>LORAL ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF HIGH-POWERED >BROADCAST SATELLITE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA > >PALO ALTO, Calif., August 19, 1997 -- Agila 2, the first high-powered >telecommunications satellite built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for >Mabuhay Philippines Satellite Corporation (MPSC), was successfully >launched in orbit August 20 at 1:50 a.m. local time from Sichuan >Province, China. > The Agila satellite was built by SS/L in Palo Alto, and launched aboard >a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. hmmm, how'd they actually launch one successfully ... ;-) Hopefully we'll get TLEs soon. Philip Chien [M1959.05.31/31.145//KC4YER@amsat.org]