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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: KN-2961

Satellite Launching Ship


Concept artwork, depicting an Essex or Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier converted for launching space satellites into orbits not readily accessible from launch sites in the United States.
The rocket shown is an "Atlas" type.
Image was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 12 December 1961.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 580 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-KN-2961.
Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

 

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If you want higher resolution reproductions than this digital image, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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4 September 2001