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launch vehicle

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launch vehicle
n.
A rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into an orbit or a trajectory.

launch vehicle, launching vehicle
n
1. (Astronautics) a rocket, without its payload, used to launch a spacecraft
2. (Astronautics) another name for booster [2]


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Orbital was previously awarded long-term launch services contracts under the space agency's Small Expendable Launch Vehicle Service program in both 1991 and 1998, under its Ultra-Lite Launch Vehicle Program in 1994 and under its Hyper-X hypersonic research program in 1996.
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Rockwell then joined OSC in a review to determine whether a smaller, less-powerful launch vehicle could meet NASA's technology demonstration requirements while also addressing a viable component of the anticipated launch market.
 
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