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The missile launcher appeared to carry ready-to-fire interceptors configured for air defense.—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026 The third flight of Blue Origin’s heavy-lift New Glenn launcher began Sunday with the company’s first successful reflight of an orbital-class booster, but ended with a setback for Jeff Bezos’ flagship rocket, a key element in NASA’s Artemis lunar program.—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 Apr. 2026 Roughly half of Iran’s ballistic missile launchers were still intact and thousands of one-way attack drones remained in its arsenal as of earlier this month, NBC News reported.—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026 Mobile launcher 2, which NASA halted work on recently, also saw some action as cranes removed its crew access arm.—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for launcher