launching pad meaning

Noun: launching pad

A platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
- launchpad, launch pad, launch area, pad

Derived forms: launching pads

Type of: platform

Part of: launching site

Encyclopedia: Launching pad

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the rocket lifted off from its launching pad.
late monday afternoon, reading the obscure and intricate markings, they identified a launching pad.
forty-two medium-range nuclear missiles were being unpacked and prepared for launching pads with desperate speed.
to launch a rocket is to send it up from its launching pad
with a bachelor of arts, you are on the launching pad . but now you have to start to put on the brakes