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DATE: SUNDAY, April 8, 1990                   TAG: 9004080049
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: XICHANG, CHINA                                LENGTH: Short

CHINA DEBUTS IN GLOBAL SATELLITE-LAUNCHING

A Chinese rocket lifted a U.S.-made telecommunications satellite into space Saturday, marking the nation's debut in the international satellite-launching business.

Applause broke out in the launch control room as the flaming tail of the Long March 3 rocket disappeared into the nighttime skies over the Xichang Satellite Center in southwest China's Sichuan province.

The rocket lifted into orbit an AsiaSat telecommunications satellite, which is owned by the Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd., a Hong Kong-based consortium with Chinese, British and Hong Kong partners.

- Associated Press 


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