launch window

noun

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Turks and Caicos’ Providenciales International Airport will need to close during the duration of the launch window, the assessment said. Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 15 May 2025 If that happens in the next few days, Gilmour's launch window will open May 15. ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025 When is the next one? How to watch Gayle King, Katy Perry go on all-female spaceflight Blue Origin provided a livestream of the takeoff beginning prior to the launch window opening on its website. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025 The first launch window has target liftoffs at 11:20 p.m. March 31 with backups spilling over into April 1 at 12:53 a.m. and 2:26 a.m. The first-stage booster is making its sixth flight to space, the same one that launched Crew-9 last September. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for launch window

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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 20 May. 2025.

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