[EricH]

Deploying above the deployment line is not allowed.

Originally Posted by Game Section 1.6

DEPLOYMENT – the act of positioning a MINIBOT on a TOWER. DEPLOYMENT starts when the MINIBOT breaks the vertical projection of the TOWER BASE circumference during the END GAME. (Related form, DEPLOY, verb)

If the minibot crosses that projection above the line, no good. If I'm reading the definition right, the launching and the latching would both be parts of deployment, so if you latch higher than the line, no good.

Also see the safety notes I've suggested.