U.S. law forbids the launch of American satellite components on Chinese rockets such as the Long March 3B (above).

APT reported sharp increases in revenue and profit for 2013 but said its newest satellite lost business late in the year and that East Asia, the Middle East and Africa faced an oversupply of bandwidth that will force down transponder-lease prices.

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Peter B. de Selding was the Paris Bureau Chief for SpaceNews.