launch a satellite

基本解釋

That is expected to cause widespread hand-wringing, akin to America’s “Sputnik moment,” when the Soviet Union beat it to become the first country to launch a satellite.
這無疑會像美國因蘇聯(lián)發(fā)射了第一顆人造衛(wèi)星而開始衛(wèi)星競賽一樣在日本國內(nèi)引發(fā)大規(guī)模的焦慮情緒。
NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays.
美國國家航空航天局計劃發(fā)射一顆衛(wèi)星上天，對宇宙射線進行研究。
This year it plans to launch a satellite that will orbit the moon as part of preparations for an eventual lunar landing (after 2020, officials say) by a Chinese citizen.
今年他們還準備發(fā)射一顆圍繞月球軌道運轉(zhuǎn)的衛(wèi)星，這顆衛(wèi)星將為最后的登月計劃（2020年以后，有官員說）準備的一部分。

aviation and maritime agencies of plans to launch a satellite early next month.
President Ahmadinejad reportedly called the satellite launch "a message of brotherhood and peace" to the world.
The United States said it would not launch a scientific satellite until a non-military rocket the Vanguard could be completed to carry it into space.

In late August, without warning, the North Koreans fired a rocket over Japan—to launch a satellite, they later claimed.
ECONOMIST: Curbing North Korea