Launch 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… … Wikipedia
campaign — cam‧paign [kæmˈpeɪn] noun [countable] a planned series of actions that are intended to achieve something or persuade people to do something: • The charity has launched a campaign to end the trade in rhinoceros products. campaign for/against •… … Financial and business terms
launch into — ˈlaunch into [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they launch into he/she/it launches into present participle launching into past tense launched into … Useful english dictionary
launch — launch1 [lônch] vt. [ME launchen < OFr lanchier < LL(Ec) lanceare, to wield a lance < L lancea, LANCE] 1. to hurl, discharge, or send off (a weapon, blow, etc.) 2. to send forth with some force [to launch a plane by catapult] 3. to cause … English World dictionary
launch — ▪ I. launch launch 1 [lɔːntʆ ǁ lɒːntʆ] verb [intransitive, transitive] 1. COMMERCE MARKETING to show or make a new product available for sale for the first time: • The company is launching a new range of hair products … Financial and business terms
launch — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ commercial, official, press (esp. BrE), public ▪ The commercial launch was the end of 2007. ▪ She is signing copies of her book at the official launch … Collocations dictionary
campaign — I n. 1) to carry on, conduct, wage; launch, mount, organize a campaign 2) an active, vigorous; feeble, weak; whirlwind campaign 3) an advertising; anti smoking; educational; election, political; membership; military; national, nationwide; public… … Combinatory dictionary
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northeast China — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northeast China partof=the Chinese Civil War place=Northeast China date=November, 1945 April, 1947 result=Communist victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1= Jiang Pengfei 姜朋飞… … Wikipedia
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Central and Southern China — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Central and Southern China partof=the Chinese Civil War place=Shandong, China date=April, 1949 June, 1953 result=Communist victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1= ?… … Wikipedia
launch — [[t]lɔ͟ːntʃ[/t]] ♦♦ launches, launching, launched 1) VERB To launch a rocket, missile, or satellite means to send it into the air or into space. [V n] NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays... [V n] A Delta II rocket was launched… … English dictionary
