RLV

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004878",
  "term": "RLV",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A Reusable Launch Vehicle, designed to be launched into space and then returned to Earth for subsequent launches. This contrasts with expendable launch vehicles, which are destroyed or discarded after a single use. The Space Shuttle was an early example of a partially reusable launch vehicle system.",
  "subject": "Aviation maintenance",
  "see_also": [
    "RV"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "RLV",
    "es": "RLV",
    "fr": "RLV"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/rlv/"
}