launch
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The first satellites, however, are slated for launch only in 2028.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
The mission is scheduled to launch at the end of October 2026, with the goal of collecting material from the Martian moon and bringing it back to Earth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
It’s hardly the first robotics-focused product to launch this year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Canada does not have a professional women's domestic league and their players had to launch a crowd-funding campaign before the last World Cup to cover the cost of their training camps.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
In reality it lifted just three feet off the launch pad before it burst into flames.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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So far, 73 thematic ETFs have launched this year in the U.S., an 87% increase from the 39 launches seen in 2025, according to data from Morningstar.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
For Musk, the merger supports his vision of a world full of autonomous cars, humanoid robots and weekly rocket launches, as well as the data centers and satellites required to keep the whole thing running.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
And these are not rocket launches we’re talking about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
But GM reiterated plans for additional hybrid vehicles and will provide more details closer to the launches.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Down the length of the ship, two other launches dangled over the side, full of Dauntless’s crew.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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"We'd have had a much better scheme if we'd launched it next year. It feels rushed, it feels under-resourced, and it feels slightly undercooked."
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Thematic ETFs are booming in 2026, as asset managers have launched new products at a breakneck pace.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Polar LNG, the startup, was launched in March with what seemed like a long-shot goal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
In-store availability is particularly important for the brand new Duo, said Ron Johnson, a one-time Apple executive who oversaw its retail arm from 2000 to 2011, when the company launched its first physical stores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
With all the strength in her legs, the robot launched herself up and away, and now she was soaring through the air in a long, graceful arc.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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Sofar is also launching its Human Discovery Movement, external campaign that aims to put music curation and discovery "back into human hands."
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Archer Aviation is launching electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi networks in Austin, Houston and the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has made headlines in today's papers after launching a national campaign on public preparedness for disruption caused by natural disasters and cyber attacks.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The Khartiia Brigade has known since last year that Russia was using the tunnels to get to new sites for launching drone attacks and getting behind its lines near Kupyansk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Then she’d stomp out to the kitchen hut and build such a huge fire in the iron stove you’d think she was Cape Carniveral launching a rocket ship.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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