blastoff
Example Sentences
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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
This duet with fellow all-too-knowing West Coast soul man Bobby Womack is a satisfying outlier in Withers’ career, a buddy team blastoff on the Rolling Stones hit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2020
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
