launch window

An interval of time during which a planetary probe, etc., must be launched in order to attain a desired position at a desired time.

launch window

[′lȯnch ‚win·dō]

(aerospace engineering)

The time period during which a spacecraft or missile must be launched in order to achieve a desired encounter, rendezvous, or impact.

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There is a backup launch window scheduled for Wednesday beginning at 1:30 p.

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The launch window for ViaSat-2 is one hour in duration, opening at 4:45 pm PDT / 8:45 pm GFT / 11:45 pm UTC.

United States : ViaSat-2 Scheduled for Launch Tonight, June 1 at 4:45 PM PDT

The move comes after North Koreas announced on Monday that it will extend the 13-day launch window by one week until December 29 to fix a "technical deficiency" in the rocket's first-stage control engine module.

N. Korea removes rocket from launch pad to fix problems - Yonhap

The original launch window was December 10 to December 22.

North Korea Extends Rocket Launch Window

But because of concerns about the launchpad's 'water deluge' system, the blast-off was abandoned after a 33-minute launch window expired just before 11pm UK time.

British defence satellite blasts off

That reportedly gives the North a launch window of about a month.

North Korea 'ready to test missile'

NASA officials expect they can get the problem fixed before the launch window for shuttle Atlantis to rendezvous with the space station closes Sept.

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Launch window is defined as the period beginning Nov.

Nintendo Announces 23 Games Launching with Wii U on Nov. 18

com/ulalaunch/status/954143308284092416) tweeted Thursday night less than an hour before the launch window was scheduled to open that the launch of the SBIRS GEO 4 payload was scrubbed for the day.

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Globalstar announces launch window for second-generation satellites

Dawn will miss its originally planned mid-2006 launch window by at least 14 months.

Dawn reprieve

There's another reason the space agency hopes the mission won't miss its December launch window and get bumped into next year, SCIENCE NEWS has learned.