launch window

noun

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May 6: SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Starlink 6-93 mission with 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 during four-hour launch window from 8:22 p.m. to 12:22 a.m. May 7, and backup later on May 7 from 7:56-11:56 p.m. Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2025 No official launch window has been revealed, but excitement is already building within both the gaming and music communities. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 June 2025 The June 13 launch window for Atlas V opens at 2:29 p.m. EDT (1829 GMT) and will last for 30 minutes. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 6 June 2025 The launch window was delayed Tuesday, June 3, for the second time in a shift that NASA says will allow mission operators to avoid inclement weather and have more time to prepare the Dragon for launch. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 5 June 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 30 Jun. 2025.

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