Definition of "startable" []

• That can be started. (adjective)

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• "The HLLV vehicle I proposed was an SDV that would today be equivalent to the Jupiter 241 proposal, with the J2-X EDS replace by one derived from the Ariane cryo core, with an air-startable Vulcaine evolution."
• "As I and many others have said before, Ares I looked good when it was a 4-segment SRB first stage, and air-startable SSME second stage."
• "Another big change was going with a J-2X instead of an RS-25 (expendable, air-startable SSME) for the upper stage (US) evaluated in ESAS."