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			Photo #: STS043-84-31 Date: Aug. 1991 Geographic Region: USA-FLORIDA Feature: CAPE CANAVERAL



	STS043-084-031 Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. August 1991 Cape Canaveral, Florida, and the NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center are shown is this near-vertical photograph. Numerous launch pads line the Atlantic Ocean coast near the center of the photograph. To the north of the multiple launch pads, the Space Shuttle landing runway, the Shuttle Assembly Area, and Shuttle Launch Pads A and B are visible. To the south of the multiple launch pads are Port Canaveral and the city of Cocoa Beach, Florida. To the west of the space complex, five causeways span the Indian and Banana Rivers. Interstate Highway 95 is the main artery traversing south to north just west of the Florida cities of Cocoa and Titusville.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 98k
Mission:	STS043
Roll - Frame:	84 - 31
Geographical Name:	USA-FLORIDA
Features:	CAPE CANAVERAL
Center Lat x Lon:	28.5N x 80.5W
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	5
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	22	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	W	The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:	Y	Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:	79
Date:	19910807	YYYYMMDD
Time:	125742	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	28.3N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	79.3W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	85	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	177	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	28	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	COAST, PLAIN, CAPE
Water Views:	OCEAN, BAY, LAKE, SWAMP, RIVER
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	URBAN AREA, AIRPORT
City Views:

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