NASA Photo ID: STS046(S)082        File Name: 10064825.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 08/08/92
  Title: STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39
  Description:
  This panoramic scene at Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Launch Complex (LC) 
  Pad 39 shows the liftoff of STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, at 
  9:56:47:976 am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).  OV-104, atop the external tank 
  (ET) and flanked by solid rocket boosters (SRBs) (only one visible here),
  has  just cleared the fixed service structure (FSS) tower.  An exhaust
  cloud fills  the launch pad area.  The glow of the SRB and space shuttle
  main engine  (SSME) firings is reflected in a nearby waterway (foreground). 
  At the right  side of the view is the sound suppression water system
  elevated storage tank.              
  Subject terms:
  ATLANTIS (ORBITER)                      
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  STORAGE TANKS                           
  STS-46                                  
  WATERWAYS                               
  

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