BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Launch
- the process of introducing a new product to the market
Wiktionary Definition for: Launch
- To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
- ''(Obsolete):'' To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.
- Ex:'''Launch''' your hearts with lamentable wounds. - Spenser
- To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to '''launch''' a ship.
- Ex:*With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, And rolled on levers, '''launched''' her in the deep. - Pope
- To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation.
- Ex: '''launch''' a son in the world
- Ex: '''launch''' a business project or enterprise.
- Ex: All art is used to sink episcopacy, and '''launch''' presbytery in England. - Eikon Basilike
- To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to '''launch''' into the current of a stream; to '''launch''' into an argument or discussion; to '''launch''' into lavish expenditures; -- often with out.
- Ex:'''Launch''' out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. - ''Luke 5:4''
- Ex:He Spenser '''launches''' out into very flowery paths. - Prior
- The act of launching.
- The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
- ''(Nautical):'' (Compare Spanish ''lancha''):'' The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
Additional Resources
- NASA delays Nov. shuttle launch for test flight
- NASA has pushed back the launch target for the space shuttle Atlantis to Nov. 16 — a four-day slip — to give its new Ares I-X rocket an extra chance to blast off, agency officials said Monday. The new shuttle target will allow NASA to squeeze in a third launch...
- News items 2009-10-20
- The strangest moments in space launch history
- At times, NASA's attempts to launch a new Ares I-X rocket Tuesday seemed surreal — with bad weather, a stuck sensor sock and a wayward cargo ship offshore appearing to conspire to prevent the booster's liftoff. But believe it or not, there have been stranger things to pop up in...
- News items 2009-10-27
- DTN News: South Korea Counts Down To Rocket, Satellite Launch
- DTN News: South Korea Counts Down To Rocket, Satellite Launch*Source: DTN News / Int'l MediaNSI News Source Info SEOUL, South Korea - August 18, 2009: South Korea was counting down Aug. 18 to the launch of its first space rocket, a move aimed at joining Asia's space race despite protests...
- News items 2009-08-18
- Ares I-X rocket to launch near Atlantis shuttle
- NASA is confident that its first test flight of the new Ares I-X rocket will go well next week. But if it ends in an explosive failure, the agency affirmed that the nearby space shuttle Atlantis atop its own launch pad will be safe. Space shuttle program manager John Shannon...
- News items 2009-10-26
- Ares I-X rocket hauled to launch pad for critical test flight
- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--NASA's towering Ares I-X rocket was hauled to the launch pad early Tuesday for blastoff October 27 on a $445 million unmanned test flight that likely will play a major role in the ongoing debate about NASA's post-shuttle manned space program.The slow trip to pad 39B began...
- News items 2009-10-20
- Discovery Finds No Launch Luck
- Faulty liquid hydrogen valve forces NASA to delay second launch attempt of the space shuttle Discovery. NASA now shooting for Aug. 28 launch to deliver to International Space Station more than seven tons of supplies, science racks and equipment, as well as additional environmental hardware to sustain six crew members...
- News items 2009-08-26
- Sea Launch prepares for new launch on 30 September
- NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-17 September 2003-Sea Launch prepares for new launch on 30 SeptemberC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The floating satellite launch platform Sea Launch is to launch its next satellite on 30 September. According to Boeing's Sea Launch Internet pages the Galaxy XIII/Horizons-1 satellite will be launched from...
- Research articles 2003-09-17
- Sea Launch and Inmarsat sign launch agreement.(Business)(satellite launch)(Brief Article)
- Sea Launch Company, LLC, and Inmarsat Ltd, the Total Communications Network, announce the signing of a launch services agreement under which Sea Launch will be the contractor for the launch of the second Inmarsat I-4 satellite, presently planned for 2005. The agreement, signed on December 16,...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- NASA Scrubs First Ares I-X Launch Attempt
- Uncertain weather over Kennedy Space Center, Fla., forced NASA to abandon its first attempt to launch the Ares I-X demonstration and test vehicle Oct. 27, so the agency is targeting another attempt Oct. 28. Countdown to launch, originally set for 8 a.m. Eastern time, at one point came within 2...
- News items 2009-10-27
- NASA Eyes Aug. 28 Discovery Launch
- Shuttle managers, needing more time to fully understand a valve problem that forced a launch scrub Aug. 25, skipped over a launch window to set their sights on a liftoff just before midnight Aug. 28. The skipped launch attempt would have taken place at 12:22 a.m. Aug. 28. Instead, the...
- News items 2009-08-28
- USA: BOEING AWARDED CONTRACT FOR LAUNCH SERVICES.
- Boeing Co. of Huntington Beach, Calif., is being awarded a contract for $505,300,000. This contract is for the purchase of launch services using Delta IV heavy and medium launch vehicles under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle ... Boeing Co. of Huntington Beach, Calif., is being awarded...
- Research articles 2008-01-24
- Sea Launch cancels another launch
- NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-26 November 2002-Sea Launch cancels another launchC1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The ocean-based rocket launch service Sea Launch LLC has reportedly had to cancel one more launch, leaving the number of successful launches this year at just one. According to the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten's online edition,...
- Research articles 2002-11-26
- New Premium Net Epix Pushing To Add Distribution Partners Before Oct.30 Launch
- Last month, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) CEO Phillipe Dauman confidently said he expected new premium network Epix to add more distribution partners before its fall launch but the Oct. 30 launch date announced this week still has only one launch partner: Verizon (NYSE: VZ) FiOS. The joint venture of Viacom,...
- External links 2009-10-13
- Shuttle Set For Dramatic Night Launch
- NASA controllers said the space shuttle Discovery is go-for-launch for tonight's mission to the International Space Station. Discovery is set to light up the sky around Florida's Kennedy Space Center early Tuesday with a 1:36 a.m. launch. function showDescimg{ifelementelement.innerHTML = img.alt;}; "I'm really pleased to report that launch countdown activities...
- News items 2009-08-24
- NASA fueling shuttle for 2nd launch attempt
- NASA called off the space shuttle Discovery's launch for a second time on Tuesday due to a problem with a fuel valve. The snag involved a potentially broken fill-and-drain valve on Discovery, which controls the flow of liquid hydrogen, NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said. The problem forced a halt to...
- News items 2009-08-25
- Encore Media Group says it has reached agreements to launch one or more networks on various satellite and cable platforms. (MediaOne to launch Starz! and Encore)(Brief Article)
- Encore Media Group says it has reached agreements to launch one or more networks on various satellite and cable platforms. MediaOne will launch Starz! and Encore as part of its $18.50 Choice 1 package in Los Angeles. MediaOne will also launch Starz! Encore Media Group...
- Research articles 1997-08-11
- Former NBC Entertainment President Warren Littlefield is joining the board of directors of Launch Digital Media.
- Launch maintains the Launch.com music site and publishes a monthly Launch CD-ROM magazine. Littlefield ... Launch maintains the Launch.com music site and publishes a monthly Launch CD-ROM magazine. Littlefield is currently the head of the Littlefield Company, a joint venture for TV content development...
- Research articles 1999-04-12
- Orange U.K. to launch W-CDMA July 19.(Global Wireless)
- Orange U.K. said it will launch its third-generation W-CDMA network July 19. The launch will include the country's major cities. The company's French subsidiary will launch 3G service this fall. Orange U.K. said it will launch its third-generation W-CDMA network July 19....
- Research articles 2004-07-05
- Boeing Reports Two-Year Loss on Sea Launch Program in Long Beach, Calif.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Mar. 11--LONG BEACH, Calif.--As Sea Launch prepares for its second launch on Sunday, the Boeing Co. revealed in a federal filing this week that it has lost $144 million over the last two years on the Sea Launch program. Mar. 11--LONG BEACH, Calif.--As Sea...
- Research articles 2000-03-13
- LOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED CONTRACT TO PROVIDE LAUNCH SERVICES.
- According to the DoD., Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, Denver, Colo., is being awarded a $560,000,000 firm fixed price contract modification to provide for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle launch services for seven missions. These missions weAccording to the DoD., Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, Denver, Colo., is being awarded a...
- Research articles 2003-10-22
