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blast·off

also blast-off  (blăst′ôf′, -ŏf′)
n.
The launch, especially of a rocket.
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blast-off

noun launch, launching, take off, discharge, projection, lift-off, propelling, sendoff The planned launch was called off four minutes before blast-off.
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blast-off

[ˈblɑːstɒf] N [of spacecraft] → despegue m
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Chandrayaan-2 was launched from the Sriharikota space station on 22 July, a week after the scheduled blast-off was halted due to a technical snag.
The 'Falcon Eye 1' satellite blast-off postponed twice due to bad weather conditions over the space centre.
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It was the first manned launch for the Soviet-era Soyuz since October 11, when a rocket carrying Russia's Aleksey Ovchinin and US astronaut Nick Hague failed just minutes after blast-off, forcing the pair to make an emergency landing.
Onboard cameras showed crew members making thumbs-up gestures after the blast-off. Also visible was a stuffed dog toy chosen by Shkaplerov's daughter to be the spacecraft's zero-gravity indicator.
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The cargo spaceship's separation from the third stage of the carrier rocket is to take place 9 minutes after the blast-off," Roscosmos said.
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The launch was carried live on state television, and until moments before blast-off, a camera showed the three astronauts in the cabin occasionally waving.
The space agency announced that the TMA-04M had seperated from the Soyuz rocket and smoothly reached the intended orbit ten minutes after blast-off. After orbital insertion, the spaceship is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) at 8:39 (0439 GMT) Moscow time on Thursday in an automatic mode, the Roscosmos said.
After blast-off it could be a monotonous journey but Unlimited retain the pace, helped by an intelligent script, excellent use of films and a couple of emergencies.
He currently lives in the state of Connecticut and before blast-off yesterday had already logged 308 hours in space.