51.   Washington agreed to resume processing licenses for American satellites to be launched aboard Chinese rockets.

52.   A Chinese rocket carrying an Intelsat satellite exploded seconds after liftoff from its launch-pad in China, the Washington-based Intelsat organisation said.

53.   China announced Wednesday it would start launching satellites again next month after a break of nearly five months following the loss of a Chinese rocket carrying an Intelsat satellite.

54.   The satellites will be launched in China by Chinese rockets.

55.   Unlike its smaller predecessors it will not be launched by the Chinese rocket but by the Russian Proton launcer from Kazakhstan.

56.   On Sunday morning, Brown could have watched live on television the unexpected launch of a US-made satellite on a Chinese rocket.

57.   The agreement comes as week after a Chinese rocket carrying a western communications satellite exploded after liftoff.