LAUNCH WINDOW Definition & Meaning

launch window

noun

a precise time period during which a spacecraft can be launched from a particular site in order to achieve a desired mission, as a rendezvous with another spacecraft.

launch window

noun

the limited period during which a spacecraft can be launched on a particular mission

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of launch window¹

First recorded in 1960–65

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There is another possible launch window on Thursday but SpaceX has yet to announce whether the equipment will be fixed by that time.

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"We happened to have this launch window that's on the verge of some other big releases but we don't have access to that information before the general public."

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It's going to be called Mafia: The Old Country, and while we didn't get a release date or launch window, we've been promised more details in December.

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North Korea had earlier notified Japan’s coast guard about its plans to launch “a satellite rocket” during a launch window from Monday through June 3.

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The launch window is 5-6 p.m. with the target of 5:27 p.m.

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