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• Launch 5 — is a restored NYPD Patrol Launch presently in use as a US Coast Guard Auxiliary Facility as well as for volunteer non profit environmental, public safety and educational work. Launch 5 enjoys a rich history beginning with her construction and… …   Wikipedia

• Launch control (automotive) — Launch control refers to an electronic device that is used to assist a Formula 1 driver in the very moment of the start of a race.Launch control also refers to an electronic setting on many modern sports sedans and coupes that let the driver take …   Wikipedia

• launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles …   Universalium

• Launch vehicle — Satellite launch vehicle redirects here. For the Indian rocket, see Satellite Launch Vehicle A Russian Soyuz lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan heading for the ISS In spaceflight, a launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket… …   Wikipedia

• Launch loop — A launch loop or Lofstrom loop is a design for a belt based maglev orbital launch system that would be around 2,000 km long and maintained at an altitude of up to 80 km (50 mi). A launch loop would be held up at this altitude by momentum of the… …   Wikipedia

• launch — I UK [lɔːntʃ] / US [lɔntʃ] verb [transitive] Word forms launch : present tense I/you/we/they launch he/she/it launches present participle launching past tense launched past participle launched *** 1) a) to send a missile, space vehicle, satellite …   English dictionary

• launch — launch1 [ lɔntʃ ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to send a missile, space vehicle, SATELLITE, or other object into the air or into space: The agency will launch a new weather satellite next month. a ) to put a boat or ship into water 2. ) to start a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• launch — 01. The [launch] of the space shuttle has been delayed due to high winds. 02. In a tragic accident a few years ago, the space shuttle blew up shortly after being [launched], killing all the astronauts on board. 03. We [launched] the boat from… …   Grammatical examples in English

• launch window — {n.}, {Space English}, {informal} 1. A period of time when the line up of planets, Sun, and Moon are such as to make favorable conditions for a specific space launch. * /The mission was canceled until the next launch window which will be exactly… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• launch window — {n.}, {Space English}, {informal} 1. A period of time when the line up of planets, Sun, and Moon are such as to make favorable conditions for a specific space launch. * /The mission was canceled until the next launch window which will be exactly… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• launch\ window — noun Space English informal 1. A period of time when the line up of planets, Sun, and Moon are such as to make favorable conditions for a specific space launch. The mission was canceled until the next launch window which will be exactly six weeks …   Словарь американских идиом