Aug 18 1990
From The Space Library
A Delta rocket carried a British television broadcasting satellite, Marcopolo 2, and put it into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The only problem for the ninth U.S. commercial launch of a payload into orbit was a two-hour delay caused by thunderstorms in the area. (AP, Aug 18/90)
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