launch pad

launch pad
1. the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
2. something that serves to launch or initiate: He used his legal experience as a launch pad for his career in politics.. Also, launchpad. Also called launching pad, pad.
[1955-60]

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