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launch pad
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Princeton's WordNet
launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area, padnoun
a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
Wiktionary
launch padnoun
The surface or structure from which a launch is made.
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launch pad
A launch pad is a platform or structure designed as a secure base for igniting and sending off spacecraft or missiles into space. It includes necessary equipment for fueling and final checks before launch. The structure typically has built-in flame trenches to direct exhaust away from the vehicle and ground crew.
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Launch pad
A launch pad is the area and facilities where rockets or spacecraft lift off. A spaceport can contain one or many launch pads. A typical launch pad consists of the service and umbilical structures. The service structure provides an access platform to inspect the launch vehicle prior to launch. Most service structures can be moved or rotated to a safe distance. The umbilical structure has propellant loading, gas, power, and communication links to the launch vehicle. The launch vehicle sits atop the launch platform, which may contain a flame deflection structure to withstand the intense heat and forces generated by rocket engines during liftoff. Cryogenic propellants need to be continuously topped off as scheduled liftoff approaches. This is particularly necessary as complex launch sequences may be interrupted by planned and unplanned holds to account for the handling of problems. Gantries are commonly designed and constructed on launch pads to meet these types of servicing requirements both during launch and in the preparation period leading up to it. Most rockets need stable support for a few seconds after ignition while the engines ramp up and stabilize at full thrust. This stability requirement is commonly met by the use of explosive bolts to connect the launch vehicle to the pad. When the vehicle is stable and ready to fly the bolts explode, severing the vehicle's ties to the launch pad and structures on the ground.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
launch pad
A concrete or other hard surface area on which a missile launcher is positioned.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of launch pad in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of launch pad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of launch pad in a Sentence
The main thing is that this launch pad is now working, it has been prepared well by you and it is functioning, we are now facing a second stage here, to accommodate a heavy rocket.
I hope this will be a launch pad for the medical industry in the country.
Donald Trump is not liked here in the commonwealth of Virginia Beach. People remember Charlottesville, when Donald Trump failed Terry McAuliffe that day, horrible day, when he said there were fine people on both sides, people want to be lifted up ; Donald Trump is hate and division. Donald Trump wants to run again in 2024. I think Donald Trump wants to use this... as a launch pad for that. That is why Donald Trump has endorsed Glenn Youngkin seven or eight times, seven or eight times.
Without that secondary dune line, we could have saltwater intrusion at the launch pad.
Everything clicked off beautifully. I counted it down fine ... and I saw this magnificent thing still sitting on the launch pad, bathing in fire. And finally it lifted off, and the sound hit us, when it hit us that particular time, the windows in the launch control center just started to rattle, and on top of that, it was a newly constructed building, and all this dust came down from the ceiling. I thought the whole damn place was going to come down on us.
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