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launch pad
noun
the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
something that serves to launch or initiate.
He used his legal experience as a launch pad for his career in politics.
launch pad
noun
a platform from which a spacecraft, rocket, etc, is launched
an effective starting point for a career, enterprise, or campaign
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of launch pad1
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Its list of targets, which includes military bases, missile launch pads and factories, is now widening to economic and oil facilities.
But being the best club team in the world “is like a launch pad. It’s just incredible the exposure you’ve got.”
The New Shepard rocket is designed to be fully reusable and its booster returns to the launch pad for vertical landings after each flight, reducing overall costs.
The importance of the Moon to many private firms, said Dr Barber, was to use it as a launch pad for exploring the rest of space.
Belarus, a nominally independent European nation but now almost completely in-step with Moscow, was used as a launch pad to attack Ukraine.
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