Launch
Wikimedia disambiguation page
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
Space launch, first phase of a rocket flight that reaches space
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!
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