China backs away from reports blaming Hughes for launch failure

China yesterday was backing away from reports by government-owned media that said the explosion of a Long March rocket during launch last month was caused by the Hughes-built satellite it was carrying. Officials of China Great Wall Industries Corp., a state-owned company that markets Long March...

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