Each pair of bodies in the Solar System has five Lagrangian points between them. (Space.com has a good review of our Solar System’s Lagrangian points. Search the site for “LaGrange Points.” Also see NASA Earth Observatory, EarthObservatory.nasa.gov.)
It really wasn’t that long ago when the two greatest superpowers were vying to put satellites into space. Now, 50 nations have their own satellites in low Earth orbit. If you’re a Thailand, say, you can call Space Systems/Loral, a Canadian-owned company based in Palo Alto, California, and tell them you want to put a satellite into geostationary orbit for television broadcasting or military communications. You can have the thing in orbit 25,000 miles above Earth within two years.
