[Fyron]

Satellites can be deployed before and after movement in simultaneous movement mode. I forget whether they are deployed after you arrive in a sector or before you leave it, but you can certianly move 3 sectors, launch satellites, then move 3 more sectors in simultaneous movement games.

Playing against the AI is essentially cheating, as pretty much anything you come up with will not be counterable by the inept AI... Especially in sequential (default) movement mode. You should always play in simultaneous movement mode. The AI _always_ plays as if it was in simultaneous movement mode, so it can not exploit the gaminess and such of sequential movement as a human can. At least level the playing field a little bit...