satellite launch
Spacecraft sent skyward
A satellite launch is the event of sending a spacecraft into orbit around Earth or another celestial body.
The term covers the entire operation—countdown, liftoff, and deployment: The satellite launch was delayed due to weather.
Launches are conducted by government space agencies and private companies, with success rates closely watched by investors and scientists alike.
- SpaceXPrivate rocket manufacturer
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- Cape CanaveralNASA's Atlantic coast launchpad
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
apogee · Blue Origin · NASA · liftoff · trajectory · delta-v · Kennedy Space Center · orbital decay · space debris · thrust · CubeSat · ignition · ascent · fuel · weightlessness · perigee · astronaut · mission
- Space Programsspace station, lunar mission, space research, mission control, Long March
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
- launcheslaunched, blast off, liftoff, blastoff, ignition
- Rocket Launchesliftoff, countdown, ignition, blast off, booster
- flight eventstakeoff, landing, liftoff, flight, descent
- aviationaircraft, airports, flying, flight, airplane
mission phase/trajectory direction
satellite launchreentry
Coming back in
atmospheric reentry · splashdown · touchdown · descent · deorbit