There was a long pause, then: "The latest satellite weather observation shows very poor weather.

The Italian measurements were made in August with a combination of the latest satellite surveying techniques and traditional land-based triangulation methods.

The KH-30 was the Defense Department's latest supersecret satellite.

The latest Ukrainian satellite, Sich-1M, was launched in 2004 and was a successful mission.

The six latest satellites follow 12 others launched in July this year and October last year.

The policy change followed the formal handing over of the latest satellite by NASA officials.

There's nothing worse than illustrating a chapter on space travel with a photograph of the latest American satellite.

Such data can be obtained not only from military reconnaissance satellites, of which China launched three between 1975 and 1978, but also from the latest civilian satellites.

The latest satellites monitor bad weather around the clock, particularly convective rainstorms, thunderstorms and hailstorms.

Mr. Piotrovsky, who was reached by telephone, seemed suitably pleased with his latest foreign satellite.