WRAPPED AND READY -- The Orion 3 satellite is shown here in the Los Angeles-area factory of Hughes Space and Communications Company, wrapped in its thermal blankets with its solar panels folded up against the sides. The satellite, built for Loral Space & Communications of New York, will be the first Loral satellite to provide television and business communications services throughout the Pacific Rim. Launch on a Boeing Delta III rocket is set for April 1999 from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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