BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- China on early Saturday morning put a new communication satellite "APSTAR-9" into orbit in a commercial mission by the Long March-3B carrier rocket from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
我国成功发射亚太九号通信卫星
新华网西昌１０月１７日电（记者许晟）１０月１７日０时１６分，我国在西昌卫星发射中心用长征三号乙运载火箭，成功将亚太九号通信卫星发射升空。
Monitoring data collected 26 minutes after the satellite's launch at 0:16 a.m. Beijing time indicated that it had separated from the rocket and reached its designated orbit.
火箭升空约２６分钟后，西安卫星测控中心传来数据表明，星箭分离正常，卫星准确进入近地点２１２公里、远地点４１９６５公里的地球同步转移轨道，发射任务获得圆满成功。
Developed using China's homegrown DFH-4 platform for the Hong Kong-based APT Satellite Company Limited, APSTAR-9 is designed to stay in service for at least 15 years.
亚太九号通信卫星是香港亚太通信卫星有限公司购买的我国第一颗商业通信卫星，该卫星充分继承了东方红四号卫星平台成熟技术，设计寿命１５年。
With the new satellite, APT's APSTAR fleet will be able to cover some three quarters of global population in Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia to provide TV transmission and transponder, data and satellite communication services.
卫星入轨后，将与亚太公司在轨运行的其它卫星共同为亚洲、欧洲、非洲、澳大利亚等全球约７５％人口的地区，提供优质的一站式卫星转发器服务以及广播、卫星通信、电信港和数据中心服务。
Saturday's launch is the 214th mission of the Long March carrier rocket series developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC).
亚太九号通信卫星和用于此次发射的长征三号乙运载火箭由中国航天科技集团公司负责研制。这是长征系列运载火箭的第２１４次飞行。
(Note: The above is the same story reported in English and Chinese respectively, and is not literal translation.)
