1.   After checking into the Futaleufu Lodge, Juan Carlos backed the trailer and the rubber raft it carried down the launching ramp.

2.   At the end of one drive, one whale heaved and almost went over the side of the truck on to a concrete launching ramp.

3.   The facility at the Sheraton Savannah consists of two docks, three boat hoists and a launching ramp, and has space for containers and boat storage.

4.   The bolts are used during assembly of the various levels of the launching ramps, Arianespace said, adding that they came from a defective lot.

5.   The first launch of a probe designed to study an asteroid has been postponed Friday because of technical problems on the launching ramp, NASA officials said.

6.   The Katyusha launching ramps are fixed and concealed on the side of roads, in fields and ravines.