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Fiery 135-foot-tall Atlas-Centaur rocket blazes away from Cape Kennedy, Florida launch pad at 3:40 a.m. EST Saturday enroute to successfully launching the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 satellite. Packed with 11 telescopes, the two-ton spacecraft is to give man his first clear look at stars above the distorting veil of the earth's atmosphere.
