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CONUS Archive
109031
SHUTTLE LAUNCH
FLORIDA
PKG
11/16/1990
33:41
1:32
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA GEORGE DILLER, NASA ADM. RICHARD TRULY, NASA ADM. JIM MIZZEL, SPACE CONSULTANT WARREN ELLY, REPORTING
BLAST-OFF.
IT WAS A PICTURE PERFECT LAUNCH TONIGHT FOR THE SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS. THE ALL-MILITARY CREW COULDN'T TALK ABOUT THEIR MISSION. IT'S ESTIMATED THE SUPER-SOPHISTICATED IRAQ-BOUND SPY SATELLITE THAT ATLANTIS IS CARRYING COST AS MUCH AS A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS. THE ASTRONAUTS WILL STAY IN ORBIT FOR FOUR DAYS, LAUNCHING, SOURCES SAY,THE SPY SATELLITE SOMETIME TOMORROW.
LEAD: AFTER A SUMMER OF EMBARRASSING FUEL LEAKS AND DELAYS, THE SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS BLASTED OFF LAST NIGHT WITHOUT A HITCH. WARREN ELLY HAS MORE ON THIS SECRET MISSION.
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SHUTTLE
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