The phrase "approved the launch of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the formal consent or authorization for a project, product, or initiative to begin.
Example: "The board of directors approved the launch of the new marketing campaign during their meeting last week."
Alternatives: "authorized the initiation of" or "sanctioned the rollout of".
Chocks awayThe board of Airbus's parent company, EADS, approved the launch of its new mid-sized aircraft, the A350.
Earlier in the week Shire fell sharply on news that US regulators had approved the launch of rival products to its key hyperactivity drug Adderall sooner than expected.
Virgin Trains is to face competition on the west coast rail line for the first time after the rail regulator approved the launch of a rival service between Blackpool and London.
When at the Dallas Museum of Art they shrank to just 2% of annual income, the trustees approved the launch of a radical new scheme: visitors sign up to a membership programme known as DMA Friends that gives them free admission if they provide their names, e-mail addresses and zip codes.
"Against this background, we approved the launch of the second programme, pending the completion of the national procedures".
Duke has approved the launch of a Peace Corps Fellows program at the Fuqua School of Business.
The documents, demanded by Congress, were made available to the news media today by the White House, which argued that they showed that the President, while aware of the risks, approved the launching on the basis of policy debate and not because the chairman of the satellite company, the Democratic Party's largest personal contributor, was pressing hard for a decision.
The government has approved the launching of a satellite, Radarsat II, next year that will provide high-resolution surveillance across the Arctic to monitor the movement of surface ships.
The justice ministry would need to approve the launch of a court case.
Yet, for the past year, the EU has hung back from approving the launch of free-trade talks between the two blocks, chiefly because of fears in France and elsewhere, of competition from Mercosur's efficient agribusinesses.
With Republicans and some Democrats accusing Mr. Clinton of being lax with national security in approving the launch of American satellites on Chinese rockets, Mr. Clinton said that his policy toward China had in fact improved Beijing's behavior on the export of dangerous missile technology and other expertise.
