to launch a satellite
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3.9
- phrasal verb
- /lɔːnʧ ə ˈsætəˌlaɪt/
:
lanzar un satélite
- As we exit the wormhole, we'll launch a satellite probe and do a full planetary scan.
- launch a satellite into orbit
- launch a satellite into space
- rocket to launch a satellite
And so within the next quarter coming up, we we are launching a satellite in the space.
- And so within the next quarter coming up, we we are launching a satellite in the space.
- Every time Elon Musk launches a satellite, he's testing the law of gravity and he don't mess with Elon.
Examples
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China first used its own rocket to launch a satellite in 1970.
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The U.S. Air Force felt if the Soviets could launch a satellite, they could employ missiles from space.
Blog text (16) -
And so within the next quarter coming up, we we are launching a satellite in the space.
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Four years ago, we launched a satellite designed to take control of enemy fighters.
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Canada has just launched a satellite surveillance system designed to search for ships trespassing in its waters.
Academic text (2008) -
The possibility that the Soviets will launch a satellite is taken so seriously that a satellite detection project has been established at White Sands, New Mexico, and at Mount Wilson, California.
Blog text (3) -
Otherwise, even the most primitive skywatchers would have been given cause for superstitious concern when the IPR Bureau launched a satellite over the Western Ocean.
Fiction book (2002) -
The Soviet Union has successfully launched a satellite into space.
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North Korea says it will launch a satellite into orbit.
Synonyms
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4.2
To send something quickly up using a powerful engine
How Ambitious
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3.9
- Specialized
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7.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to send an artificial satellite into space' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'launch' (to send or propel) with 'satellite' (a man-made spacecraft). This is a literal verb + object construction found across languages and follows normal compositional patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Launch a satellite comes from the image of a launch — firing something into the sky — and a satellite, a small man-made machine that goes around the Earth. So, launch a satellite means 'to send a man-made satellite into space'.