Long March loses another payload customer

China's Long March space launch vehicle lost another customer Monday as Arianespace announced it had signed a contract to fly the EchoStar II direct broadcast satellite. EchoStar Communications Corp. had an option to fly on Russia's Proton in 1998, but signed with the European launch consortium when...

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