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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• SpaceX had its first launch of its next-generation launch vehicle 10 years ago.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 June 2020
• The transporter and launch vehicle for the Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Oct. 2022
• Northrop Grumman, which is building a launch vehicle called OmegA, will receive up to $792 million.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Nov. 2019
• But Starship is a very powerful launch vehicle, outstripping the thrust of Saturn 5 rockets that sent men to the Moon.
  — Don Lincoln, CNN, 19 July 2021
• Russia had been due to provide the rover’s nuclear power source, as well as the launch vehicle and landing platform.
  — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2023
• The center also boasts a replica of a Saturn V — the famous rocket that was used as a launch vehicle to get the Apollo missions into space.
  — Currie Engel, Time, 15 July 2019
• It is billed as Japan’s next-generation heavy-lift launch vehicle, and a successor to its H2 rocket that is due to be retired.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
• This marks the first time a Korean launch vehicle has carried commercial payloads to space.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 May 2023
• The first mission will not have a customer, so the company can focus on getting the launch vehicle safely into space, Ellis said.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2020
• The rocket is the most powerful launch vehicle the space agency has ever constructed.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 16 Jan. 2021
• Photos released by state media showed a massive missile, painted black with a white nosecone, rising on a column of flame from a launch vehicle.
  — NBC News, 25 Mar. 2022
• And for the first time, the entire launch vehicle will be owned and operated by a private space company, marking a new era in human spaceflight.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024