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KSC-00pp0637
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- After rollback of the Rotating Service Structure, Space Shuttle Atlantis can be seen atop the mobile launcher platform (MLP) on Launch Pad 39A. Below the MLP is the flame trench, part of the flame deflector system that insulates pad structures from the intense heat of launch. Made of concrete and refractory brick, the trench is 490 feet long, 48 feet wide and 40 feet high.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-00pp0637. NASA/KSC, 2000-05-18. Public domain. ID: KSC-00pp0637.
