Athena II Launch from Vandenberg AFB. 

 Athena II with Ikonos liftsoff during a very foggy morning at 11:22 a.m.. PDT Sept. 24, 1999 from SLC-6

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Launch day brought very foggy conditions compared the day before. Both photos are with a 80mm lens.
 
 

   
 Left photo shows how bad the fog was at launch compared to photo at right taken one hour after launch.
 

Below are photos taken the day before launch from SLC-6 the old Shuttle Launch Pad.

   
 
 
 

   
 
 
 

   
This photo on right is of the Space Shuttle Launch Control Room which is less then 1,000 yards from the Pad.
 
 

   
Photo at right shows the pad after launch.



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