launch padnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈlɔːntʃ ˌpæd/us/ˈlɑːntʃ ˌpæd/UK also launching pada special area from which spacecraft or missiles are sent into the sky:
The rocket blew up on the launch pad.
figurative Soap operas have long been a launch pad for film actors.
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Space travel
- astronaut
- astronautics
- autopilot
- blast
- command module
- cosmonaut
- earthbound
- flyby
- heat shield
- mission control
- moon buggy
- NASA
- retrorocket
- rocket
- rocket ship
- spacecraft
- spaceman
- touchdown
- tracking station
- UFO
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