Atlas 5 rocket at night

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket is bathed in light after nightfall at at Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 on the eve of flight carrying the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Extremely High Frequency 2 satellite.

Photo credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance
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