launchpad

launch pad

 
noun
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.
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Also, launch·pad.
Also called launching pad, pad.

Origin:
1955–60
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launchpad

noun
a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched [syn: launching pad] 
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