1.   Both sides denied there were difficulties combining the two technologies, blaming the failed launches on the effect of wind and extreme weather conditions in the upper atmosphere.

2.   A marketing official at Yuzhmash, a Yuzhnoye affiliate which builds the boosters, said the failed launch was unlikely to hinder the Sea Launch deal.

3.   A marketing official at Yuzhmash, a Yuzhnoye affiliate which builds the boosters, also said the failed launch was unlikely to hinder the Sea Launch deal.

4.   A joint investigation into the failed launch blamed a sudden shift of wind speed and direction that could have damaged either the satellite or rocket as they rose.

5.   A similar failed launch two years ago nearly led to the loss of six Strela military satellites, but space officials managed to save them.

6.   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.

7.   An investigation blamed the failed January launch of a Chinese rocket carrying a Hughes-built satellite on wind conditions, official reports said Wednesday.

8.   Booster production errors were behind two failed launches of Russian booster rockets carrying military satellites this year, a report said Monday.

9.   China should be more open about what goes wrong with failed launches to help customers feel more confident, Jeffries added.

10.   Despite the delay and the two failed Russian launches that destroyed two military satellites earlier this year, the cosmonauts preparing to travel to the Mir had no complaints.