: a rocket used to launch a satellite or spacecraft
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The test marked a welcome victory for SpaceX and the budding launch vehicle, which suffered in-flight upper stage explosions during each of this year's three Starship launches leading up to Flight 10.—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025 In reality, New Glenn is part of the heavyweight class of launch vehicles, competing with the more powerful Starship.—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025 The capital will be used mainly for the follow-up development and mass production of the Gravity-2 medium-lift liquid launch vehicle.—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025 The Starship, standing 403 feet tall when fully stacked, is regarded as the world's largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever developed.—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for launch vehicle
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