Propelled (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">propelled</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(launching is a kind of propelling)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for launched that I've seen before include "Sent into space" , "Put a vessel in the water" , "Set a ship in motion" , "Propelled" , "Sent on course as uncle had" .)
(Other definitions for thrown that I've seen before include "Having been projected through the air" , "Confused - cast" , "Tossed" , "baffled" , "Disconcerted, confused" .)