prelaunch

American  

[pree-lawnch, -lahnch] / priˈlɔntʃ, -ˈlɑntʃ /

adjective

1. preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.

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Etymology

Origin of prelaunch

pre- + launch ¹

Example Sentences

Shortly after Blue Origin announced its new vehicle roadmap, SpaceX said the third-generation Super Heavy booster used for Starship is beginning prelaunch testing.

From MarketWatch

My initial prelaunch test unit sent me down a potential medical-emergency spiral, falsely flagging most entries as “blood in bowl.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“Quite honestly, I put us at 99 percent chance of mission success,” he says, underscoring all the painstaking prelaunch testing of hardware and spacecraft performance to date.

From Scientific American

Photos suggest that during military drills in March, it fired a missile from a buried silo, allowing prelaunch preparations to be conducted without early detection.

From Washington Post

After his first attempt, Benoiston hired Prelaunch, which tests product marketability, and The Crowdfunding Formula, for marketing.

From Seattle Times