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Recent Examples of liftoff
The massive combined rocket and spacecraft is targeting liftoff from the company’s Texas site Starbase during a 60-minute window that opens at 7:30 p.m. EDT (6:30 p.m. CDT).
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2025
How to watch SpaceX livestream SpaceX will host a livestream of the flight test that will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 May 2025
Super Heavy is the largest piece of the Starship launch system and consists of a 232-foot (71-meter) steel cylinder, fuel tanks, and all 33 rocket engines that give the initial burst of thrust at liftoff.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, SpaceX landed B1067 on its drone ship, Just Read the Instructions, which was positioned in the Atlantic Ocean to the east of the Bahamas.
—ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2025
How to watch SpaceX livestream SpaceX will host a livestream of the flight test that will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 May 2025
Super Heavy is the largest piece of the Starship launch system and consists of a 232-foot (71-meter) steel cylinder, fuel tanks, and all 33 rocket engines that give the initial burst of thrust at liftoff.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, SpaceX landed B1067 on its drone ship, Just Read the Instructions, which was positioned in the Atlantic Ocean to the east of the Bahamas.
—ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liftoff
Noun
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As a result, the surface of the land and sea is an open book that anyone with an internet connection can read to the point where the embarrassing launch failure of a North Korean frigate is instantly world news instead of a vague rumor.—
David Szondy
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2025
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This summer will mark the official launch of the DCU with Superman.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Noun
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The Golden Dome is a ground- and space-based missile defense system designed to protect all of the U.S. by detecting, tracking and stopping missiles at multiple stages of flight, potentially destroying them before takeoff or intercepting them in mid-air.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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For a huge chunk of Monday, those planes were waiting an hour and 40 minutes on average, and up to seven hours, before takeoff.—
Terence McGinley,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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“Liftoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liftoff. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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