Satellite assembly

• Satellite assemblies can only contain resources(.resources files/.resx files)
• They cannot contain any executable code.
• Satellites are loaded by a .NET class called System.Resources.ResourceManager.

• It helps you to localize your assembly
• For example, use different strings for different locales

• One of the application of satellite assembly is multi language support
• ie, keep separate resource file for each languages and load data from the resource files

• Satellite assemblies can be installed in the GAC

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/SatelliteAssemblies.aspx