1.   Aerospatiale, in addition to being a principal partner in Airbus, makes helicopters, satellite launchers, satellites and missiles.

2.   He said the setback was no different from those Hughes experienced with Western satellite launchers.

3.   The satellite launcher was designed to carry commercial payloads into space to orbit at the same speed as the earth rotates.

4.   Arianespace satellite launchers are running into trouble with a reduced market for putting satellites into space and increased competition.

5.   Asian countries are launching satellites in a bid to upgrade telecommunication and broadcast services, European satellite launcher Arianespace said on Wednesday.

6.   Communications consortium Intelsat has not ruled out the future use of Chinese satellite launchers, despite the cancellation of contracts following a rocket explosion in February.

7.   Yuzhmach no longer makes nuclear missiles but does make civil satellite launchers.

8.   Yuzhmach, the company that runs the factory, no longer makes nuclear arms but does make satellite launchers.

9.   Last week the European satellite launcher, Arianespace, said more Asian countries were launching satellites in a bid to upgrade current telecommunication and broadcast services.

10.   The North claimed it was a test of a multi-stage satellite launcher.