what is the difference between a launch tower and a gantry (solved)

elga just thinking, if gantry for assembly rocket, meanwhile launch tower for fill rocket fuel before launch, installed on rocket mobile launch pad. sorry, if wrong 😅

@Toinkove confused look

But the launch towers are built into the launchpad facilities used for them. The tower itself doesn't move. You must be talking about the massive transport vehicle that moved those LVs to the pad and functionally served as the bottom of the pad as well

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A launch tower is stationary, while a gantry moves out of the way. Systems like the Saturn V and Space Shuttle used launch towers(although the quick disconnect systems are technically just small gantries). Soyuz on the other hand uses a wraparound gantry tower that opens from the top like a flower immediately after ignition. A lot of smaller rockets use gantries too. I'm not sure exactly why one system is chosen over the other for different applications, but I'm sure it boils down to economics and the reliability of the rocket in question.