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OCR: LAUNCHING A SATELLITE SPACE TECHNOLOGY SAFETY FIRST SATELLITES RIDE INTO SPACE on the top of If two satellites are launched by the same rocket they are powerful rockets. The heat-resistant rocket nose released one at a time so cone protects the satellite from friction when that they do not collide traveling up through the atmosphere. Once above with one another. the atmosphere, this protective layer is jettisoned into space, and the final rocket stage pushes the satellite into the correct orbit. Many satellites then Satellites use their own rocket engines to put them into the higher orbits where they operate. The US Single Space Shuttle carries satellites into orbit satellite in its payload bay. The satellites are then released into space from their cradle. FOR SCALE RELEASING DOUBLE SINGL ...