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Recent Examples of liftoff
Wednesday's launch was SpaceX's 79th Falcon 9 liftoff of the year.
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Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
2 July 2026
The May 6 attempt was scrubbed two hours before liftoff because of valve on ULA’s upper Centaur stage that teams continue to investigate.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The pace of rocket launches has broken records this year, with more than 125 orbital liftoffs worldwide.
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Kaylah Jackson,
NBC news,
29 June 2026
Isar called off a launch attempt on January 21 due to an issue with a pressurization valve, and then halted a countdown on March 25, moments before liftoff, when engineers detected rising temperatures in the rocket’s liquid propane fuel.
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Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
19 June 2026
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Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
2 July 2026
The May 6 attempt was scrubbed two hours before liftoff because of valve on ULA’s upper Centaur stage that teams continue to investigate.
—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The pace of rocket launches has broken records this year, with more than 125 orbital liftoffs worldwide.
—
Kaylah Jackson,
NBC news,
29 June 2026
Isar called off a launch attempt on January 21 due to an issue with a pressurization valve, and then halted a countdown on March 25, moments before liftoff, when engineers detected rising temperatures in the rocket’s liquid propane fuel.
—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liftoff
Noun
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The approach was already working, even before any formal launch.
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During the demonstration, three trucks were aligned and mechanically connected to form a continuous launch platform.
Noun
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The vehicle uses six tilting propellers to achieve vertical takeoff before switching to forward flight.
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During the test anomaly, Blue Origin lost the lightning tower at its launch site as well as the massive transporter-erector, which moved the rocket from a nearby integration hangar out to the launch site and lifted it vertically for takeoff.
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