base de lançamento
1. A facility or location from which rockets, missiles, or spacecraft are launched into space or the atmosphere
The launch site at Cape Canaveral is one of the most famous in the world.
A base de lançamento em Cabo Canaveral é uma das mais famosas do mundo.
2. A designated area equipped with facilities and infrastructure necessary for launching vehicles or projectiles
Engineers inspected the launch site before the scheduled rocket deployment.
Os engenheiros inspecionaram a base de lançamento antes do lançamento programado do foguete.
The term is primarily used in aerospace, military, and scientific contexts. In Brazil, with growing interest in space exploration and the presence of international space agencies, the term 'base de lançamento' has become increasingly familiar to the general public, especially following events like international space missions and news coverage of agencies like NASA and SpaceX.
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