blastoff

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The blastoff also will help the company compete against the flurry of low-earth orbit internet constellations that are either planned or have already entered orbit, led by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and its Starlink service.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2023

So the team instead settled on another idea: What if the rocket could be tossed several meters above the surface, allowing more clearance for blastoff?

From Scientific American • Mar. 4, 2022

The quartet of amateur space travelers, led by the American founder and chief executive of e-commerce firm Shift4 Payments Inc, Jared Isaacman, were due for blastoff as early as 8 p.m.

From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2021

Sunday’s blastoff was SpaceX’s 21st and final launch of the year, a company record.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2018

Before my phone broke, I’d watched the blastoff footage online all the time to remind myself that I too was meant to be a scientist and someday walk in space.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas