File:Concept artwork of Essex-Ticonderoga class carrier as satellite launch ship.jpg

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Description Satellite Launching Ship. Concept artwork, depicting an Essex-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. The mage was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 12 December 1961.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo KN 2961 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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current08:44, 30 October 2016Thumbnail for version as of 08:44, 30 October 20165,268 × 3,967 (8 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC file
18:09, 7 September 2007Thumbnail for version as of 18:09, 7 September 2007740 × 560 (88 KB)Felix Stember (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=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 s

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