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A launch pad
Launch pad
A launch pad is the area and facilities where rockets or spacecraft lift off. A spaceport can contain one or many launch pads. A typical launch pad consists of the service and umbilical structures. The service structure provides an access platform to inspect the launch vehicle prior to launch....

is the area and facilities where rockets or spacecraft take off.

Launch pad may also refer to:

Computing

  • Launchpad (website)
    Launchpad (website)
    Launchpad is a web application and website that allow users to develop and maintain software, particularly free software. Launchpad is developed and maintained by Canonical Ltd....

    , website used for bug tracking and software development mainly used as part of the Ubuntu
    Ubuntu (operating system)
    Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...

     operating system
  • Launchpad (Mac OS X)
    Launchpad (Mac OS X)
    Launchpad is an application launcher that was announced alongside Mac OS X Lion. It is designed to be simpler than OS X's current application launching system, the Finder.-History:...

     is an application launcher for Mac OS X Lion
  • Launchpad, Clearspring
    Clearspring
    Clearspring Technologies is a web technology company based in McLean, Virginia, USA. Clearspring's AddThis sharing platform reaches 1.2B unique visitors monthly and is used by over 10MM web publishers to virally distribute and track content across blogs, social networks and other web sites...

     tool that enables web content to be turned into distributable widgets
  • Launchpad, U3
    U3
    U3 was a joint venture between SanDisk and M-Systems , producing a proprietary method of launching Windows applications from special USB flash drives. Flash drives adhering to the U3 specification are termed "U3 smart drives"....

     software application for USB flash drives
  • TI MSP430
    TI MSP430
    The MSP430 is a mixed-signal microcontroller family from Texas Instruments. Built around a 16-bit CPU, the MSP430 is designed for low cost, and specifically, low power consumption embedded applications. The architecture dates from the 1990s and is reminiscent of the DEC PDP-11.-Applications:The...

     development platform, also known as "Launchpad", produced by Texas Instruments

Other

  • Launch Pad (card game)
    Launch Pad (card game)
    Launch Pad is a family strategy card game for 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up. It was designed by Melanie James and published by Stratus Games....

    , game about building rockets and preparing them for launch
  • Launchpad (album), 2004 album by the band Particle
    Particle (band)
    Particle is an American jam band formed in Los Angeles in 2000. The original members were Dave Simmons , Steve Molitz , Eric Gould , and Darren Pujalet . Simmons died shortly after the formation of the band due to a sudden illness. Guitarist Charlie Hitchcock joined shortly thereafter...

  • Launchpad Competition
    Launchpad Competition
    Launchpad is a statewide, alternative music competition for Wisconsin high school students who are in bands formed outside of the traditional music classroom ensembles. Created by the Wisconsin Foundation for School Music and Wisconsin School Music Association, Launchpad celebrates the reach of...

    , high school band competition
  • Launchpad McQuack, Disney character
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