Apr 7 1990
From The Space Library
China launched a communications satellite, AsiaSat 1, from Sichuan Province for an Australian firm and became the first third-world country to enter the commercial satellite launching business. China promised to follow fair pricing practices after President George Bush lifted a sanction, brought on the country for human rights violations, that barred them from launching the U.S.-built satellite. The launch still drastically undercut U.S. and Ariane fees. (FBIS China, China Daily, Apr 7/90; CSM, Apr 9/90; W Post, Apr 8/90)
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