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
  • It was feared that the launch vehicle and its two satellites were lost.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2018
  • And right now, both launch vehicles need to prove themselves.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Reusable launch vehicles were the big step of the last decade.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The fight over a launch vehicle, on the other hand, remains in progress.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Launch costs are much cheaper now, and there are more launch vehicles available.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 May 2025
  • The latter wouldn’t be limited by the size of its launch vehicle.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 4 Feb. 2023
  • That finding ruled out a design flaw in the launch vehicle itself.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Let’s talk about the other parts, the two lunar landers and their launch vehicles.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026
  • Each of the four-axle transporters and launch vehicles carries five rocket tubes.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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 agency has also supplied the body of the satellite, the launch vehicle and launch services.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
  • It is made for small launch vehicles and hypersonic systems.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • SpaceX is looking to launch its first orbital flight this year aboard its Starship launch vehicle.
    — Dan Carson, Chron, 13 July 2022
  • The event also drew questions on the status of Europe's launch vehicles.
    — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • SpaceX had its first launch of its next-generation launch vehicle 10 years ago.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 June 2020
  • Most of the funding will go toward the country's space station and a reusable launch vehicle.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Quite a contrast to launch vehicles, where 90 percent of the mass is propellant, right?
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
  • This is because Terran R is a large launch vehicle, too large to move across the country by highway.
    — Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Neutron is the world’s largest carbon composite launch vehicle.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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 spacecraft is called Starship, and its launch vehicle is Super Heavy.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2019
  • But military experts said Iran may have used its space launch vehicle for an improvised firing.
    — Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • These factors include temperature, wind, cloud cover and the overall health of the launch vehicle.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
  • These factors include temperature, wind, cloud cover and the overall health of the launch vehicle.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026

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