: a rocket used to launch a satellite or spacecraft
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The launch vehicle is composed of both a 232-foot Super Heavy rocket and the 171-foot upper stage spacecraft, or capsule where crew and cargo would ride.—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 June 2025 Both launch vehicles will use seven of Firefly’s Miranda engines.—ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025 SpaceX's iterative process through Starship's development has earned the company praise for the speed with which the launch vehicle has matured, but also criticism over the optics that accompany a giant rocket breaking apart into hundreds of fireballs falling through the atmosphere.—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 May 2025 The company plans to reuse a key component of the launch vehicle for the first time.
— An ancient reptile relative made tiny clawed footprints that were fossilized in 356 million-year-old rock.—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 25 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for launch vehicle
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