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launching site

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launching site [′lȯn·chiŋ ‚sīt]
(aerospace engineering)
A site from which launching is done.
The platform, ramp, rack, or other installation at such a site.


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As a result of the project, there is now a one-acre farm on campus--a launching site for accredited academic courses, informal workshops, and campus events highlighting food and agriculture.
Even more radical changes have been suggested, like replacing the solid-fuel booster rockets with safer, liquid-fuel boosters designed to fly back to their launching site.
Other features of Queensway Bay include the nearby Long Beach Convention Center, which recently underwent a $111 million expansion, and the Downtown Harbor, which will be the launching site for whale watching, diving, sightseeing and dinner cruise boats.
 
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