launching
noun1
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:
- Derived terms
- zero-length launching