launcher
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Spacelauncherlaunch‧er /ˈlɔːntʃə $ ˈlɒːntʃər/ noun [countable] TTSan object that is used to send a weapon or spacecraft into the sky a rocket launcherExamples from the Corpuslauncher• Specifically, the treaty limited each side to 2,400 launchers of all types.• Our Falconet target aircraft uses a centrifugal launcher as its principal method of getting airborne.• Centrifugal launchers did at least recognise a genuine need, even if they were not themselves the solution.• Joe came off the bed like a Saturn launcher.• His momentum carried him as far as the launcher and with out-thrust foot he sent it keeling over on to its side.