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Feb. 08, 1958 - For Release at 6 P.M (EST) Saturday, Feb, 8th 1958. Atlas Rockets into Florida Sky--These sequence photos, first to be release by the U.S Air Force, record the launcing of an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile from the Air Force Missile Test Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. where Convair Division of General Dynamic Corporationis testing this country's first ICBM. Left, twin incandescent jets from the powerful rocket engines become visible as the Atlas climbs clear of its wake of flame and steam. Center, the huge missile soars skuward, as expendable launcher tubing on pad still burns. Plume of flame spuring from missile base at right is exhaust from fuel system turbopumps. At right, the Atlas climbs higher into the deep blue Florida sku, well on its way to successful accomplishment of flight test objectives established for the launching of an Atlas at AFMTC on Jan, 10, 1958. The Atlas is in pilot production at Convair-Astronautics plant at San Diego, Calif

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