Launch pad

The Space Shuttle Columbia is arriving to the launch pad

A launch pad is where rockets and spacecraft are placed until they are ready to blast off. NASA has its own launch pads for its spacecraft.^[1] Launch pads are often made out of steel reinforced concrete. Launch pads for larger spacecraft will often have towers to support it during its launch.

Launch Pad Media

Launch pad at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B on Merritt Island, Florida
Transport of Soyuz rocket to pad by train
Transport of Space Shuttle and MLP to pad on Crawler-transporter
SLC-40 with SpaceX Falcon 9 launch infrastructure. The four towers surrounding the rocket are lightning arresters, and acts like a giant Faraday cage
The second launch pad at Naro Space Center in South Korea is a fixed launch tower.

References

↑ Wragg, David W.. A Dictionary of Aviation (1973)Osprey. p. 175. ISBN 9780850451634.

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[1] Wragg, David W.. A Dictionary of Aviation (1973)Osprey. p. 175. ISBN 9780850451634.

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