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Launcher

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launcher [′lȯn·chər]
(ordnance)
A device designed to support and launch a rocket or rocket shell.
A device on a rifle for firing a grenade.
Launcher 

in space technology, a structure designed to house the launch system of a launch vehicle; it supplies the launch system with pneumatic, electrical, and fuel-service lines. It is a constituent part of a launching pad.
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