How to Use launch vehicle in a Sentence

launch vehicle

noun

• Of course, this isn't even the first time we've been tricked by an old launch vehicle.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 23 Sep. 2020
• The hardware in question is the first stage of the flight version of the New Glenn launch vehicle.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2024
• It was feared that the launch vehicle and its two satellites were lost.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2018
• The fight over a launch vehicle, on the other hand, remains in progress.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Apr. 2018
• The plane is used as the first stage launch platform for the air launch stage of the smallsat orbital launch vehicle, the LauncherOne.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 31 Mar. 2023
• Reusable launch vehicles were the big step of the last decade.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2020
• Most of the launch vehicles in the U.S. are commercially owned now.
  — Riis Williams, Scientific American, 7 June 2024
• The latter wouldn’t be limited by the size of its launch vehicle.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 4 Feb. 2023
• There were once beliefs that the rocket could have belonged to a SpaceX launch vehicle from back in 2015.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 30 June 2022
• The lander will then deposit them in a small pod within the launch vehicle to be launched a short time later.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2022
• The Centaur will soon be the launch vehicle for the Boeing Starliner.
  — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 23 July 2024
• But there’s not a lot of difference between a space-launch vehicle and an ICBM.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
• Today’s journey will mark the first time the crawler has transported a launch vehicle to the pad since its 2016 update.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022
• The president seemed enthused to see the launch vehicles.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2018
• And while the telescope is the same one that was ready to fly on Soyuz in 2022, additional work was needed to support the switch to a new launch vehicle.
  — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 30 June 2023
• Among the three launches will be the debut of the country's SSLV, or small satellite launch vehicle.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2022
• There are many changes here, but one of the biggest is moving away from the goal of a fully reusable launch vehicle.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2023
• The spacecraft is called Starship, and its launch vehicle is Super Heavy.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2019
• Recovering and reusing parts of its rockets is at the core of SpaceX's plans to make its launch vehicles cheaper.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 July 2019
• SpaceX is looking to launch its first orbital flight this year aboard its Starship launch vehicle.
  — Dan Carson, Chron, 13 July 2022
• And to be fair, developing a new super-heavy lift launch vehicle like SLS is no small feat.
  — Alexander William Salter, National Review, 30 Oct. 2020
• Its launch vehicle, the company's New Glenn rocket, is slated for its first flights in 2021.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 9 May 2019
• If something goes wrong with the Falcon 9 rocket, Crew dragon can escape the launch vehicle to safety and splashdown in the ocean.
  — Rachael Joy, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2020
• Then comes the launch vehicle stage adapter, the upper stage, the Orion stage adapter, and finally, the Orion spacecraft itself.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 25 July 2024
• Most of the funding will go toward the country's space station and a reusable launch vehicle.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2024
• SpaceX had its first launch of its next-generation launch vehicle 10 years ago.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 June 2020
• Design reviews of the launch vehicle and launch site at Kennedy Space Center will occur this summer.
  — Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• The cost for such a launch vehicle would be about half that charged by foreign companies, ISRO believes.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 8 June 2018
• The transporter and launch vehicle for the Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Oct. 2022
• That’s the site of testing and launch operations for the company’s Starship rocket — the largest launch vehicle ever created, which Musk bills as the vehicle that will land humans on Mars for the first time.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024