surface launch
1Surface-mount technology — (SMT) is a method for constructing electronic circuits in which the components (SMC, or Surface Mounted Components) are mounted directly onto the surface of printed circuit boards (PCBs). Electronic devices so made are called surface mount… …
2launch pad — UK / US or launching pad UK / US noun [countable] Word forms launch pad : singular launch pad plural launch pads the surface from which a missile, space vehicle etc is sent into the air or into space …
3launch pad — launch ,pad or launching ,pad noun count the surface from which a space vehicle, missile, etc. is sent into the air or into space …
4launch|ing pad — «LN chihng, LAHN », 1. surface or platform on which a rocket or missile is prepared for launching and from which it is shot into the air: »Launching pads must withstand high temperatures and high velocity exhaust blasts. The nuclear powered… …
5launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles …
6Launch vehicle — Satellite launch vehicle redirects here. For the Indian rocket, see Satellite Launch Vehicle A Russian Soyuz lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan heading for the ISS In spaceflight, a launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket… …
7launch pad — noun a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched • Syn: ↑launching pad, ↑launchpad, ↑launch area, ↑pad • Hypernyms: ↑platform • Part Holonyms: ↑launching site …
8Launch pad — A launch pad is the area and facilities where rockets or spacecrafts liftoff. A typical launch pad consists of the service and umbilical structures. The service structure provides an access platform to inspect the launch vehicle prior to launch.… …
9Surface-conduction electron-emitter display — A surface conduction electron emitter display (SED) is a flat panel display technology that uses surface conduction electron emitters for every individual display pixel. The surface conduction emitter emits electrons that excite a phosphor… …
10Launch Complex 39 — Complexe de lancement 39 Vue aérienne du complexe de lancement 39 avec le bâtiment d assemblage en bas de la photo et les 2 aires de lancement en haut Le complexe de lancement 39 ou LC 39 est un ensemble d installations de la NASA utilisé pour… …
