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> A Titan IVB rocket lifts off carrying Cassini spacecraft. 10/1997

A Titan IVB rocket lifts off carrying Cassini spacecraft. 10/1997

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-lus10-00503

Image Size 300 DPI: 24 * 16 cm

A seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn begins with the liftoff of a Titan IVB/Centaur carrying the Cassini orbiter and its attached Huygens probe. Launch occurred at 4:43 a.m. EDT, Oct. 15, from Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Station.

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1997 - CAPE CANAVERAL - CASSINI - FLORIDA - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - LAUNCH - LAUNCH PAD - LAUNCHER - NIGHT - ROCKET - SPACE CENTER - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE - TITAN 4B -