Young people on intensive supervision and surveillance programmes, a community-based alternative to prison, will test out the technology.
A Youth Justice Board spokeswoman said: "By using the satellite, we can keep an eye on the young person's whereabouts 24 hours a day. This will contribute to surveillance checks on young people."
It could also help to enforce exclusion zones. The spokeswoman added: "If there is an area where a magistrate says a young person can't go, the satellite will be able to identify if they have strayed into that area."
A Home Office spokesman said persistent offenders and young people under curfew as part of a court order were likely to be featured in the pilots for the scheme. Wessex is understood to be the area most likely to conduct the pilot.
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