launch window
Optimal departure timeframe
A launch window is a limited period during which a spacecraft can be launched to reach its intended destination efficiently.
Orbital mechanics dictate these windows—planets and moons are only in favorable positions at certain times: The Mars launch window opens every 26 months.
The term extends to any narrow timeframe for beginning something: We have a small launch window before competitors enter the market.
Backward enumeration to zero
- liftoffMoment of ascent
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- orbitalRevolving around another
- missionPurpose-driven task
rocket · satellite · payload · escape velocity · thrust · propulsion · spacecraft · booster
countdown
Backward enumeration to zero
- liftoffMoment of ascent
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- orbitalRevolving around another
mission · rocket · satellite · payload · escape velocity · thrust · propulsion · spacecraft · booster · rendezvous
timing
Art of choosing moments
moment · narrow · closing · missed · optimal · strategic · brief · critical · limited · fleeting
- spaceflightastronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit, countdown
- launchesblast off, liftoff, blastoff, ignition, countdown
- nuclear waratomic bomb, nuclear holocaust, nuclear arsenal, hydrogen bomb, ICBM
- Rocket Launchesliftoff, countdown, ignition, blast off, booster
- rocketryrocket, rockets, rocket fuel, rocket engine, rocket engines
- space operationsdocking, spacewalk, EVA, landing, reentry
launch windowblackout period
Enforced trading suspension interval
delay · cancellation · missed window · exclusion zone · hold
window, launch, launching, launched, launches, launcher, relaunch, launchers, relaunched