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Launch Pad

A launch pad provides a stable foundation for the launching of a rocket. The launch pad usually has a blast deflector and either a launch rod or launch rail.

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Level 1 Certification (Article)
How I Became Interested in Rocketry (Article)
NEFAR's January 2007 Launch (Article)
NEFAR's September 2007 Launch (Article)
NEFAR's October 2007 Launch (Article)
NEFAR's February 2008 Launch (Article)
2008 Florida Winternationals (Article)
Using the Casio EX-F1 to Photograph Rocket Launches (Article)
Was rocket moments from striking Continental flight? (Article)
R.O.C.K.'s March, 2009, Launch (Article)
NEFAR's First Launch of 2011 (Article)
May 2011 TTRA Launch Photos (Article)
Gus Grissom (Miscellaneous)
Off-the-Pad Abort (Miscellaneous)
Launch Complex 39 (Miscellaneous)
Roger Chaffee (Miscellaneous)
Blast Deflector (Miscellaneous)
AS-204 (Miscellaneous)
The Launch Pad (Miscellaneous)
JonRocket.com (Miscellaneous)
Shaanxi Zhongtian Rocket Technology Co., Ltd. (Miscellaneous)
Space View Park (Miscellaneous)
The Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA9) rocket on Launch Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Picture)
CTI Dual-Thrust Motor Static Test (Video)