platform a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
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launch pad -
The surface or structure from which a launch is made.
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A launch pad is the area and facilities where rockets or spacecrafts liftoff. A Spaceport (or rocket launch site) can contain one or many launch pads. A typical launch pad consists of the service and umbilical structures.
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launch pad A structure for keeping a rocket or a spacecraft still for a few seconds after ignition.