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Intelsat launch

An Atlas-Centaur space vehicle lifted off at 5:53 p.m. EDT, June 13, 1972, from Complex 36B carrying an Intelsat Communications Satellite, (Intelsat IV-F5) into Earth orbit. The lighthouse located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is visible in the foreground.

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