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A rocket takes off from a launchpad at night.

Upward Atlas

Airmen support a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the NROL-52 mission as it lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Oct. 15, 2017. The airmen are assigned to the 45th Space Wing. United Launch Alliance courtesy photo

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