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APT Satellite said in a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it has entered into a satellite procurement contract with Thales Alenia Space France for the manufacturing and delivering of APSTAR 7B, a backup for APSTAR 7 that is to replace APSTAR 2R in 2012.
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