"liftoff for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a rocket or spacecraft launching, or when discussing the beginning of some kind of project or venture. For example: "The countdown has started, so it's nearly time for liftoff for the SpaceX rocket!".
Liftoff for a mission to the International Space Station is scheduled for July 13.
But a technical problem delayed the liftoff for two and a half hours; many viewers went to bed without knowing what happened, in either case.
It was the second try at a liftoff for the Endeavour, which was grounded by an electrical short circuit on April 29.
The event of higher interest rates is so widely anticipated on Wall Street and in Washington that it is frequently called "liftoff", for its anticipated effect on the US economy.
The shuttle was to have been launched on its 11-day mission on Thursday evening, but mission managers postponed liftoff for a day to give them time to study how the space station problems might affect the shuttle flight.
The animation award, and Mr. Stewart's opening monologue, provided a lighthearted liftoff for an Oscars telecast sure to be weighted down by the field of mostly small and dark films in the running for the top honors.
The liftoff, set for 4 55 Saturday morning, is timed to take place at the moment the launching pad lines up with the space station's orbit.
The U.S. economy was in liftoff mode for most of the second half of the twentieth century.
Kalghatgi's classic phenomenological theory, which is based on scaling arguments, yields a reasonbly accurate prediction (HK/d=11.4) of the liftoff height for the present flame.
The streaming begins at 10 AM ET, with a liftoff targeted for 10 21 AM ET. The mission also includes another attempt by SpaceX to recover its Falcon 9 reusable rocket stage, via an ocean-borne automated drone barge that doubles as a landing platform.
On its 16-day mission, some NASA engineers concerned about debris hitting the shuttle's wing during liftoff had argued for taking pictures to look for possible damage.
