters had operated on Soviet satellites since 1972.

Its primary mission was to demonstrate technologies for future Soviet military satellites.

But unshackling the Soviet satellites is only part of his achievement.

Read together, these books illustrate how the author's personal history paralleled that of the former Soviet satellite.