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launch area

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Noun1.launch arealaunch area - a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
launching site - a place for launching pads


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Level 1 requires a vehicle to take off vertically from a designated launch area, climb to an altitude of at least 150 feet, remain aloft for at least 90 seconds while traveling horizontally to a landing pad 300 feet away, and then land vertically.
With Blydenburgh County Park's scenic rowboat launch area as the backdrop, Suffolk county executive Steve Levy was joined by a broad coalition of environmentalists, civic groups, business and labor leaders recently to announce that they are throwing their strong support to the county's $75 million Open Space Bond Act going before voters in November.
For that reason, we have been much more active in the new launch area," Ossoff continued.
 
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