launch window

noun

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Shattering the afternoon calm with an ear-splitting roar, the huge 30-foot-wide, 397-foot-tall rocket blasted off from Musk's sprawling Boca Chica, Texas, manufacturing and test facility on the Gulf Coast near Brownsville at 5 p.m. EST, the opening of a 30-minute launch window. William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2024 SpaceX’s launch window opens at 4 p.m. and will last for 30 minutes. Karoline Leonard, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Nov. 2024 The 30-minute launch window will open at 5 p.m. EST, according to SpaceX. As of Tuesday, preparations for launch were underway at SpaceX's Starbase in Boca Chica near Brownsville, Texas. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024 For the selection process, experts considered terrain suitability, launch window availability, lighting conditions, science potential and communication capabilities with Earth, among other factors. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for launch window 

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of launch window was in 1962

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“Launch window.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/launch%20window. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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