launch window

noun

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The launch window for the expedition officially opens at 9:30 a.m. Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025 How to watch Gayle King, Katy Perry go on all-female spaceflight Blue Origin will provide a livestream of the takeoff beginning prior to the launch window opening on its website. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025 Elon Musk’s rocket company will open a one-hour launch window Monday for the eighth flight of the SpaceX Starship from Starbase in south Texas. Eric MacK, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 The launch window for the mission opens no earlier than Feb. 26. Andrew Jones, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for launch window

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First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

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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 18 May. 2025.

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