to launch a rocket

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• Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi …   Wikipedia

• launch — [[t]lɔ͟ːntʃ[/t]] ♦♦ launches, launching, launched 1) VERB To launch a rocket, missile, or satellite means to send it into the air or into space. [V n] NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays... [V n] A Delta II rocket was launched… …   English dictionary

• rocket — n. device propelled by a rocket engine or explosives 1) to fire; launch a rocket 2) a booster; liquid fuel; long range; multistage; solid fuel rocket reprimand (colloq.) (BE) 3) to give smb. a rocket 4) to get a rocket * * * [ rɒkɪt] launch a… …   Combinatory dictionary

• launch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French *lancher, lancer, from Late Latin lanceare to wield a lance more at lance Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to throw forward ; hurl b. to release, catapult, or send off (a self propelled …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• launch complex — noun The facilities and support equipment needed to assemble, test and launch a rocket powered vehicle …   Wiktionary

• Rocket propellant — is mass that is stored, usually in some form of propellant tank, prior to being used as the propulsive mass that is ejected from a rocket engine in the form of a fluid jet to produce thrust.Chemical rocket propellants are most commonly used,… …   Wikipedia

• Rocket Racing League — Type Private Industry Air racing · Sports · Entertainment Aerospace engineering Founded 2005 Headquarters New York, Bost …   Wikipedia

• Launch lug — Launch lugs are small cylinders attached to the sides of most model rockets, into which the launch rod is placed prior to a launch. They are generally made of either plastic or thin cardboard to minimize additional mass. Use The sole purpose of… …   Wikipedia

• Launch — may refer to:In boating: *Launch (boat), a large motor boat *Motor Launch (ML), a small military vessel used by the Royal Navy *Ship naming and launching, when a ship or boat is dispatched from a slipway, prior to fitting out and commissioningIn… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Rocket artillery — is a type of artillery equipped with rocket launchers instead of conventional guns or mortars. Types of rocket artillery pieces include multiple rocket launchers. HistoryPre modern historyThe use of rockets as some form of artillery dates back to …   Wikipedia