space launch
Orbital mission beginning
A space launch is the sending of a spacecraft, satellite, or other payload beyond Earth's atmosphere, typically using rockets: The space launch was postponed due to weather.
The term covers both the event and the operation surrounding it.
Space launches may be crewed or uncrewed, carrying anything from communications satellites to interplanetary probes.
- mission controlEarth-based space operations hub
- all systems goComplete operational preparedness
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- liftoffMoment of ascent
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
solid rocket booster · heat shielding · countdown · orbital mechanics · rocket propulsion · escape velocity · gravitational slingshot · planetary exploration · Cape Canaveral · thrust · fueling station · lunar landing · T-minus · payload · NASA · aerodynamics · blast-off · ignition
- broadcaststelecast, newscast, news broadcast, live broadcast, simulcast
- World EventsOlympics, World Cup, G20, G7 summit, pandemic
- countdownten, nine, eight, seven, six
- launcheslaunched, blast off, liftoff, blastoff, ignition
- flight eventstakeoff, landing, liftoff, flight, descent
- countdownscountdown timer, countdown clock, T-minus, tick tock, ticking
space launchlanding
Descent's final moment
reentry · atmospheric reentry · splashdown · touchdown · descent