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blastoffs

noun

plural of blastoff

as in launches

a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket) the mission was scrubbed just minutes before blastoff

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launches

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SpaceX began and ended the day with Starlink launches.

— Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2026
The hurdle to that, of course, is rocket launches.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026

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