Photos: Minotaur on the pad

A few days before it was scheduled to lift off with a U.S. Navy communications satellite, the Minotaur 4 rocket was exposed at Kodiak Launch Complex during a mission dress rehearsal to practice final countdown procedures. These images of the 78-foot-tall rocket were taken on the surface of Launch Pad No. 1 and on the rotating Launch Service Structure. Photos: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now