Synonyms for launching pad


Grammar : Noun


Définition of launching pad

  • As in launch pad : noun platform for vehicle launch
Example sentences :
  • They could trace the thing back to its launching pad, of course, and they nabbed Malcom Porter.
  • Extract from : « By Proxy » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • The ship stood tall and straight on her launching pad, with the afternoon sunlight glinting on her hull.
  • Extract from : « Star Surgeon » by Alan Nourse
  • "You'll get used to it," Tiger Martin chuckled as they waited for the jitney to take them across to the launching pad.
  • Extract from : « Star Surgeon » by Alan Nourse
  • The first sunshine glinted on the two rockets and their single, attendant gantry tower, waiting on the launching pad.
  • Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • Nowhere was there any sign of a launching pad, with its gantries and cranes and jet baffles.
  • Extract from : « By Proxy » by Gordon Randall Garrett

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