Launch Explained

Launch or launched may refer to:

Involving vehicles

• Launch (boat), one of several different sorts of boat
  • Motor launch (naval), a small military vessel used by the Royal Navy
• Air launch, the practice of dropping an aircraft, rocket, or missile from a launch aircraft
• Rocket launch, first phase of a rocket flight
• Ceremonial ship launching, when a vessel is slid into the water from a slipway

Arts and media

• Launched (album), a 2000 album by Beatsteaks
• "The Launch" (song), 1999 song
• Launch (Dragon Ball), a character in Dragon Ball media
• The Launch, Canadian musical TV show
  • The Launch EP, the debut EP from the show
• Launch Media, creators of LAUNCH magazine and LAUNCH.com
• LAUNCHcast (now known as Yahoo! Music Radio), an Internet radio service

Other uses

• LAUNCH (Innovation Challenge), a program sponsored by NASA, Nike, USAID and US Department of State
• Product launch, the introduction of a new product to market
• Soft launch, a preview release of a product or service to a limited audience prior to the general public

See also

• Launcher (disambiguation)
• The Launching (1968 TV episode) episode of Captain Scarlet