Launchpad is a web application and web site supporting software development, particularly that of free software. Launchpad is developed and maintained by Canonical Ltd. It has several parts: Rosetta, a site for translating human language strings that occur in software programs; Malone, a bug tracker; and Soyuz, a tool for deriving custom software distributions.

A simple BeOS application/file/folder launcher.

Launchpad copies files from the CMS to your local PC and launches the appropriate application to edit that file. For instance, if you elect to edit an excel spreadsheet from the CMS, Launchpad will start Excel with that file loaded

a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched.

a task scheduler for Windows