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What Satellites Do
MILITARY
Spy satellites: Surveillance cameras, interception of radio and telephone communications.
Battlefield: Communication, control of forces, navigation, surveillance, weather.
Weapons in space: Under study in spite of treaties banning most of them; antisatellite and antimissile systems; "Star Wars."
Source: Knight-Ridder/Tribune
© Copyright 1998 The Washington Post Company
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