launch
101launch pad — noun a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched • Syn: ↑launching pad, ↑launchpad, ↑launch area, ↑pad • Hypernyms: ↑platform • Part Holonyms: ↑launching site …
102Launch title — A launch title is a video game that has been made available to consumers synchronously with its respective video game console, meaning they are the only available games at the time of the console s launch. Several of these titles are also… …
103Launch control center (ICBM) — The launch control center, or LCC for short, is the main control facility of any U.S. ICBM complex. From here, the crew can monitor the complex, launch the missile, or relax in the living quarters (depending on the ICBM system). The LCC is… …
104Launch Complex 39 — Complexe de lancement 39 Vue aérienne du complexe de lancement 39 avec le bâtiment d assemblage en bas de la photo et les 2 aires de lancement en haut Le complexe de lancement 39 ou LC 39 est un ensemble d installations de la NASA utilisé pour… …
105Launch campaign — In the context of spaceflight, a launch campaign is the set of activities which prepare a launch vehicle for lift off.Activities during the launch campaign include launch vehicle assembly, integration of the payload, fueling of the vehicle, and… …
106Launch Service Provider — A Launch Service Provider (LSP) is a type of company which specialises in launching spacecraft. It is responsible for the ordering, conversion, or construction of the carrier rocket, assembly and stacking, payload integration, and ultimately… …
107Launch control — The term launch control can refer to:*Launch control (automotive), an automotive control option *A launch control facility in aerospace and rocketry *A launch control center (ICBM), used to launch US ICBMsThere are also specific facilities that… …
108Launch Services Alliance — In July 2003, Arianespace joined with Boeing Launch Services and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to create the Launch Services Alliance. The flagship launchers for the Launch Services Alliance are Arianespace s Ariane rocket, Boeing s Sea Launch… …
109Launch tower — A launch tower is constructed on the launch pad of an unguided rocket for the purpose of guiding the rocket until it is fast enough for aerodynamic stabilization to take effect. For the launch of self guided rockets a launch tower is unnecessary …
110launch window — a precise time period during which a spacecraft can be launched from a particular site in order to achieve a desired mission, as a rendezvous with another spacecraft. Also called window. [1960 65] * * * launch window noun The period of time… …
