[amsat-bb] info on satellite placement

Hi everybody,

I was wondering if any one can suggest where I might find information on "how a satellite" gets placed into orbit. I have had a quick search of the web and can only find that a rocket gets it there. I hope to learn how and when its gets kicked off the rocket (or Shuttle), and what happens after that. How does it loose what momentum the rocket may have given it, and how it then goes into an orbit etc .

Any help much appreciated.

Thankyou

Simon, VK3ZSJ