Sentence examples for point of launch from inspiring English sources

Some American military installations employ sophisticated tracking devices that allow them to trace the arc of a mortar shell back to its exact point of launch.

In order to get feed reader to the point of launch, other features had to be sacrificed.

And for the creation of "an independent, internationally coordinated body" to oversee whether products meet ethical criteria — both at the point of launch, and thereafter as they evolve and interact with other products.

They are generally classified according to their point of launching (surface or air) and their target location (also surface or air).

As The Economist went to press, the country was on the point of launching a long-range rocket carrying, the regime insists, only an innocuous satellite into orbit some time between April 12th and 16th.

Three teams have applied for permission to send people on suborbital ships, which would fly to an altitude of about 100 kilometers, or 63 miles, and then return near the point of launching.

Last year Twitter was on the point of launching Cards – a service that offers a snapshot of other content such as a newspaper article, a photo or a video alongside the tweet.

Last year, the US president, Barack Obama, appeared on the point of launching air and missile attacks over the Assad government's use of chemical weapons, but Obama's last-minute decision to pull back was interpreted in Tehran and Damascus as a sign the US was having second thoughts and was not wholly committed to winning the war.

What's the point of launching a new Xbox when half the people who have one haven't really seen what it can do?

He was on the point of launching this project, having invested $1,000 of his own money (equal to $ today) in preparation, when he learned that James Herring of New York City was planning a similar series.

With a smile on his face and enthusiasm in his voice, Mark told me about the new business that he and a close friend were working on and were almost at the point of launching.