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- Launch_pad abstract "A launch pad is an above-ground platform from which a rocket-powered missile or space vehicle is vertically launched. A spaceport (or launch complex) is a facility which includes, and provides required support for, one or more launch pads. A launch pad generally contains a fixed or mobile service structure, which provides one or more access platforms to inspect and maintain the vehicle, and an umbilical structure which provides the vehicle with propellants, cryogenic fluids, electrical power, communications, and telemetry prior to launch. The service structure also provides access to the crew cabin for vehicles carrying humans. The pad may contain a flame deflection structure to prevent the intense heat of the rocket exhaust from damaging the vehicle or pad structures, and a sound suppression system spraying large quantities of water may be employed. The pad may also be protected by lightning arrestors.A launch pad is distinct from a missile launch facility (or missile silo), which also launches a missile vertically but is located underground in order to help harden it against enemy attack, or conceal it from surveillance.Cryogenic propellants (liquid oxygen oxidizer, and liquid hydrogen fuel) need to be continuously topped off (i.e., boil-off replaced) during the launch sequence (countdown), as the vehicle awaits liftoff. This becomes particularly important as complex sequences may be interrupted by planned or unplanned holds to fix problems.Most rockets need stable support for a few seconds after ignition while the engines build up to stable, full thrust. Therefore, the vehicle is commonly held on the pad by hold-down arms or explosive bolts, which are triggered when the vehicle is stable and ready to fly, at which point all umbilical connections with the pad are released.".
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- Launch_pad wikiPageRevisionID "706493031".
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Apollo_(spacecraft).
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Apollo–Soyuz_Test_Project.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Ariane_(rocket_family).
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Ariane_5.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Atlas_V.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_37.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_40.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Category:Rocket_launchers.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Category:Rockets_and_missiles.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Category:Space_launch_vehicles.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Countdown.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Crawler-transporter.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Cryogenic_fuel.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Cryogenics.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Delta_IV.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Dnepr-1.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink ELA-1.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink ELA-2.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink ELA-3.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Energia.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Equator.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink French_Guiana.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Geostationary_transfer_orbit.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Ground_segment.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Guiana_Space_Centre.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Hermann_Oberth.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Kagoshima.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Kennedy_Space_Center.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Kourou,_French_Guiana.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Launch_vehicle.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Lightning_arrester.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Liquid-propellant_rocket.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Liquid_hydrogen.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Liquid_oxygen.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink List_of_rocket_launch_sites.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink M-V.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Missile.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Missile_launch_facility.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Mobile_Launcher_Platform.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink N1_(rocket).
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Non-rocket_spacelaunch.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Odyssey_(launch_platform).
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Pad_abort_test.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Peenemünde.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Pyrotechnic_fastener.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink R-36_(missile).
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Rocket.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Rocket_launch.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Saturn_IB.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Saturn_V.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Sea_Launch.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Service_structure.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Skylab.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Space_Shuttle.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Space_vehicle.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Spaceport.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Stratolaunch_Systems.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Telemetry.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Thrust.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Titan_(rocket_family).
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Titan_IV.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Transporter_erector_launcher.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink V-2_rocket.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_4.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_6.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Vehicle_Assembly_Building.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Volgograd.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Woman_in_the_Moon.
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLink Zenit-3SL.
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- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLinkText "Launch Complex".
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLinkText "Launch Pad".
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLinkText "Launch pad".
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLinkText "Rocket launchers".
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLinkText "launch facility".
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLinkText "launch pad".
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLinkText "launch platform".
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLinkText "launch site".
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLinkText "launch sites".
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLinkText "launcher".
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLinkText "launchpad".
- Launch_pad wikiPageWikiLinkText "pad".
- Launch_pad title "List of launch pads".
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