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net.columbia
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!mhtsa!research!sjb
Sat Oct 31 15:56:34 1981
early launch?
Is it a bird?  Is it the shuttle?  No!  It's an Air
Force Titan 3C rocket carrying a secret satellite
orbit-bound.  At 0422 EST this morning, people around
the Cape woke up to the sounds of the rocket and
some called NASA and asked if the shuttle was launched
early.  The Air Force merely confirmed that it had
launched the rocket, a practice it has followed for
years.

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