launching

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of launch

noun

  1. The act by which something is launched; a launch.
    The launching of the Titanic.
    By 1940 they had conducted 25 successful launchings of A5 rockets, which reached 10 miles altitude and had a range of 12 miles. 2010, Raymond Friedman, A History of Jet Propulsion, Including Rockets, page 123

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