Launch or launched may refer to:
Involving vehicles
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Launch (boat), an open motor boat, often auxiliary to a larger vessel
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Motor Launch, a small military vessel used by the Royal Navy
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Air launch
Air launching is the practice of releasing a rocket, missile, parasite aircraft or other aircraft payload from a mother ship or launch aircraft. The payload craft or missile is often tucked under the wing of the larger mother ship and then "drop ...
, the practice of dropping an aircraft, rocket, or missile from a launch aircraft
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Rocket launch
A rocket (from it, rocchetto, , bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using the surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely fr ...
, first phase of a rocket flight
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Ceremonial ship launching, when a vessel is slid into the water from a slipway
Arts and media
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''Launched'' (album), a 2000 album by Beatsteaks
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"The Launch" (song), 1999 song
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Launch (''Dragon Ball''), a character in ''Dragon Ball'' media
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The Launch
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'', Canadian musical TV show
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The Launch EP
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
'', the debut EP from the show
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Launch Media, creators of ''LAUNCH'' magazine and LAUNCH.com
*LAUNCHcast (now known as
Yahoo! Music Radio
Yahoo! Music Radio (formerly known as LAUNCHcast) was an Internet radio service offered by Clear Channel Communications' iHeartRadio through Yahoo! Music. The service, formerly offered by LAUNCH Media, and originally developed by Todd Beaupré, ...
), an Internet radio service
Other uses
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LAUNCH (Innovation Challenge), a program sponsored by NASA, Nike, USAID and US Department of State
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Product launch
In business and engineering, new product development (NPD) covers the complete process of bringing a new product to market, renewing an existing product or introducing a product in a new market. A central aspect of NPD is product design, along wi ...
, the introduction of a new product to market
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Soft launch
A soft launch, also known as a soft opening, is a preview release of a product or service to a limited audience prior to the general public. Soft-launching a product is sometimes used to gather data or customer feedback, prior to making it widely ...
, a preview release of a product or service to a limited audience prior to the general public
See also
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Launcher (disambiguation)
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The Launching'' (1968 TV episode) episode of ''Captain Scarlet''
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