Definitions for launch vehicle
launch ve·hi·cle

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1. launch vehiclenoun

   A vehicle for transporting objects into space, usually a rocket.

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1. Launch vehicle

   A launch vehicle is a typically rocket-powered vehicle designed to carry a payload (spacecraft or satellites) from the Earth's surface to outer space. The most common form is the carrier rocket, but the term is more general and also encompasses vehicles like the Space Shuttle. Most launch vehicles operate from a launch pad, supported by a launch control center and systems such as vehicle assembly and fueling. Launch vehicles are engineered with advanced aerodynamics and technologies, which contribute to large operating costs. An orbital launch vehicle must lift its payload at least to the boundary of space, approximately 150 km (93 mi) and accelerate it to a horizontal velocity of at least 7,814 m/s (17,480 mph). Suborbital vehicles launch their payloads to lower velocity or are launched at elevation angles greater than horizontal. Practical orbital launch vehicles are multistage rockets which use chemical propellants such as solid fuel, liquid hydrogen, kerosene, liquid oxygen, or Hypergolic propellants. Launch vehicles are classified by their orbital payload capacity, ranging from small-, medium-, heavy- to super-heavy lift.

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1. Launch vehicle

   In spaceflight, a launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket used to carry a payload from the Earth's surface into outer space. A launch system includes the launch vehicle, the launch pad and other infrastructure. Usually the payload is an artificial satellite placed into orbit, but some spaceflights are sub-orbital while others enable spacecraft to escape Earth orbit entirely. A launch vehicle which carries its payload on a suborbital trajectory is often called a sounding rocket. Launch vehicles, particularly orbital launch vehicles, have at least two stages, but sometimes up to 4 are employed.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of launch vehicle in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of launch vehicle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of launch vehicle in a Sentence

1. Daniel Pinkston:

   Preparations for the Unha-3, and whatever new space launch vehicle they might roll out, will be observable well in advance of a launch, so it is not a system that can be used for any military objective.

2. Mike Pompeo:

   The Iranian regime fired off a space launch vehicle today, such vehicles incorporate technologies that are virtually identical and interchangeable with those used in ballistic missiles, including intercontinental ballistic missiles.

3. Brian McKeon:

   Although the reliability of an untested North Korean ICBM is likely to be very low, North Korea has used its Taepodong-2 launch vehicle to put a satellite into orbit, thus demonstrating technologies applicable to a long-range missile.

4. Dave Allega:

   Along with facility designs, we looked at the operation processes, how would they be using those facilities? What is the flow? How are they going to build up their new spacecraft, get it ready to fly, put it on the launch vehicle and then operate it once it is there? Then, after landing, how will they go recover it and turn it around to go and do it again?

5. Chang Young-keun:

   There is no concern on military applications in NURI launch vehicle development.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Launch_Vehicle
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_Vehicle
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=launch vehicle