spacecraft launch vehicle
1launch vehicle — n. any system, usually a rocket, designed to launch a spacecraft or other payload …
2launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles …
3Launch vehicle — Satellite launch vehicle redirects here. For the Indian rocket, see Satellite Launch Vehicle A Russian Soyuz lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan heading for the ISS In spaceflight, a launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket… …
4launch vehicle — launch′ ve hicle n. rkt ars a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a probe into space • Etymology: 1955–1960 …
5Soyuz launch vehicle — The Soyuz launch vehicle (Western designation: A 2) is an expendable launch system manufactured by TsSKB Progress in Samara, Russia. It is used as the launcher for the manned Soyuz spacecraft as part of the Soyuz program. It is now also used to… …
6Thor (launch vehicle) — Thor was a space launch vehicle derived from the PGM 17 Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile. The Thor rocket was the first in a large family of space launch vehiclesndash the Delta rockets. Thor s descendants fly to this day as the Delta II …
7Crew Launch Vehicle — Konzeptvorstellungen von Ares I (leichter Träger) (links) und Ares V (schwerer Träger) (rechts) …
8launch vehicle — noun Date: circa 1960 a rocket used to launch a satellite or spacecraft …
9launch vehicle — noun : a rocket used to launch a satellite or spacecraft …
10Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle — The Shuttle Derived Launch Vehicle, or simply Shuttle Derived Vehicle (SDV), is a term describing one of a wide array of concepts that have been developed for creating space launch vehicles from the components, technology and/or infrastructure of …
