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liftoff vs lift-off

Both "liftoff" and "lift-off" are correct, but "liftoff" is more commonly used as a single word in English. Both versions refer to the moment when a rocket or spacecraft leaves the ground.

Last updated: April 01, 2024 • 1273 views

liftoff

This is correct and commonly used in English.

The term "liftoff" is used to describe the moment when a rocket or spacecraft leaves the ground.

Examples:

The liftoff of the rocket was a spectacular sight.
The countdown to liftoff began.

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No! All systems go and green for liftoff.
One, zero, and liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour.
liftoff must have happened somewhere between here... and here.
Now, given the duration of the gust and the terrain obstacles, liftoff must have happened somewhere between here... and here.
I remember watching the liftoff of Apollo 17.
T-minus 32 seconds to liftoff.
3, 2, engine ignition... and liftoff.
Main engine start, and liftoff.
Minus-7 hours to liftoff of Expedition One.
This one will make my 24th liftoff.
We have an abort liftoff at Tminus three seconds.
Clean jobs almost ready for liftoff, right?
It's understandable that people think the biggest acceleration someone can experience is during liftoff of a space mission.
What happens when 250.000 tons of fuel and debris explodes right after liftoff?
Nobel Prize nominee Hernando De Soto recognized that the key to economic liftoff for most developing countries is to tap the vast amounts of uncapitalized land.
They said they almost had to cancel the liftoff.
Two weeks ago, a shuttle mission was scrubbed three seconds before liftoff when an auxiliary power unit valve malfunctioned.
Three, two, one, liftoff!
Tags: nasa, disaster, rocket, delta, blow, fuel, ignition, liftoff, explosion, war zone, crater
Three, two, one, liftoff!

Alternatives:

launch
takeoff
blastoff
departure
ascend

lift-off

This is correct but less commonly used in English.

The term "lift-off" is also used to describe the moment when a rocket or spacecraft leaves the ground, but it is less common than "liftoff".

Examples:

The rocket had a smooth lift-off.
The lift-off was successful.

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' Fifteen minutes to lift-off, John.
The textual designator of the touch down and lift-off area.
Phase two Eagle lift-off, 1 5 minutes.
Anti-nuclear groups go to court to try to block Thursday's scheduled lift-off of the shuttle Atlantis with its payload of radioactive plutonium.
providing scrap storage under cover and/or on concrete floors to minimise dust lift-off caused by vehicle movements
Installation surface pressure and seal thickness are to be indicated in the test record. The lift-off force, caused by the nominal pressure, referring to the middle seal diameter, shall additionally be considered in all testing steps.
Choose one of the numerous lift-off areas.
We have lift-off at 10 hours, 23 minutes and 17 seconds.
spacecraft arrived five and a half months after lift-off, only to
On the other hand ended kopytkiem for lift-off skins
We have ignition and lift-off of Atlantis, and the Galileo spacecraft bound for Jupiter!
Only because no one has called NASA to request a lift-off.
After the installation of' wing near the slopes of lift-off, you check the same.
But just after lift-off, he suddenly realizes that in order to reduce the budget, Zlatar decided against protecting the space shuttle from cosmic rays. After all, there's no real proof they cause genetic mutations...
As part of your collaboration, from Kagoshima, in Japan, only a short distance from Nagasaki, the world witnessed the beautiful lift-off into space of the two satellites "Sakigake" and "Suisei".
'... based on the data up to January 27, 'right through the launch countdown until the lift-off, 'all those actions were proper.'
No, we're definitely not green for any kind of lift-off!
where PTO and Pinit respectively designate the aircraft thrust at the point of lift-off and the aircraft thrust at the start of takeoff roll.
Just a few more hours to lift-off.
One minute until lift-off.

Alternatives:

launch
takeoff
blastoff
departure
ascend

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