What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 发射 mean?

发射 fāshè

to launch (a rocket, missile); to fire

It can also mean

  • to transmit; to emit

Its characters

  1. 发 fā to send
  2. 射 shè to shoot

In a sentence

火箭今天上午成功发射。 The rocket was successfully launched this morning.

二零零零年,中国发射了第一批北斗卫星,那时候只能用在中国附近。

From 天上的北斗 · What is BeiDou, China’s GPS?

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