Mobile Suit Gundam

Most warships we see launch mobile suits "horizontally" (i.e., in the direction the suit would faces when standing).

I'm curious if we've ever seen a mobile suit launch "vertically" (i.e., 'head" or "feet" first)? Obviously this wouldn't work for any earth-bound warships, but for spacegoing ones it'd be fine. In theory, this would allow vulnerable catapult doors to be far smaller launching "face-forward".