1.   Chinese launches of U.S. satellites were suspended during the Clinton administration because of concerns about the transfer of technological secrets.

2.   In the case of the Chinese launches, the cargo was satellites, but the technology is also applicable to attaching a nuclear warhead to a missile.

3.   Last February, President Clinton approved the Chinese launch of another Loral satellite.

4.   The defense and telecommunications industries, merely baffled when the fracas began two years ago over Chinese launches of US satellites, today are genuinely upset.

5.   The same kick motor technology that helps China in launching commercial communications satellites, officials said, could help the Chinese military launch spy satellites.

6.   Two out of four Chinese launches have failed this year, however, causing Loral to look elsewhere for launches.

7.   A U.S. manufacturer whose satellite blew up in a failed Chinese launch expressed confidence Thursday in Chinese missile technology and dismissed claims of possible sabotage.

8.   After that China Great Wall lost some contracts and international insurers became wary of the Chinese launch program, China Daily said.

9.   Hughes, the U.S. manufacturer whose satellite blew up in a failed Chinese launch, on Thursday denied newspaper claims that foreign competitors may have triggered the explosion.

10.   It was the first time that Intelsat had used a Chinese launch rocket, he said.