launch site
Where rockets begin
A launch site is a location from which rockets, missiles, or spacecraft are sent into flight.
The term typically refers to facilities equipped with launch pads, fueling systems, and control infrastructure: Cape Canaveral is America's most famous launch site.
More broadly, any designated point from which something is launched: The drone's launch site was a clearing in the forest.
- launchpadRocket departure platform
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- space shuttleReusable crewed orbital vehicle
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- liftoffMoment of ascent
lift off · mission · mission control · NASA · Cape Canaveral · blast-off · ignition · rocket fuel · spaceport · space race · gantry · fueling · astronauts · control · ground crew · tower · Kennedy · boosters
- spaceflightastronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit, countdown
- landing sitesairfield, airport, airstrip, helipad, heliport
- siteswebsite, campsite, crime scene, homesite, gravesite
- launchesblast off, liftoff, blastoff, ignition, countdown
- Rocket Launchesliftoff, countdown, ignition, blast off, booster
- Ballooninghot air balloon, hot air balloons, balloon, gas balloons, balloonist
launch sitedestination
Intended arrival point
landing site · target · landing zone · arrival point · endpoint
launch, site, launches, launched, launching, launcher, launchers, sites, sited