: a rocket used to launch a satellite or spacecraft
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The company had a last-minute issue with its launch vehicle.—Jacob Pramuk, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025 The launch vehicle carried a batch of 22 Starlink satellites to add to SpaceX's ever-expanding wireless internet megaconstellation.—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025 However, the competition is still alive, as shown by a comment from SpaceX's vice president of Falcon launch vehicles, Jon Edwards.—Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024 The most recent launch on Nov. 19 represented the sixth test flight of the Starship launch vehicle, which proved successful with the first in-space burn of a single Raptor engine for deorbiting processes.—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for launch vehicle
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