up launch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Launch or launched may refer to: Launch (boat), one of several different sorts of boat Motor launch (naval)...

launch, also known as a soft opening, is a preview release of a product or service to a limited audience prior to the general public. Soft-launching a...

A launch vehicle is typically a rocket-powered vehicle designed to carry a payload (a crewed spacecraft or satellites) from Earth's surface or lower atmosphere...

Starship has been launched 13 times, with 8 successes and 5 failures. SpaceX has developed Starship with the intention of lowering launch costs using economies...

Launch on warning (LOW), or fire on warning, is a strategy of nuclear weapon retaliation where a retaliatory strike is launched upon warning of enemy...

family have been launched 687 times, with 684 full mission successes, two mission failures during launch, one mission failure before launch, and one partial...

SpaceX launched 96 Falcon family vehicles—91 Falcon 9 and five Falcon Heavy rockets. It surpassed both the company's own single-year launch record of...

Launch Rock (67°46′S 68°56′W / 67.767°S 68.933°W / -67.767; -68.933) is a submerged rock lying southwest of the Glover Rocks, off the south end of Adelaide...

Look up launcher in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Launcher may refer to: Application launcher, a kind of utility software Rocket launcher, a device...

vehicle launches (132 Falcon 9 and 2 Falcon Heavy) in 2024, including the failed Starlink Group 9-3 mission. It again broke the global single-year launch record...

Falcon 9 was launched 117 times, all successful, and landed boosters successfully on 111 of those flights. Falcon Heavy was launched once and was successful...

Sea Launch was a multinational—Norway, Russia, Ukraine, United States—spacecraft launch company founded in 1995 that provided orbital launch services from...

Failure to Launch is a 2006 American romantic comedy film directed by Tom Dey, and starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker alongside Zooey...

A launch capsule is a device used to propel a submarine-launched missile or drone to the ocean surface. Upon reaching the ocean surface, the launch capsule...

successor to the GameCube, and was first launched in North America on November 19, 2006, followed by a launch in Japan and PAL regions in December 2006...

The Launch is a Canadian reality music competition created by Daniel Lachance. The series broadcast by CTV, which premiered on January 10, 2018. Each episode...

From June 2010, to the end of 2019, Falcon 9 was launched 77 times, with 75 full mission successes, one partial failure and one total loss of the spacecraft...

Canaveral, Florida, at 16:39:13 UTC (11:39:13 a.m. EST, local time at the launch site). It was the first fatal accident involving an American spacecraft...

Launch is a name given to several different types of boat. The wide range of usage of the name extends from utilitarian craft through to pleasure boats...

up launch pad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A launch pad or launchpad is an above-ground platform from which rocket- missiles or space launch vehicles...

suborbital launches during the third quarter of the year 2026. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2026 in spaceflight. For launches during the...

Hard launching is when a guided missile's rocket engine is ignited while still inside the launch assembly (sometimes referred to as missile canister)...

Failure to launch informally refers to dependent young emerging adults who are unsuccessful in transitioning into societal requirements of adulthood. Characterization...

spaceflight, launch period is the collection of days, and launch window is the time period on a given day, during which a particular rocket must be launched in...

reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by American aerospace company SpaceX. Currently built and launched from Starbase in Texas, it...

The Space Launch System (SLS) is an American two-stage super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle used by NASA. The primary launch vehicle for the Artemis...

central launch platform (mobile launcher platform), or the entire complex (launch complex). The entire complex will include a launch mount or launch platform...

to as simply Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957...

previously known as SpaceX South Texas Launch Site and SpaceX private launch site, is an industrial complex and rocket launch facility that serves as the main...

A high-speed launch (HSL) is a type of military boat typically used for air-sea rescue operations. The British Royal Air Force (RAF) and others used HSLs...

Launch It (formerly the London Youth Support Trust), is a youth enterprise charity in the United Kingdom founded in 2000 to help young people from disadvantaged...

term launch control can refer to: Launch control (automotive), an automotive control option A spaceport, a rocket launch site A missile launch control...

types of launch vehicles are launched. It may contain one or more launch pads or suitable sites to mount a transportable launch pad. Ariane Launch Complex...

and Launch (DIAL) is a protocol co-developed by Netflix and YouTube with help from Sony and Samsung. It is a mechanism for discovering and launching applications...

three divisions: "Space", which conducts more orbital launches annually than any other launch provider, including national programs; "Connectivity",...

transporter erector launcher (TEL) is a missile vehicle with an integrated tractor unit that can transport, elevate to a firing position and launch one or more...

expected four more launches in 2019 and at least nine launches in 2020, but since January 2020 expectations had increased to 24 total launches in 2020. In March...

Green Launch is an American aerospace company developing alternative space launch technologies based on ground-based "impulse launchers" designed to reduce...

Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida. Headquartered...

A slipper launch is a traditional River Thames pleasure boat, normally of wooden construction, to seat between four and eight passengers. The term 'slipper...

tragedy Doctor Faustus (1604) are frequently cited: "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships / And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?" The etymology...

In fiber optic telecommunications, the launch angle has the following meanings: The angle, with respect to the normal, at which a light ray emerges from...

A launch loop, or Lofstrom loop, is a proposed system for launching objects into orbit using a moving cable-like system situated inside a sheath attached...

A vertical launching system (VLS) is an advanced system for holding and firing missiles on mobile naval platforms, such as surface ships and submarines...

The Space Launch Initiative (SLI) was a NASA and U.S. Department of Defense joint research and technology project to determine the requirements to meet...

Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope. The Launch Services Program oversees operations for uncrewed launches. The agency supports the ISS through international...

publicly traded aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider. Its Electron orbital rocket launches small satellites and has successfully completed...

A space launch is the phase of a spaceflight mission during which a launch vehicle reaches space. The launch may be sub-orbital or the launch may continue...

SpaceX manufactures launch vehicles to operate its launch provider services and to execute its various exploration goals. SpaceX manufactures and operates...

A reusable launch vehicle has parts that can be recovered and reflown, while carrying payloads from the surface to outer space. Rocket stages are the most...

New Glenn is a heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by Blue Origin, named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth...

A launch escape system (LES) or launch abort system (LAS) is a crew-safety system connected to a space capsule. It is used in the event of a critical emergency...

first capable of outputting games in 1080p (Full HD) resolution. It also launched alongside the PlayStation Network online service and supported Remote Play...

Maritime Launch Services (MLS) is a Canadian space transport services company founded in 2016 and headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. MLS is...

The Mark 41 vertical launching system (Mk 41 VLS) is a shipborne missile canister launching system which provides a rapid-fire launch capability against...

SSLV Launch Complex (SLC) is the second spaceport of ISRO, located in Kulasekarapattinam, a coastal village in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu, India...

targeting a launch in late 2019. A September launch was reportedly planned, but on April 11, 2019, Disney announced that Disney+ would launch on November...

vehicle (launch vehicle and spacecraft) would be assembled on a mobile launcher platform and then moved by a crawler-transporter to one of several launch pads...

Prompt-launch status and delayed launch status are generic classifications of combat readiness applied to describe nuclear-armed missiles. Prompt-launch, colloquially...

Launch control is an electronic aid to assist drivers of both racing and street cars to accelerate from a standing start. Motorcycles have been variously...

The National Launch Site is a spaceport planned by the Taiwan Space Agency. It will be located in Pingtung County and is expected to be completed in the...

A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. SLBMs almost exclusively carry one or multiple...

The Launch Processing System (LPS) is an automated, computer-controlled system at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) which oversees and coordinates the processing...

Launch Complex 5 may refer to: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5, a site used for various Redstone and Jupiter launches Vandenberg AFB...

Vector Launch, Inc. (formerly Vector Space Systems) was an American space technology company which aims to launch suborbital and orbital payloads. Vector...

LaunchU (also known as Launch Unit/Launch-U) is a proposed size/mass class standard for small satellites. The maximum volume of the LaunchU is 45 by 45...

two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. The first Falcon 9 launch was on June 4, 2010, and the...

The launch track is the section of a launched roller coaster in which the train is accelerated to its full speed in a matter of seconds. A launch track...

The ITS launch vehicle was a 2016–2017 design for a privately funded very large 12-meter (39 ft)-diameter orbital launch vehicle planned to be developed...

Centaur is a heavy-lift launch vehicle developed and operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA). It is a two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle consisting of the...

The Xbox 360 launch marked the release of the first high-profile seventh generation video game console. It was Microsoft's second foray in console development...

(primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC), also known as the Xichang Space Center, is a spaceport in...

television channel brand owned by BT Group and Warner Bros. Discovery, first launched on 1 August 2013 and serves the United Kingdom and Ireland. Based at the...

used liquid propellant, often cryogenic, which require fuelling before launch, meaning high response time and low availability. Solid-propellant ICBMs...

was the world's first practical, modern ballistic missile and suborbital launch vehicle. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was...

Southern Launch is the trading name of SouthernLaunch.space Pty Ltd, an Australian aerospace company and launch service provider. As of 2023, they operated...

A missile launch facility, also known as an underground missile silo, launch facility (LF), or nuclear silo, is a vertical cylindrical structure constructed...

Electron is a two-stage small-lift launch vehicle built and operated by Rocket Lab. The rocket has been launched to orbit 84 times with 80 successes and...

Spaceflight portal List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches "United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches First Mission in Partnership with Amazon". www.ulalaunch...

multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple launchers which are fixed...

ISRO manufactures launch vehicles to execute its various space exploration goals. ISRO operates multiple launch vehicles such as the PSLV, the GSLV, the...

Land Launch refers to a service product of Sea Launch SA. There is no entity or company called Land Launch. Sea Launch created the Land Launch offering...

Hydraulic Launch Assist (HLA) is the name of a hydraulic hybrid regenerative braking system for land vehicles produced by the Eaton Corporation. The HLA...

base model would be launched in Japan on December 11 that year for ¥19,800 (about US$181 in 2004) while the Value System would launch for ¥24,800 (about...

coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The Wenchang Space Launch Site (Chinese: 文昌航天发射场) is a rocket launch site located in Wenchang on the island of Hainan,...

lists all the previous and planned launches of the Vikram rocket family developed by Skyroot Aerospace. Its first launch with Vikram-S as India's first private...

This is a list of launches made by the Long March rocket family between 2025 and 2029. Local code for 2025 CZ launches used only in the current table Local...

external intervention after launch such as illumination of the target or wire guidance, and can hit its target without the launcher being in line-of-sight...

NROL-66 Launch NROL-65 Launch NROL-39 Launch NROL-67 Launch NROL-35 Launch NROL-45 Launch NROL-37 Launch NROL-61 Launch NROL-76 Launch NROL-42 Launch NROL-47...

Launch 5 is a restored NYPD patrol launch presently in use as a United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Facility as well as for volunteer non-profit environmental...

SpinLaunch is a spaceflight technology development company working on mass accelerator technology to move payloads to space. As of September 2022, the...

Launch commit criteria are the criteria which must be met in order for the countdown and launch of a Space Shuttle or other launch vehicle to continue...

Launch America is a public–private partnership between the United States and multiple space companies, closely related to NASA's Commercial Crew Program...

Austral Launch Vehicle (ALV) is a concept for a re-usable launch vehicle first stage. It would use fly-back UAV boosters to reduce overall launch costs...

Reusable Launch Vehicle may refer to : 2nd Reusable Launch Vehicle program of NASA (including X-33), from 1994, major part of Space Launch Initiative...

spacecraft launch platform converted from a mobile drilling rig in 1997. The vessel was used by Sea Launch for equatorial Pacific Ocean launches. She works...

Incremental launch is a method in civil engineering of building a complete bridge deck from one abutment of the bridge only, manufacturing the superstructure...

AirLaunch was an aerospace design and development company headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.[when?] They had hoped to provide launch services for...

"The Launch" is a song by Dutch disc jockey DJ Jean. It was written by Addy van der Zwan, Jan Engelaar, Jan Voermans, and Koen Groeneveld, with production...

United Launch Alliance, LLC (ULA) is an American launch service provider formed in December 2006 as a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Space and Boeing...

have also died while training for space missions, such as the Apollo 1 launch pad fire that killed an entire crew of three. There have also been some...

Launch Services Alliance is a "back-up" launch service provider. It is a joint venture between the multinational aerospace company Arianespace and Japanese...

A naphtha launch, sometimes called a "vapor launch", was a small motor launch, powered by a naphtha engine. They were a particularly American design,...

rockets, Blue Origin supplies engines for other vehicles, including United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur. It is also working on the Blue Moon human lunar...

automatic infrared guidance, allowing the user to seek cover immediately after launch, in contrast to wire-guided systems like the system used by the Dragon,...

A spaceport or cosmodrome is a site for launching or receiving spacecraft, by analogy to a seaport for ships or an airport for aircraft. The word spaceport—and...

A launch status check, also known as a "go/no go poll" and several other terms, occurs at the beginning of an American spaceflight mission in which flight...

Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language (ATOLL) was the programming language used for automating the checking and launch of Saturn rockets. "SLCC ATOLL User's...

which was launched by the Soviet space agency Interkosmos in 1975. In 1980, it launched the satellite RS-1 on board the indigenously built launch vehicle...

space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta...

A mobile launcher platform (MLP) is a structure used to support a large multistage space vehicle. The vehicle is assembled vertically in an integration...

An expendable launch system (or expendable launch vehicle/ELV) is a launch vehicle that can be launched only once, after which its components are destroyed...

The launched roller coaster is a type of roller coaster that initiates a ride with high amounts of acceleration via one or a series of linear induction...

Arista Records, LLC v. LAUNCH Media, Inc., 578 F.3d 148 (2d Cir. N.Y. 2009), is a legal case brought by Arista Records, LLC, Bad Boy Records, BMG Music...

The Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center (commonly known as just the Launch Control Center or LCC) is a four-story building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center...

"Launch Party" is the fifth and sixth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series The Office and the show's fifty-eighth and...

RH-125 sounding rocket was launched. The first attempted launch of an orbital satellite, Rohini 1A aboard a Satellite Launch Vehicle, took place on 10...

May 2014, Stackdriver was acquired by Google. In October 2016, Google launched an expanded version of the product as Google Stackdriver, adding support...

Ceremonial ship launching involves the performing of ceremonies associated with the process of transferring a vessel to the water. It is a nautical tradition...

The bazooka (/bəˈzuːkə/) is a man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely deployed by the United States Army, especially during World...

A super heavy-lift launch vehicle (SHLLV) is a rocket that can lift a payload of 50 metric tons (110,000 lb) to low Earth orbit according to the United...

Kendall, and created a line of clothing, Kendall & Kylie. In 2015, she launched her own cosmetics line called Kylie Lip Kits, which was renamed to Kylie...

rocket sled launch, also known as ground-based launch assist, catapult launch assist, and sky-ramp launch, is a proposed method for launching space vehicles...

Launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center 4km 2.5miles 28 28 27 27 26 26 25 25 24 24 23 23 22 22 21 20 20 19 19 SLC-46...

The Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV) is a family of three-stage partially reusable medium to super heavy-lift launch vehicle, currently under development...

Second Launch Pad. GSAT-7A launch Launch of GSLV F11 from Second Launch Pad. EOS-03 launch NVS-01 launch INSAT-3DS launch NVS-02 at SLP before launch NISAR...

particularly by the United Arab Emirates, NASA and SpaceX, including the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. Civil unrest grew in 2021, with coups...

The Florida Launch were a professional men's field lacrosse team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They joined Major League Lacrosse (MLL) as an expansion...

Satellite Launch Vehicle or SLV was a small-lift launch vehicle project started in the early 1970s by ISRO to develop the technology needed to launch satellites...

released yearly, alongside new iPhone models. From the launch of the iPhone in 2007 until the launch of iPhone 4 in 2010, this occurred in June or July;...

Launch Complex 1, a deactivated US Air Force launch site Kourou ELA-1, a former Ariane launch complex now used by Vega rockets Point Arguello Launch Complex...

the Pixel 4. It was officially announced on September 30, 2020 at the "Launch Night In" event alongside the Pixel 4a (5G) and released in the United States...

an elongated open box symbol) is an American social networking service. Launched on August 1, 2003, it was the first social network to reach a global audience...

suborbital launches during the fourth quarter of the year 2026. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2026 in spaceflight. For launches during the...

The Saturn V is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon. The rocket...

Launch Complex 2 may refer to: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 2, a deactivated US Air Force launch site Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex...

A rocket launcher is a device, most often a weapon, that launches an unguided, rocket-propelled projectile. The projectile contains at least one component...

ESSM also has the ability to be "quad-packed" in the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System, allowing up to four ESSMs to be carried in a single cell. The original...

monitors and controls missile launch facilities. From a launch control center, the missile combat crew can monitor the complex, launch the missile, or relax in...

Thalapathy Thiruvizha – Jana Nayagan Audio Launch (lit. '"Thalapathy Festival"') was an audio launch event and concert by Indian composer and playback...

The 777 entered service with the launch operator United Airlines in June 1995. Longer-range variants were launched in 2000, and first delivered in 2004...

Delta II was an expendable launch system, originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas. Delta II was part of the Delta rocket family and entered...

suborbital launches during the first quarter of the year 2026. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2026 in spaceflight. For launches during the...

page provides a list summary of the launches taken place in Satish Dhawan Space Centre. It is the main satellite launch centre for ISRO. It is located in...

The Xbox One gaming system has received updates from Microsoft since its launch in 2013 that enable it to play select games from its two predecessor consoles...

September 2019, Rockstar Games announced that it had released its own game launcher, a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications...

The North American debut was marked by a midnight launch event in Los Angeles, while the Japanese launch was comparatively subdued, reportedly in part because...

FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition is an association football simulation video game developed by Refactor Games and published by Delphi Interactive under license...

the Artemis program are Space Shuttle–derived hardware, such as the Space Launch System's (SLS) core stage, its RS-25 engines, and solid rocket boosters...

typically designed as a ranged weapon, that uses electromagnetic force to launch high-velocity projectiles. The projectile normally does not contain explosives...

are three versions of the Brahmos: ship/land-launched, air-launched, and sub-launched. The ship/land-launched version was operational as of late 2007. The...

and suborbital launches planned for the fourth quarter of the year 2025, including launches planned for 2025 without a specific launch date. For all other...

were launched on 9 December. They were built for research in electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational waves. Three missions to Mars were launched in...

Launch Complex 3 may refer to: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 3, a deactivated US Air Force launch site Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex...

The harbour launch, commonly termed 52 1/2ft harbour launch (based on the waterline length) was a type of small launch used by the Royal Navy for general...

various genres. It is available internationally in multiple languages. Launched in 2007, nearly a decade after Netflix, Inc. began its pioneering DVD-by-mail...

American short-range tactical ballistic missile. It is launched from the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket...

  Planned Decade-wise summary of SSLV launches List of PSLV launches List of GSLV launches List of LVM3 launches "AzaadiSAT – Space Kidz India". Retrieved...

Air-launch-to-orbit (ALTO) is the method of launching smaller rockets at altitude from a heavier conventional horizontal-takeoff aircraft, to carry satellites...

One); the newer hardware gives games better performance and visuals. At launch, Microsoft encouraged a "soft" transition between generations, similar to...

discussed the use of multiple rocket launching apparatus. In 1815 Alexander Dmitrievich Zasyadko constructed rocket-launching platforms, which allowed rockets...

Airbag launching is a method to launch vessels with marine air bags. The Xiao Qinghe shipyard launched a tank barge with marine airbags on January 20...

The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the ten field...

Foss Maritime (formerly Foss Launch and Tug Company), is an American tugging company. The company was founded in 1889 by Thea Foss (1857–1927) and her...

Launch Housing is a secular Melbourne-based organisation that works to reduce homelessness among Victorians. The organisation formed from the merger of...

The launch history of NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) since the program formed in 1998 at Kennedy Space Center. The launch of NASA robotic missions...

that emerged from the Launch conference. Limited partners in the fund include David Sacks. Following the success of the Launch conference, Calacanis declared...

zero-length launch system or zero-length take-off system (ZLL, ZLTO, ZEL, ZELL) is a PTOL method whereby jet fighters and attack aircraft could be launched using...

American undertaking to land the first man on the Moon. It was planned to launch on February 21, 1967, as the first low Earth orbital test of the Apollo...

Vomit Launch was an indie rock band formed in Chico, California in 1985 as "an excuse to drink beer". In 1992, the band called it quits and played their...

Launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center 4km 2.5miles 28 28 27 27 26 26 25 25 24 24 23 23 22 22 21 20 20 19 19 SLC-46...

Russian rocket launch site located approximately 50 km north of Svobodny, Amur Oblast. The cosmodrome was originally constructed as a launch site for intercontinental...

The National Launch System (or New Launch System) was a study authorized in 1991 by President George H. W. Bush to outline alternatives to the Space Shuttle...

Soft launching is the method of launching a missile (such as an anti-tank guided missile) in such a way that the rocket motor ignites outside of the launch...

The BGM-71 TOW ("Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided", pronounced /ˈtoʊ/) is an American anti-tank missile. First produced in 1968, TOW is one...

titled Xbox: The Next Generation Revealed on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information announced later that month at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment...

The RUM-139 Vertical-Launch Anti-Submarine Rocket (VL-ASROC or VLA) is an anti-submarine missile in the ASROC family, currently built by Lockheed Martin...

(Chinese: 长征运载火箭, romanized: Cháng Zhēng yùnzài huǒjiàn, lit. 'Long March launch vehicles') is a family of expendable and reusable carrier rockets operated...

with original PlayStation games and accessories gave it access to a vast launch library, far surpassing those of its competitors. The console's hardware...

Yoshinobu Launch Complex (abbreviated LA-Y) is a rocket launch site at the Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima island in Japan. The Yoshinobu Launch Complex...

construction was completed on 25 November 2025, and is scheduled to be launched to a Sun–Earth L2 orbit on 30 August 2026. It is named after former NASA...

This is a list of launches made by the Proton rocket between 2010 and 2019. All launches were conducted from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. 3 6 9 12 15 2010...

ridesharing company in Russia. Yandex was founded by Arkady Volozh and launched its first product, a search engine, in 1997. Due to its significant media...

anti-submarine weapon. It consisted of a three-barrelled mortar which launched depth charges. It replaced the Hedgehog system, and was in turn replaced...

Discus Launch Glider (DLG), sometimes also called Side Arm Launch (SAL) glider, is a radio controlled model sailplane launched using a 'discus launch' in...

Space Administration (NASA) for Project Mercury, a program to train and launch astronauts into outer space. Grissom went on to be a Project Gemini and...

Athena was a 1990s Lockheed Martin expendable launch system which underwent several name changes in its lifetime. Development began at the Lockheed Corporation...

flight of the NASA-led Artemis program, the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System (SLS), and the first crewed flight of the Orion spacecraft, named...

single is first offered for sale in record stores. Also an album launch, or single launch. [citation needed] Musical performers often self-release (self-publish)...

International Launch Services, Inc. (ILS) is a joint venture with exclusive rights to the worldwide sale of commercial Angara and Proton rocket launch services...

establishments, its grand opening might be preceded by a "soft opening" or "soft launch" in which the establishment begins to operate with little promotion to allow...

This is a list of launches made by ISRO using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). This was the first developmental flight of the PSLV-D1. The IRS-1E...

orbital and suborbital launches planned for the second half of the year 2024, including launches planned for 2024 without a specific launch date. For all other...

LAUNCH is a program sponsored by NASA, Nike, US Agency for International Development, and the US Department of State that seeks sustainable innovations...

GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC; Chinese: 酒泉卫星发射中心; pinyin: Jiǔquán Wèixīng Fāshè Zhōngxīn)...

This is a list of launches made by the Vulcan Centaur rocket since its maiden launch on January 8, 2024. All future launches are on hold pending an investigation...

mainly on board the SpaceHab module inside the shuttle's payload bay. During launch, a piece of the insulating foam broke off from the Space Shuttle external...

Russian hypergolic expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle family. Developed by the Soviet space program, its first launch was in 1965. The Proton-K flew 310 missions...

LauncherOne was a two-stage orbital launch vehicle developed and flown by Virgin Orbit that had operational flights from 2021 to 2023, after being in development...

(CA) USSF-8 Launch USSF-12 Launch USSF-52 Launch USSF-124 Launch USSF-62 Launch USSF-51 Launch USSF-106 Launch USSF-36 Launch USSF-87 Launch Spaceflight...

To support the constellation, Amazon has purchased 92 rocket launches from United Launch Alliance, ArianeGroup, and Blue Origin—the latter founded by...

twin-engined narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Launched in 1993 as the third-generation derivative of the Boeing 737, it has been...

known as Firefly Beta and the Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV), is a two-stage, partially reusable medium-lift launch vehicle being jointly developed by Firefly...

launch Arabsat-6A launch STP-2 launch USSF-44 launch USSF-67 launch ViaSat-3 F1 launch Psyche launch OTV-7 launch GOES-U launch Europa Clipper launch...

Air launching is the practice of releasing a rocket, missile, parasite aircraft or other aircraft payload from a mother ship or launch aircraft. The payload...

rather than a lunar landing. Four astronauts will launch aboard the Orion spacecraft on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Kennedy Space Center in...

New Glenn is a family of two-stage partially reusable launch vehicles developed and operated by the American company Blue Origin. The rocket has an operational...

The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270 MLRS) is an American armored self-propelled multiple launch rocket system. The US Army variant of the M270...

launch vehicles developed by Martin Marietta and operated by the United States Air Force from 1989 to 2005. Launches were conducted from Space Launch...

This comparison of orbital launch systems lists the attributes of all current and future individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit. A first...

Angara A5 (Russian: Ангара-А5), is a Russian expendable heavy lift launch vehicle which consists of one URM-1 core and four URM-1 boosters, a 3.6-metre...

(Ukrainian: Зеніт, Russian: Зени́т; meaning Zenith) was a family of space launch vehicles designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnipro, Ukraine, which...

Launch Complex 6 may refer to: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 6, a launch site which was used by Redstone and Jupiter series rockets and...

announced as the successor to the PlayStation 4 in April 2019, and was launched in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, North America, and South Korea on November...

National Security Space Launch (NSSL) is a program of the United States Space Force (USSF) intended to assure access to space for United States Department...

Top Thrill 2 is a launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. The ride originally opened as Top Thrill Dragster in...

than six months after launch, Nintendo announced a significant price reduction from US$249.99 to US$169.99 amid disappointing launch sales. The company offered...

low-bypass turbofan engines and offered seating for 85 to 130 passengers. Launched in 1980 and introduced in 1984, the second generation 737 Classic -300/400/500...

the Launch Abort Flight Test Complex for the Pad Abort-1, the White Sands Launch Complex 37 built for Nike Hercules tests, the White Sands Launch Complex...

Relativity Space is developing launch vehicles, rocket engines, and manufacturing technologies for commercial orbital launch services. As of March 2025,...

Sea Launch Commander is a command ship for Sea Launch. As of 2013[update], she was registered in Liberia. Her home port was at Long Beach, California...

Firefly Alpha is a small-lift launch vehicle developed by Firefly Aerospace. Its maiden launch was on September 3, 2021. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2021 2022...

An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also...

Three Queens (Italian: L'amante di Paride), also known as The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships, is a 1954 Italian anthology film. It was directed by...

accidental or malicious launch of nuclear weapons by a single individual. In the case of Minuteman missile launch crews, once a launch order is received, both...

April 2026[update], the Space Launch System (SLS) – a Shuttle-derived, super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle – has conducted two successful launches, and a further...

Non-rocket spacelaunch refers to theoretical concepts for launch into space where much of the speed and altitude needed to achieve orbit is provided by...

Sputnik 1, was launched in October 1957, by the Soviet Union. In November, the second orbital flight took place. The Soviet Union launched the first animal...

China, Japan and Iran. A wide variety of non-human animals have been launched into space, including monkeys and apes, dogs, cats, tortoises, mice, rats...

a French company founded in March 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It operates the Ariane 6, a medium-to-heavy-lift rocket...

(Chinese: 长征八号运载火箭) is an orbital launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology to launch up to 5000 kg to a 700 km altitude...

"Pang-Wu" (胖五, "Fat-Five"), is a Chinese heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). The most powerful Chinese...

and planned launches by ISRO using LVM3 (previously referred as the GSLV Mk III) rockets. As of December 2025, there have been 9 launches of LVM3, with...

Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) is a launch complex located at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Located south of the Missile Row launch range...

The BGM-109G Gryphon ground-launched cruise missile, or GLCM, was a ground-launched variant of the Tomahawk cruise missile developed by the United States...

SLS is tasked with launch and support of the National Security Space Launch, Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles. The 5th Space Launch Squadron was activated...

The DARPA FALCON Project (Force Application and Launch from Continental United States) was a two-part joint project between the Defense Advanced Research...

Osaki Launch Complex is a rocket launch site located at the Tanegashima Space Center on the island of Tanegashima. Initially constructed for the N-I rocket...

Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) is a class of expendable launch systems operated by ISRO. GSLV has been used in eighteen launches since 2001. The...

Corn Ranch, commonly referred to as Launch Site One (LSO[dubious – discuss][citation needed]), is a spaceport owned and operated by Blue Origin which is...

This is a list of conventional orbital launch systems. This is composed of launch vehicles, and other conventional systems, used to place satellites into...

Eurockot Launch Services GmbH is a commercial spacecraft launch provider and was founded in 1995. Eurockot uses an expendable launch vehicle called the...

This is a timeline of first orbital launches by country. While a number of countries, incl. Canada, Australia, Germany, Brazil, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Turkey...

high-speed flight test services. It was founded in 2011 to develop a new air-launched space transportation system. Ots corporate headquarters are in Seattle...

The Electric Launch Company, later renamed Elco Motor Yachts ("Elco"), is an American boat building and electric motor company that has operated from 1893...

Night Launch is a 1989 novel co-written by former US Senator and astronaut Jake Garn and Stephen Paul Cohen about terrorists taking over a Space Shuttle...

Vega is an expendable launch system in use by Arianespace which was jointly developed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the European Space Agency (ESA)...

retired European heavy-lift space launch vehicle operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was launched from the Guiana Space Centre...

Ethernet port; Microsoft launched Xbox Live, a fee-based online gaming service, in 2002. The Xbox had a record-breaking launch in North America; aided...

details for launches at the Yoshinobu Launch Complex. Part of the Tanegashima Space Center, the facility hosts JAXA's major test firings and launches. Other...

Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is a rocket launch site at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. The site and its collection...

GPX (secondary coordinates) Launch Pad 0 (LP-0), also known as Launch Complex 0 (LC-0), or Launch Area 0 (LA-0), is a launch complex at the Mid-Atlantic...

Launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center 4km 2.5miles 28 28 27 27 26 26 25 25 24 24 23 23 22 22 21 20 20 19 19 SLC-46...

launch, as they had done for both the 3DS and Wii U at their respective launches; Nintendo affirmed that the Switch would be profitable from launch during...

 'Energy'; GRAU: 11K25, Sheldon: K-1, DoD: SL-17) was a 1980s super-heavy lift launch vehicle. It was designed by NPO Energia of the Soviet Union as part of the...

Atlas V is an expendable launch system and the fifth major version in the Atlas launch vehicle family. It was developed by Lockheed Martin and has been...

proprietary game launcher for computer users in 2022 alongside quality of life updates the BioShock franchise. The new game launcher gave players the...

launch vehicles into Sun-synchronous orbits. TSLC is also a major launch site for intercontinental ballistic missiles and overland submarine-launched...

basic cable channel and former premium channel, Disney Channel, since its launch on April 18, 1983. 1 Indicates it is a program shared with the Disney XD...

Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC-37), previously Launch Complex 37 (LC-37), is a launch complex on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Originally...

Missile Launching System (GMLS) and support equipment, make up the RAM Mk 31 Guided Missile Weapon System (GMWS). The Mk-144 Guided Missile Launcher (GML)...

suborbital launches during the first quarter of the year 2026. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2026 in spaceflight. For launches during the...

Space Launch System, and stack them vertically onto one of three mobile launcher platforms used by NASA. As of March 2022, the first Space Launch System...

sure it can continue launching and conducting space operations 24/7.[citation needed] Missions supporting space access include launch, range control, cyber...

Vandenberg Space Force Base Launch Facility 07 (LC-07) is a former US Air Force Intercontinental ballistic missile launch facility on Vandenberg SFB,...

sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Skydance. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children, it is primarily...

solid fueled orbital launch vehicle developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology's subsidiary China Rocket to launch up to 1500 kg to a 500...

Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 in February 2013, it was launched on November 15, 2013, in North America, November 29, 2013, in Europe, South...

SpaceX operates four launch facilities: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40); and, Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) – both in...

First launch of the Atlas IIIA, carrying Eutelsat 36A Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launches on an Atlas V 401 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launches on an...

The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) is a small-lift launch vehicle developed by ISRO to deliver 500 kg (1,100 lb) payload to low Earth orbit (500 km...

A grenade launcher is a weapon that fires a specially designed, large caliber projectile, often with an explosive, smoke, or gas warhead. Today, the term...

Mir-2. The first ISS module was launched in 1998, with major components delivered by Proton, Soyuz and Space Shuttle launch vehicles. Long-term occupancy...

one of the two satellite launch centres in India (the other being SSLV Launch Complex, Kulasekarapattinam). ISRO launches satellites using multistage...

largest operational space launch facility in terms of area.[failed verification] All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur. Situated in...

Saturn V launch vehicle, which achieved a perfect record: zero catastrophic failures or launch vehicle-caused mission failures in thirteen launches. For the...

Next Generation Launch Technology (NGLT) was a NASA Program Office established in 2002, to pursue technologies for future space launch systems. In 2004...

missions from 1981 to 2011. They launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Operational missions launched numerous satellites, interplanetary...

and suborbital launches during the first half of the year 2024. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2024 in spaceflight. For launches in the second...

This is a list of launches made by the Proton rocket between 2020 and 2029. All launches will be conducted from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Proton rocket...

Commercial Aerospace Launch Co., Ltd., or HICAL, is a Chinese state-owned company that operates the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site, China's first...

of launches made by the Proton rocket between 2000 and 2009. All launches were conducted from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log"...

is a small lift launch vehicle produced by Israel from 1982 onwards, to launch satellites into low Earth orbit. It was first launched on 19 September...

A launch service provider or launch vehicle provider is a type of company that delivers a payload into space, including the delivery of satellites, spacecraft...

as a boat launch, is a reinforced ramp on shore by which boats can be moved to and from the water. Typical use of a boat ramp is launching and retrieving...

to artificial objects in space. It consists of the launch year, a three-digit incrementing launch number of that year and up to a three-letter code representing...

of Cheyenne, Wyoming, near Chugwater, was a United States Air Force ICBM launch control facility. It was operated by the 400th Missile Squadron constructed...

Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) is a type of electromagnetic catapult system developed by General Atomics for the United States Navy. The system launches carrier-based...

U&Yesterday, Pay-TV channels including U&Eden, U&Alibi and U&Gold. The service launched on 4 August 2014. UKTV is operated by the BBC’s commercial subsidiary BBC...

name ending with a "7" by its pilot. The Space Race began with the 1957 launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1. This came as a shock to the American...

This is a list of rockets launched from the Esrange rocket range in northern Sweden. "List of all rocket launches from Esrange Space Center" (PDF). Archived...

Launch Point Press is a small press publisher of lesbian literature based in Portland, Oregon. Launch Point Press (LPP) is a lesbian-oriented press with...

adapter for launching secondary payloads on orbital launch vehicles. Originally developed for US launch vehicles in the 2000s to launch secondary payloads...

missiles List of orbital launch systems List of sounding rockets List of military rockets List of rocket stages List of canceled launch vehicle designs Comparison...

processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on July 8, 2011, and landed on July 21, 2011, following a one-day mission...

flight safety is ensured by monitoring the flight paths of missiles and launch vehicles, and enforcing strict guidelines for rocket construction and ground-based...

astronauts to the ISS. A Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched to space atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle and the capsule returns to Earth via splashdown...

can work together as groups, forming constellations. Because of the high launch cost to space, most satellites are designed to be as lightweight and robust...

it is larger, faster and includes a new seeker and a launch system suitable for vertical launch from modern warships. Fifty years after its development...

Link 'n' Launch, released in Japan as Panel Connection: 3 Minute Rocket, is a puzzle video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo...

be based on linear induction motors used as the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. Mass drivers...

The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United...

Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles. They are guided weapons and are a threat to low-flying...

VA241 was an Ariane 5 space launch that occurred from the Guiana Space Centre on 25 January 2018 at 22:20 UTC. The launcher was carrying the SES-14 and...

delivery systems, as part of the Mars Exploration Program. Mars 2020 was launched on an Atlas V rocket at 11:50:01 UTC on July 30, 2020, and landed in the...

launch vehicles to lift the Command/Service Module (CSM) and Lunar Module (LM) spacecraft into space, and the Little Joe II rocket to test a launch escape...

a list of launches made by the Zenit rocket. All launches were conducted from either Site 45 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome or from Sea Launch's Ocean Odyssey...

Microsoft from its launch in 2005 until November 2007 that enabled it to play select games from its predecessor, Xbox. The Xbox 360 launched with backward...

The Atlas-Centaur was a United States expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. The vehicle featured a Centaur upper stage, the...

sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks, division of Paramount Skydance. Launched on August 1, 1981, the channel originally aired music videos and related...

also adopted the NSM. The Joint Strike Missile (JSM) is a multi-role air-launched version of the NSM currently in development. The Naval Strike Missile's...

"The Launching" is the 29th episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson...

The Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) was a small-lift launch vehicle five-stage solid-fuel rocket developed by ISRO to place 150 kg satellites...

a list of launches made by the Long March rocket family between 1980 and 1989. Spaceflight portal China portal McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's...

Launch Complex 4 may refer to: Cytochrome c oxidase, a component of the electron transport system Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 4, one...

Lock-on after launch (LOAL) is the ability of missile systems to lock-on to a target after being launched from a carrier vehicle. The term is normally...

The air-launch approach developed by GO and its partners offers flexible launch capabilities, poised to reduce fixed infrastructure needs, launch costs...

Institute for Labor Studies, a Philippine policy research agency International Launch Services International Life Saving Federation International Lenin School...

also known as KSLV-II (Korean Space Launch Vehicle-II), is an expendable, three-stage-to-orbit, small-lift launch vehicle, the second one developed by...

intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and medium- and heavy-lift expendable launch vehicles used between 1959 and 2005. The Titan I and Titan II served as...

rocket-powered expendable launch systems that provided space launch capability in the United States from 1960 to 2024. Japan also launched license-built derivatives...

the first stage launch platform (or mothership launch pad) for the air launch stage of the smallsat orbital launch vehicle, the LauncherOne. In 2017, the...

a French-built anti-ship cruise missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft....

Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by ISRO. It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian...

to be ground-launched from a variety of launchers and configurations. It combines the SDB with the M26 rocket, enabling it to be launched from ground-based...

1993. The Fantome design was used as the basis for the Antarctic survey launch ASV Wyatt Earp. Six of the RAN's Fantome-class boats are carried on board...

designed and used as an ICBM, but was later adapted as a medium-lift space launch vehicle (these adaptations were designated Titan II GLV and Titan 23G) to...

romanized: Kosmodrom Vostochnyy, lit. 'Eastern Spaceport') is a Russian space launch facility in the Amur Oblast, located above the 51st parallel north in the...

quickly enough for the wings to generate the lift needed to sustain flight. Launching via catapults enables aircraft that typically are only capable of conventional...

also known as NRO Launch 21 (NROL-21 or simply L-21), was a United States military reconnaissance satellite (radar imaging) launched on 14 December 2006...

Between 1990 and 1999, there were 89 Thor-based rockets launched, of which 85 were successful, giving a 95.5% success rate. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12...

to its limited range, the thousands of V-1 missiles launched into England were fired from launch sites along the French (Pas-de-Calais) and Dutch coasts...

Shannon Launch and Recovery System (SLARS) is a custom designed tractor and trailer specifically designed for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)...

The Launch Entry Suit (LES), known as the "pumpkin suit", is a partial-pressure suit that was worn by all Space Shuttle crews for the ascent and entry...

of a space vehicle for launch (known by the European Space Agency (ESA) as a launch campaign), includes assembly of the launch vehicle, integration of...

This is a list of launches performed or scheduled to be performed by Ariane rocket family between 2020 and 2029. During this time, the Ariane 5 was retired...

(560 mi), may be able to penetrate South Korean missile defenses. It can be launched from road-mobile platforms, railway car and silo. Variants of the Hwasong-11A...

Space launch market competition is the manifestation of market forces in the launch service provider business. In particular it is the trend of competitive...

Morris Air, WestJet, JetBlue, and Azul Linhas Aereas. Breeze's operations launched on May 27, 2021, with its inaugural flight from Tampa International Airport...

is a list of launches made by the R-7 Semyorka ICBM, and its derivatives between 2025 and 2029. All launches are orbital satellite launches, unless stated...

attempt to launch a Mercury spacecraft with the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle. Intended to be an uncrewed sub-orbital spaceflight, it was launched on November...

vehicle-launched, helicopter-launched and maritime variants. The missile can engage and destroy targets within the line-of-sight of the launcher ("fire-and-forget")...

suborbital launches during the second half of the year 2019. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2019 in spaceflight. For launches in the first...

known as NOTSNIK (pronounced notsnik a play on "sputnik") was an expendable launch system and anti-satellite weapon developed by the United States Navy's United...

2025. The first launch was expected to happen in 2033 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Based on the Yenisei launch vehicle, the Don launch vehicle (RN STK-2)...

Tiburon, J. Frog, Kalsiddon, Trico, Bigfoot, Boomer, Ice, Turtle, Grub, Raon Launcher, Aduka, Maya, Wolf, Phoenix, Blue Whale, Frank, Dragon, and Knight. Choosing...

The fourth iteration, titled Nintendo DSi XL, is a larger model that launched in Japan on November 21, 2009, and worldwide beginning in March 2010. Development...

expendable Russian heavy-lift launch vehicle derived from the Soviet-developed Proton. It is built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81/24 and 200/39...

tuition cost was CAD$24,225. In 2015, Brighton School created the Brighton Launch adult program for "students over the age of 18 who had finished high school...

of years of launch activities Number of rocket launches – the total number of launches, including failed launches Heaviest rocket launched – total mass...

Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41), sometimes referred to as "Slick Forty-one," is one of two launch sites at the Integrate-Transfer-Launch Complex in Cape...

Launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center 4km 2.5miles 28 28 27 27 26 26 25 25 24 24 23 23 22 22 21 20 20 19 19 SLC-46...

not in the United States, where it was hindered by a surprise May 1995 launch, four months before its scheduled release date. After the debut of the Nintendo...

the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company. Launched on April 18, 1983, under the name The Disney Channel as a premium channel...

Shuttle Atlantis" exhibit contains the Atlantis orbiter and the Shuttle Launch Experience, a simulated ride into space. The center also provides astronaut...

Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) is a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Part of the Missile Row lineup of launch sites in the region...

concept originated in Sweden, where a publication of the same name was launched in 1995 by Metro International. British newspaper executives Jonathan Harmsworth...

medium-lift launch vehicle developed by RKTs Progress. Designed to replace the Zenit, it will also serve as the base of the Yenisei, a super heavy-lift launch vehicle...

MW 18014 was a German V-2 rocket launched on 20 June 1944, at the Peenemünde Army Research Center in Peenemünde. It was the first man-made object to reach...

The launch ident was a television station identification used by BBC Two between its launch night in April 1964 and the launch of a full colour service...

The Athena I, known as the Lockheed Launch Vehicle (LLV) at the time of its first flight and Lockheed Martin Launch Vehicle (LMLV) at the time of its second...

work. It is the first production car launched into space. The car, mounted on the rocket's second stage, was launched on an escape trajectory and entered...

September 3, 2022. Artemis I was launched on November 16, 2022, at 1:47:44 am EST. Artemis I was launched from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space...

The Athena II is an American small expendable launch system which was used for three launches between 1998 and 1999, and which was scheduled to return...

the LM from the aerodynamic stress of launch and to connect the CSM to the Saturn launch vehicle and a launch escape system (LES) to carry the crew in...

Israeli reconnaissance satellites first launched in 1988. Most Ofeq satellites have been carried on top of Shavit launch vehicles from Palmachim Airbase in...

A recoilless rifle (rifled), recoilless launcher (smoothbore), recoilless rocket launcher, or simply recoilless gun, sometimes abbreviated to "rr" or...

Omega (stylized as OmegA) was a medium-lift to heavy-lift launch vehicle concept that spent several years in development by Northrop Grumman during 2016–2020...

of small launch vehicles and satellite systems. The company is developing the Taiga suborbital launch vehicle and the Tundra orbital launch vehicle, as...

released. Its launch games for the Famicom were Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Popeye. Only first-party titles were available upon launch, but Nintendo...

200 km. Each battery consists of six transporter erector launcher trucks with eight launch tubes each, 48 interceptors, one AN/TPY-2 transportable radar...

Since November 2002, rockets from the Delta IV Medium family have been launched 29 times, all of which were successful. Its last flight was with a 3rd...

Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, the Delta IV became a United Launch Alliance (ULA) product in 2006. The Delta IV was primarily a launch vehicle...

ship, the vessels would be armed with one main gun and numerous vertical launching system (VLS) cells for guided missiles, located at the bow, just behind...

satellite-transmitted service). HBO pioneered modern pay television upon its launch on November 8, 1972: it was the first television service to be directly...

Ariane 6 (French: [aʁjan sis]) is a European expendable launch system developed for the European Space Agency (ESA) and French Space Agency (CNES) and...

formerly known as the Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC), is a dual-use commercial and military spaceport for sub-orbital and orbital launch vehicles. The facility...

It was launched on 19 April 1975 from Kapustin Yar, a Soviet rocket launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast using a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle...

of political turmoil in Russia, in which ultranationalists threaten to launch nuclear missiles at the United States and Japan. The film focuses on a clash...

The European Launcher Challenge (ELC) is a programme of the European Space Agency (ESA) aiming to support new European space launch capabilities by funding...

Polaris missile for launch from submerged ballistic missile submarines. USS George Washington conducted the first submerged Polaris launch on 20 July 1960...

later Russian space launch vehicle, member of the Kosmos rocket family. It was a liquid-fueled two-stage launch vehicle, first launched in 1967 and with...

A motor launch (ML) is a small military vessel in Royal Navy service. It was designed for harbour defence and submarine chasing. Similar vessels were used...

The Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD 45) is a unit of the United States Space Force. The Space Launch Delta 45 is assigned to Space Systems Command and headquartered...

Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) is an initiative created by NASA to attract and retain students in the science, technology, engineering and...

БМ-21 "Град", lit. 'hailstorm') is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. The system and the M-21OF rocket were first...

The Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) is a smoothbore shoulder-fired rocket launcher. Primarily used as a portable assault weapon...

is a family of launch vehicles being developed by the Moscow-based Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center. The launch vehicles are to...

Launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center 4km 2.5miles 28 28 27 27 26 26 25 25 24 24 23 23 22 22 21 20 20 19 19 SLC-46...

is a list of launches made by the R-7 Semyorka ICBM, and its derivatives between 2020 and 2024. All launches are orbital satellite launches, unless stated...

They were all launched from Launch Area 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. It was a three-stage rocket, intended for GTO launch, and was mostly...

Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States and was part of the U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year (IGY). The...

the launch of earlier versions of Skylark rockets. As Skylark rockets had no guidance system and accelerated slowly, they required a safe launch tower...

brand was first introduced in the United States in November 2001, with the launch of the original Xbox console. The Xbox branding was formerly, from 2012...

was launched across the UK. Channel 4 announced interest in launching a high-definition version of Film4 on Freeview, to coincide with the launch of Channel...

erected on a rocket launch pad that allows assembly, servicing, and crew onboarding of the launch vehicle prior to liftoff. In NASA launches at the Kennedy...

STS-93 in 1999 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of Columbia, and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle. Eileen Collins...

The 4th Space Launch Squadron (4 SLS) is a United States Space Force squadron assigned to Space Launch Delta 30 under Space Systems Command. It is stationed...

Vandenberg Space Force Base Launch Facility 21 (LF-21) is a former US Air Force Intercontinental ballistic missile launch facility on Vandenberg SFB,...

commercial communications arrays in low Earth orbit after their respective launches and unfoldings in 2022 and 2024. The company's 2023 demonstrations included...

used to launch Sputnik 1 and later Sputnik 2, and the Sputnik (8A91), which failed to launch a satellite in April 1958, and subsequently launched Sputnik...

Launch Complex 10 may refer to: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 10, a launch pad used by SM-64 Navaho missiles and Jason and Draco sounding...

the first launch vehicle the United States would use to place a satellite into orbit. Instead, the Sputnik crisis caused by the surprise launch of Sputnik...

requirement of three launch platforms for the missile: A self-propelled launcher. A three-round lightweight launcher. A man-portable launcher. In 1984, the British...

Launch vehicle system tests assess the readiness of a launch system to safely reach orbit. Launch vehicles undergo system tests before they launch. Wet...

Saturn I was a rocket designed as the United States' first medium lift launch vehicle for up to 20,000-pound (9,100 kg) low Earth orbit payloads. Its...

Galactic Energy (Chinese: 星河动力) is a Chinese private space launch enterprise flying the Ceres-1 and developing the Pallas-1 and Ceres-2 orbital rockets...

flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. The spacecraft, named Endeavour, launched on May 30, 2020 on a Falcon 9 rocket, and carried NASA astronauts Doug...

Launch Pad is an alternative to the Macintosh and Windows desktop developed by Berkeley Systems in mid-1994 for children aged 3 to 10 years. It provided...

An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to carry, launch, recover and support aircraft at sea, equipped with a full-length flight deck and hangar facilities...

in the Challenge, relaxed so that the launches should use different launch pads, but could use the same launch site) – one just days after the other –...

also known as the Titan III-Centaur, was an American expendable launch system. Launched seven times between 1974 and 1977, it enabled several high-profile...

expendable launch system that was developed and operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in collaboration with JAXA. It was primarily used to launch satellites...

December 2012.[non-primary source needed] On 1 April 2015, Dan and Phil launched a spin-off crafts-based channel, DanAndPhilCRAFTS, as an April Fools joke...

space after Columbia, and launched on its maiden flight in April 1983. It was destroyed in January 1986 soon after launch in a disaster that killed all...

commercial launch service provider in the early 1980s. Subsequently, large defense contractors began to develop and operate space launch systems, which...

Launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center 4km 2.5miles 28 28 27 27 26 26 25 25 24 24 23 23 22 22 21 20 20 19 19 SLC-46...

of Atlas launches (2020–2029) List of Vulcan launches List of USA satellites List of NRO launches "United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NROL-44...

is a list of the LGM-30 Minuteman missile Missile Alert Facilities and Launch Facilities of the 91st Missile Wing, 20th Air Force, assigned to Minot AFB...

publication. The most recent version of the system, version 5, launched in 2024. Version 4, launched in 2017, brought a set of improvements supporting data collection...

countries, many on multiple trips. The Space Shuttle, composed of an orbiter launched with two reusable solid rocket boosters and a disposable external fuel...

rapid reuse of space launch vehicles. The project's long-term objectives include returning a launch vehicle first stage to the launch site within minutes...

2006) was a NASA Launch Conductor, described as 'one of the most influential people in the history of space travel. His first launch was that of the Moon...

The harbour defence motor launch (HDML) was a 72 ft (22 m) long British-designed motor vessel used for harbour defence during World War II. Nearly 500...

The Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC) was a computer that provided the autopilot for the Saturn V rocket from launch, through Earth orbit insertion...

launch game, but was delayed to 2007 a few months before the Wii's launch. Nintendo had also planned to release Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a launch game...

third launching site, is now located on the Coffeen Nature Preserve, a Sierra Club property east of Destin, Florida, featured a concrete inclined launch ramp...

Submarine Launched Mobile Mines (SLMM) are a modern type of naval mine designed to be deployed by submarines. The chief example is the Mark 67 SLMM, currently...

A-100 is a 300 mm (12 in), 10-tube multiple rocket launcher developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), a subsidiary of the China...

Nintendo-developed content", the console's poor sales have been attributed to a weak launch game lineup, limited third-party support, and lackluster marketing that...

false balance in support of conservative positions. The Cable News Network launched at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 1, 1980. After an introduction by Ted...

The European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) is a former European space research organisation. It was first developed in order to establish a...

Boeing Launch Services Inc. (BLS) is Boeing's commercial launch service provider. On behalf of its commercial customers, BLS administers launch service...

Gagarinskiy start) also known as Baikonur Site 1 or Site 1/5 is a retired launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that was used by the Soviet...

It has supported five launches including the KSLV-II launch in 2021, and will support SSLV launches in 2025. The first launch, initially planned for...

demonstration missions are planned for launch under the program's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS). Launched on June 28, 2022, the Cislunar Autonomous...

single-stage-to-orbit vehicles cannot get into space on their own, and require a launch vehicle (carrier rocket). On a sub-orbital spaceflight, a space vehicle...

developed or are developing launch infrastructure including space launch sites, suborbital launch technology, orbital launch systems, cryogenic rocket technologies...

'86 '87 '88 '89   Success   Partial failure   Failure Eleazer, Wayne. "Launch failures: the "Oops!" factor". The Space Review. Retrieved 11 October 2012...

Terran R is a heavy-lift two-stage, partially reusable launch vehicle under development by Relativity Space. The vehicle is partially constructed with...

and Delta launches (2010-2019) "United Launch Alliance, LLC". Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2010-08-14. "United Launch Alliance Atlas...

(OTV), is a reusable robotic spacecraft. It is boosted into space by a launch vehicle, re-enters Earth's atmosphere, and lands as a spaceplane. The X-37...

Р-36) is a family of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and space launch vehicles (Tsyklon and Dnepr) designed by the Soviet Union during the Cold...

the required delta-v. Most launches are by expendable launch systems. The Pegasus rocket for small satellites instead launches from an aircraft at an altitude...

The Nanosatellite Launch System (NLS) is a series of satellite launch missions launched 2003–2010, coordinated by the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) of...

STS-95 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 29 October 1998, using the orbiter Discovery. It was the 25th flight...

was the first mostly-successful launch of the Aggregat 4 rocket, later known as Vergeltungswaffe 2 (V-2). The launch occurred on the afternoon of 3 October...

degrees. Each launcher is trainable in azimuth and elevates to a fixed, elevated launch position. Precise aiming of the launcher before launch is not necessary;...

about the Shavit satellite launch vehicle. The later Jericho family development is related to the Shavit and Shavit II space launch vehicles believed to be...

missile, shoulder-launched missile, man-portable missile, man-portable missile launcher, man-portable rocket launcher or rocket launcher, among other variants...

before takeoff, several Morton Thiokol engineers recommended delaying the launch until temperatures at Cape Canaveral warmed, but they were overruled by...

The Space Launching System, or Space Launcher System, (SLS), was a 1960s-era design program of the US Air Force for a family of launch vehicles based around...

The Fairmile A motor launch was a coastal motor launch designed by Norman Hart for the Fairmile Marine for the Royal Navy in World War II. The prototype...

small rocket engines for use on launch vehicles and satellite propulsion. In 2012, the company shifted to developing launch vehicles and was selected for...

Launch Complex 13 (LC-13) is a launch pad located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Situated within a series of complexes known as Missile...

subsequently, for a suborbital rocket launch site. Blue Origin is currently developing a new orbital launch facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station...

statute miles, 487.3 km). It was the fourth Mercury flight launched with the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, close to the Atlantic...

release was beset by supply problems, the Dreamcast had a successful US launch backed by a large marketing campaign. However, sales steadily declined as...

owned by the Global Linear Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched on October 1, 1992, it primarily broadcasts animated television series...

A heavy-lift launch vehicle (HLV) is an orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting payloads between 20,000 to 50,000 kg (44,000 to 110,000 lb) (by NASA...

is a list of the LGM-30 Minuteman missile Missile Alert Facilities and Launch Facilities of the 341st Missile Wing, 20th Air Force, located at Malmstrom...

Hypersonix Launch Systems Pty Ltd is an aerospace engineering and advanced manufacturing company based in Australia, developing hydrogen-fuelled scramjet...

jellyfish) is a rocket launch-related phenomenon caused by sunlight reflecting off the high-altitude rocket plume gases emitted by a launching rocket during morning...

called Safir-2, is an Iranian expendable launch vehicle. It is the successor of the Safir, Iran's first space launch vehicle. Its mission is to carry heavier...

Falcon 1 was a two-stage small-lift launch vehicle that was operated from 2006 to 2009 by SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer. On September 28,...

undertaken to launch paper planes from the stratosphere or higher. The Guinness World Record for the highest altitude paper plane launch is 35,043 metres...

military and educational payloads, via their SpaceLoft XL sounding rocket launch vehicles. UP Aerospace was started in 1998 by Jerry Larson, an aerospace...

Army, Royal Navy and several allied forces in the surface-launched role. A surface-launched variant of the ASRAAM itself, called Raven, has been improvised...

Falcon 9 flight 20 (also known as Orbcomm OG2 M2) was a Falcon 9 space launch that occurred on 22 December 2015 at 01:29:00 UTC (21 December, 8:29:00 pm...

American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle...

Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2) is an active rocket launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California, USA. It consists of two launch pads: Space...

ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded...

Nova is a fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicle developed by Stoke Space. Announced in October 2023, Stoke Space plans to use two stages with an expected...

The H–I (H–1) was a Japanese medium-lift launch vehicle, consisting of a licence-produced American first stage and set of booster rockets, and all-Japanese...

a boat launch, and a marina. Since the area is a major breeding ground for grebes, there's a broad "no wake" zone in the Cole Creek launch area and...

during the phones' launch event. The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro were officially announced on October 19, 2021, at the Pixel Fall Launch event, and were released...

Ariane 4, lit. 'Ariane Launch Complex 4') is a launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana supporting launches of the Ariane 6 program...

Gemini Launch Vehicle) or Gemini-Titan II was an American expendable launch system derived from the Titan II missile, which was used to launch twelve...

the ISS orbit, the ability to support late cargo loading shortly before launch, and the option to conduct secondary missions after undocking. Each mission...

Launch pads at the Guiana Space Centre 4km 2.5miles 7 6 6 ELA-4 (Ariane 6) 5 5 4 4 3 3 ELV (Vega C) 2 1     Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz (ELS, lit. 'Soyuz...

The Advanced Launch System (ALS) is a joint United States Air Force (USAF) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) study which operated...

The United States Space Force's Launch Enterprise Directorate (LE) is a unit located at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California. The LE's...

Launch My Line is an American reality competition series which premiered on December 2, 2009, on the Bravo cable channel. The show features professionals...

Experimental, was an uncrewed prototype of a reusable single-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle built by McDonnell Douglas in conjunction with the United States...

NVS-02, launched on 29 January 2025, failed to reach orbit. NVS-03 was expected to launch in 2025 and NVS-04 and NVS-05 was expected to launch in 2026...

3B carrier rocket failed during its launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) in China. The launch vehicle deviated from its intended trajectory...

in a similar style to Spotify Wrapped. In February 2023, YouTube Music launched Radio Builder, a free and from anywhere accessible web service for both...

newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from USA Today Co.'s corporate...

spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981, and returned on April 14, 1981, 54.5 hours later, having...

fascination with the Space Race, they rebranded the restaurant as the "Launching Pad" and had the statue outfitted as an astronaut. A naming contest was...

never finished its launch countdown; the launch vehicle was destroyed on the launch pad by fire on 26 September 1983. The launch escape system of the...

rocket. It was launched from Launch Area 7 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. It was a three-stage rocket, used for two launches in 1988 and 1990...

from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, launched into low orbit on 3 November 1957. As the technology to re-enter the atmosphere...

Launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center 4km 2.5miles 28 28 27 27 26 26 25 25 24 24 23 23 22 22 21 20 20 19 19 SLC-46...

Cedar Park, Texas. Firefly develops small- and medium-lift launch vehicles for commercial launches to orbit. Firefly's stated purpose is to increase access...

Commercial Titan III, also known as CT-3 or CT-III, was an American expendable launch system, developed by Martin Marietta during the late 1980s and flown four...

The AGM-183 ARRW ("Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon") is a hypersonic air-to-ground ballistic missile planned for use by the United States Air Force...

been the final crewed mission to the Moon, was canceled to allow Skylab to launch as a "dry workshop" (assembled on the ground in an unused S-IVB Saturn IB...

(originally from El Segundo, California), that manufactures deployable launch vehicles and infrastructure for missile defense, formerly for sending commercial...

American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was launched 109 times between...