Hughes pockets Asiasat 3

1996-03-06T00:00:00

ASIA Telecommunications Satellite (Asiasat) has ordered an HS-601 high-power spacecraft from Hughes to be launched in 1997 as the Asiasat 3. It will be the 61st three-axis-stabilised HS-601 model to be ordered since the world's best-selling satellite series was introduced in 1988.

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