launch vehicle

English

Noun

launch vehicle (plural launch vehicles)

1. (aerospace) A vehicle for transporting objects into space, usually a rocket.

Synonyms

• LV (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• LV (abbreviation)
• expendable launch vehicle (ELV)
• reusable launch vehicle (RLV)

Related terms

• launch
• launch center
• launch centre
• launch complex
• launcher
• launch pad
• launch site
• vehicle

 

Translations

vehicle for transporting objects into space

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 運載火箭／运载火箭 (zh) (yùnzài huǒjiàn)

• Finnish: kantoraketti (fi) (rocket)
• German: Trägerrakete (de) f (rocket)
• Russian: ракета-носитель (ru) f (raketa-nositelʹ)