launch vehicles
Orbital delivery systems
Launch vehicles are rockets or other craft designed to carry payloads from Earth's surface into space.
The term distinguishes the delivery system from its cargo—satellites, probes, or crewed capsules.
The satellite was destroyed when its launch vehicle exploded shortly after liftoff.
Reusable launch vehicles can return to Earth and fly again.
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- lift offDeparture from ground
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- shuttleShort-distance transport
- reusable rocketsSpacecraft meant for repeated launches
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- space explorationrockets, Saturn V, satellites, mission, Falcon Heavy
- rocketryrocket, rockets, rocket fuel, rocket engine, rocket engines
- Space Programsspace station, lunar mission, space research, mission control, Long March
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, Voyager 1, rocket ships
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Airborne transportation vehicle
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