launch window
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SpaceX has a hefty four-hour launch window, though, so the Falcon Heavy can launch up until 3:30AM ET tomorrow, June 25th. — Loren Grush, The Verge, "Why the third launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket has the highest stakes yet," 24 June 2019 Onlookers watched tensely as the launch-time was pushed back to 3:53 a.m. EDT, eating into the 65-minute launch window. — James Rogers, Fox News, "NASA's Parker Solar Probe launch scrubbed, rescheduled for Sunday," 11 Aug. 2018 But given the long-ish launch window, the company has a decent shot at launching Tuesday. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "SpaceX to launch a rare expendable mission on Tuesday evening," 6 Aug. 2019 The launch time is instantaneous, meaning SpaceX will have just one opportunity to launch Wednesday, instead of having a launch window to work with. — Chabeli Herrera, orlandosentinel.com, "SpaceX plans to launch 5,000 pounds of cargo to ISS tonight. But storms may push it to August," 24 July 2019 The company has an instantaneous launch window, so the rocket has to take off on time or the mission must be delayed. — Loren Grush, The Verge, "Watch SpaceX launch a new docking port to the International Space Station," 24 July 2019 This is an instantaneous launch window, and the mission will ferry 2.5 tons of supplies to the International Space Station, including materials to support 250 experiments on the orbiting laboratory. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "SpaceX launches 2.5 tons of cargo to the ISS, but … [Updated]," 5 Dec. 2018 China fired at least one missile into the sea over the weekend and was expected to continue testing through a launch window that continued until Wednesday, NBC News reported Tuesday, citing anonymous U.S. officials familiar with the matter. — Brendan Scott / Bloomberg, Time, "Pentagon Calls China’s South Sea Missile Test ‘Truly Disturbing’," 3 July 2019 The rover, which doesn’t have a name yet, has a launch window of July 17-Aug. 5 in 2020. — Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com, "Blast your name to Mars aboard the 2020 rover," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'launch window.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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