launch a satellite

基本解释

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.
這無疑會像美國因囌聯發射了第一顆人造衛星而開始衛星競賽一樣在日本國內引發大槼模的焦慮情緒。
NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays.
美國國家航空航天侷計劃發射一顆衛星上天，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.
今年他們還準備發射一顆圍繞月球軌道運轉的衛星，這顆衛星將爲最後的登月計劃（2020年以後，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