launching
Sending into orbit
Launching is the act of setting something in motion—a boat into water, a rocket into space, a product into the market, a career into its trajectory.
The word captures that initial propulsive moment when something leaves its starting point: The launching of the new website went smoothly.
A launching pad or launch pad is where rockets begin their ascent; figuratively, any position that enables advancement: The internship served as a launching pad for her career.
Moment of ascent
- blastoffRocket launch moment
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- thrustForceful forward motion
propulsion · trajectory · orbit · booster · payload · ascent · rocket · spacecraft
Act of first revealing
- premiereFirst public performance
- rolloutStaged public introduction
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- kickoffOpening play in football
inauguration · reveal · announcement · release · debut · ribbon-cutting
Powerful propulsion by arm
- catapultingLaunching with sudden force
- propellingCausing forward motion
- flingingPropelling with force
- lobbingThrowing in arc
heaving · projecting · casting · slinging · shooting · firing · releasing · sending
Act of starting
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- outsetInitial point of something
- genesisPoint of creation
- onsetStarting point of something
embarkation · inception · groundbreaking · christening · inaugural · kickstart · jumpstart · undertaking
liftoff
Moment of ascent
- blastoffRocket launch moment
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- ignitionStarting combustion process
thrust · propulsion · trajectory · orbit · booster · payload · ascent · rocket · spacecraft · capsule
unveiling
Act of first revealing
- premiereFirst public performance
- rolloutStaged public introduction
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
kickoff · inauguration · reveal · announcement · release · debut · ribbon-cutting
hurling
Powerful propulsion by arm
- catapultingLaunching with sudden force
- propellingCausing forward motion
- flingingPropelling with force
lobbing · heaving · projecting · casting · slinging · shooting · firing · releasing · sending · tossing
commencement
Act of starting
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- outsetInitial point of something
- genesisPoint of creation
onset · embarkation · inception · groundbreaking · christening · inaugural · kickstart · jumpstart · undertaking · venturing
- setting sailsetting sail, weighing anchor, casting off, putting to sea, undocking
- initiativetake action, taking initiative, go for it, initiating, take the lead
- shipbuildingshipyards, shipyard, dockyards, dockyard, hull
- racing tacticsovertaking, drafting, late braking, racing line, pit strategy
- ship operationsanchoring, berthing, docking, undocking, mooring
- boatbuildinghull, keel, stern, bow, planking
launchingclosing
Final stage of something
shutting down · ending · terminating · discontinuing · stopping
launchinglanding
Descent's final moment
touching down · docking · descending · arriving · recovering
launchingretrieving
Recovering something sent away
recovering · decommissioning · retiring · recalling · pulling back
- launching padRocket departure platform
- ship launchingSending new vessel seaward
- launching ceremonyRitual beginning a vessel's service