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• launch vehicle — launch′ ve hicle n. rkt ars a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a probe into space • Etymology: 1955–1960 …   From formal English to slang

• launch vehicle — n. any system, usually a rocket, designed to launch a spacecraft or other payload …   English World dictionary

• 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 — I [[t]lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) naut. navig. to set (a boat or ship) in the water 2) naut. navig. to float (a newly constructed boat or ship) usu. by allowing it to slide down an incline into the water 3) to send forth, catapult, or release: to… …   From formal English to slang

• Launch window — is a term used in aerospace to describe a time period in which a particular rocket must be launched. If the rocket does not launch within the window , it has to wait for the next one before it can be launched.For trips into largely arbitrary… …   Wikipedia

• Spacecraft Fabrication Facility — Goddard technicians and engineers manufacture components used for spacecraft assembly. This includes the tools which the astronauts use in space as well as the spacecraft themselves.The Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Branch is broken up …   Wikipedia

• launch — launch1 [lônch] vt. [ME launchen < OFr lanchier < LL(Ec) lanceare, to wield a lance < L lancea, LANCE] 1. to hurl, discharge, or send off (a weapon, blow, etc.) 2. to send forth with some force [to launch a plane by catapult] 3. to cause …   English World dictionary

• launch pad — also launching pad n 1.) a base from which a weapon or spacecraft is sent up into the sky 2.) an event, group, or activity that helps someone start something launch pad for ▪ Ellington s band was a launching pad for many gifted jazz musicians …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• launch window — launch′ win dow n. ars the time period when a spacecraft must be launched if it is to achieve its mission • Etymology: 1960–65 …   From formal English to slang

• launch window — n. the period of time during which a missile, spacecraft, etc. must be launched so that it can arrive at a desired location at a specific time …   English World dictionary

• Spacecraft propulsion — A remote camera captures a close up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial… …   Wikipedia