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Chinese Space News attach 10th Consecutive Successful Launch of Long blemishYesterdays ChinaStar-1 drive was the 52nd hurl by Chinese Long March rocket and the tail by a Long March 3B, the countrys virtually powerful launch vehicle. Long March experienced 3 failures in 1995 and 1996. The successful launches in recent two categorys will undoubtely strengthen Long Marchs persuasion in the competition of global launch market. The Long March 3B set(p) the 2984 kg ChinaStar-1 into an orbit of 201x85732km with 24.5 degree inclination. The Lockheed Martin built major planet has 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders. It will be finally placed into the geostationary orbit at 87.5 degrees East longitude by Lockheed Martin in next few days. Next in line will be the Sinosat-1 built by the French classify, Aerospatiale, for an authoritative Chinese client. That launch, also by a Long March 3B, is evaluate in July.&61607     May 30, 1998 Long March 3B Successfull y Launched ChinaStar-1Long March 3B successfully launched ChinaStar-1 today, CCTV, the Chinese official television station announced today. This is the 4th launch and the threesome successful launch of Long March 3B, the most powerful rocket in China. Chinastar-1 was built by Lockheed Martin and will be operated by China Oriental Telecommunications. &61607     May 29, 1998 APT major planet Holdings gibe Revenue GrowthHong Kong Satellite operator APT Satellite Holdings sees receipts growth this year despite a reduction in the artificial satellite transponder run in Asia due to the economic slowdown. The current leasing rate for the companys third satellite, Apstar-IIR, was now at 25 per cent. But it was expected to increase more(prenominal) than 50 per cent by the end of the year, APT chairman Xie Gao-Jue said. The group planned to launch Apstar V or one big satellite to replace Apstar I and Apstar IA, which run out in 2004 and 2006 respectively. APT Sa tellite was also negotiating with a mainland firm to develop a direct circularize satellite system, though no decision has been reached. The groups current financial billet was rated "healthy" on a gearing ratio of 42 per cent. contract effects of the Asian currency crisis were said to be minimal as the firms revenue is in US dollars.&61607     May 24, 1998 AsiaSat 4 Launch posture on HoldAsia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings (AsiaSat) yesterday said it was postponing the launch of AsiaSat 4 due to a decrease in demand for telecommunication services from satellite transponders. "We will evaluate the project at the end of this year and hoped it can be launched in the year 2000, chief executive policeman Peter Jackson said.