A Martin Marietta Atlas IIA is on the launch pad just before a successful launch from Complex 36A, at 1757 hours EDT. The AC-107 is carrying a Direct Broadcasting Satellite (DBS-2) for DIRECTV, INC (TM)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

State: Florida (FL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

03/08/1994

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Location

28.48867, -80.57282

Google Map of 28.4886723, -80.57282409999999

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The U.S. National Archives

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https://catalog.archives.gov/

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