Nimbus E, the sixth spacecraft in the Nimbus series, is shown preparing for launch on December 12, 1972 from the Western Test Range, Space Launch Complex. The satellite was placed in an 1100-kilometer run-synchronous nearly circular polar orbit. [2360 x 2990]

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